Song Connection

Many years ago, my mom bought me a Pearl Jam album. Being only 7 or 8 years old, I never really listened to it other than a few songs, and instead listened to the "Shrek" soundtrack I also had. In recent years, I've begun to listen to Pearl Jam much more, and as of late, they have become one of my favourite band. Recently, their newest album, "Pearl Jam 20" came out with the best performances, demos, etc from the last 20 years of their existence, and one live version of a song I never listened to caught my attention. Now the connection to The Road. Throughout the novel, The Man's son has always wanted to be with his dad, and never wants to be without him. He is scared of death, and is even more scared of his dad dying. The connection is between the song "Release" by Pearl Jam, and the final few pages of the novel:

Father...ooh...oh...oh...
I see the world, feel the chill
Which way to go, windowsill
I see the words on a rocking horse of time
I see the birds in the rain
Ohh...ohh...ohh...ohh...

Oh, dear dad, can you see me now
I am myself, like you somehow
I'll ride the wave where it takes me
I'll hold the pain...Release me...
Ohh...ohh...ohh...ohh...

Oh, dear dad, can you see me now
I am myself, like you somehow
I'll ride the wave, where it takes meeeeeeeee...
I'll hold the pain, release me...
Ohh...ohh...ohh...ohh...

Oh, dear dad, can you see me now
I am myself, like you somehow
I'll wait up in the dark for you to speak to me
I'll open up...Release me...
Release me (3x)
Ohh...ohh...ohh...ohh...

(Vedder, Eddie. "Release." Ten. Pearl Jam. Epic Producer, 1991. CD.)

I found this song to connect with the novel before, and what could possibly happen after The Man's death, and the song would connect with how The Son would have felt.

"Just take me with you. Please.
I cant. I cant hold my son dead in my arms. I thought I could but I cant.
You said you wouldnt ever leave me.
I know. I'm sorry. You have my whole heart. You always did. You're the best guy. You always were. If I'm not here you can still talk to me. You can talk to me and I'll talk to you. You'll see.
Will I hear you?
Yes. You will. You have to make it like talk that you imagine. And you'll hear me. You have to practice. Just dont give up. Okay?
Okay." (McCarthy, 270).

(Since in the novel there are no quotation marks, and little descriptions of who said what since it's only the two characters throughout the majority of the novel, I bolded the son's lines.)

The connections I made was when The Man says that his son is "the best guy", to the line "Oh, dear dad, can you see me now I am myself, like you somehow". I felt that perhaps in the song, The Son would be still trying to prove to his dad that he is the best. When The Man says that he can "still talk to me", I connected it to the line "I'll wait up in the dark for you to speak to me". I felt that this would have come after the novel, when he finally tries to speak to his dad. I also felt that the lines "I'll ride the wave where it takes me I'll hold the pain...Release me..." was a constant thought for The Son throughout the novel and beyond, as he "rode the wave" so to speak with his dad guiding him, and how he sometimes just wanted to die.