anonymous January 27th, 2006 09:42PM  
Pretty much everyone so far has gotten the idea. It's about when Eddie read an article about some kid named Jeremy who brought a gun to school and shot himself cause he felt no one cared about him.

anonymous November 13th, 2007 03:53PM  
The whole of the song apart from the second verse is about a kid called Jeremy who shot himself in front of his class. However the second verse and only the second verse is about a boy that Eddie Vedder himself picked on at school.

The video shows the phrase '64 degrees and cloudy' at the start and the end of the video to show even thou the boy shot himself publicly nothing has changed.

QuincyPatterson June 20th, 2008 04:26PM  
It's about a kid who killed himself in school because of his family and the bullies at school. Eddie in the song represents on of the bullies (I remember making fun of the I was such a mindless fuck) and feels guilty now that he's freakin dead. I wanna talk to jeff. He's a retarded douchebag.

CHAD October 2nd, 2008 04:06PM  
Does anyone out there know if the kid really said "try to erase this from the blackboard" before he shot himself? Also,did he really do that to the recess lady? I have always been curious as to the facts behind the inspiration.

anonymous October 17th, 2008 10:38PM  
The song is about Jeremy Wade Delle a teen at Richardson High in Texas who brought a gun to school and shot himself. I remember his last words to this day" .... Miss I got what I really went for."

anonymous June 2nd, 2009 11:47PM  
I think it's about a kid named Jeremy that lives a miserable life and is neglected by his parents. Eddie, not knowing this, picks on Jeremy along with some other kids; however, Jeremy being filled with angst, fights back furiously. Eddie then later learns of the Jeremy's pain, and begins to feel bad about picking on him. As for the chorus, I think that the line "Jeremy spoke in class today" is referring to Jeremy telling everyone else in class of his pain. But I think that it might mean something else instead. At the end of the video, Jeremy puts a gun to his mouth in front of the entire class, and commits suicide. Therefore, the line might be referring to his act of suicide in front of the entire class as "speaking in class today." Along with that, Eddie is also regretting picking on Jeremy to the point of suicide in the bridge section ("try to erase this" etc.). This is just my interpretation whether you accept it or not, but just think and consider about it.

anonymous January 9th, 2010 12:45AM  
some kid was teased for years then finally killed himself in class. everyone is on the ball with this one. the 'funny' thing about it (not the kid killing himself) but that when Eddie was going to school he had a few words with a kid like 'jeremy' and the kid done a similar thing but coz of Eddies class placement on the day, he wasnt included. Lucky! coz the bloke went on to sing some exelent songs!

anonymous March 16th, 2010 09:47PM  
It's about Jeramy but one key line has been forgotten him speaking In class is when he said "daddy doesn't give attenchen..." and when the song said "try to forget this it's sarcasem he's saying your never forget what u made me do and "try to erease this from the black board" is the gun shot that splattered blood all over the board and it will never go away never erase never be forgotten