Eddie Vedder has said that the lyrics "Don't come closer or I'll have to go/Owning me like gravity are places that pull/If ever there was someone to keep me at home/It would be you" are for McCandless' sister, Carine.
Eddie Vedder sagte, dass die Zeilen „Don't come closer or I'll have to go/Owning me like gravity are places that pull/If ever there was someone to keep me at home/It would be you“ (Komm nicht näher, oder ich muss gehen/Orte, die anziehen, bemächtigen sich meiner wie Schwerkraft/Sollte mich je jemand daheim gehalten haben/Warst du es) für McCandless' Schwester Carine seien.