R.E.M.

Released: October 4, 2004

Songwriter: Michael Stipe Mike Mills (R.E.M.) Peter Buck

Producer: Pat McCarthy R.E.M.

[Verse 1]
Look at this, it's me walking away
Look at you drowning on display
Every time I've dropped by, I've tried to say
The water is rising, you don't want to stay

[Pre-Chorus]
It's that sinking feeling, you know what it's bringing on
You might as well say it
I see it, I feel it, this town is going wrong
It's turning away

[Chorus]
You wanted me to be someone that I could never be
My new friends are offering things I've never dreamed
It's beautiful, I'd like for them to take me on

[Verse 2]
The track mall gang went off on the Tennessee goth
A lunar moth, you chrysalis and flail
The water is rising, you try to rappel
A rousing cheer for the boy in the well

[Pre-Chorus]
It's that sinking feeling, you know what it's bringing on
You might as well say it
I see it, I feel it, this town is going wrong
It's turning away

[Chorus]
You wanted me to be someone that I could never be
My new friends are offering things I've never dreamed
It's beautiful, I'd like for them to take me on

[Verse 3]
Here is where I look back, here is where you fell
This is where I got up, shaking off my tail
This is where your rope trick started to look stale
A Greyhound pass for the boy in the well

[Pre-Chorus]
It's that sinking feeling, you know what it's bringing on
You might as well say it
I see it, I feel it, this town is going wrong
It's turning away

[Chorus]
You wanted me to be someone that I could never be
My new friends are offering things I've never dreamed
It's beautiful, I'd like for them to take me on

[Chorus]
You wanted me to be someone that I could never be
My new friends are offering things I've never dreamed
It's beautiful, I'd like for them to take me on

R.E.M. were an American rock band from Athens, Georgia, formed in 1980 by singer Michael Stipe, guitarist Peter Buck, bassist Mike Mills, and drummer Bill Berry.

Berry quit the band in April 1997, as they were getting together to record demos for the album Up. He was not replaced on a permanent basis, but the band used an assortment of drummers in his place.

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