R.E.M.

Released: March 7, 2011

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

Producer: R.E.M. Jacknife Lee

[Verse 1]
Hey baby
This is not a challenge
It just means that I love you
As much as I always said I did
I was wrong
I have been laughable wrong
Sandpaper, paper mâché, chalk
And hung out wet
Oh the city and your skin now
Na-na na-na, na-na
I didn't have to be afraid
I didn't have to feel so stupid
I can see myself
I can feel

[Pre-Chorus]
That just the slightest bit of finesse
Might have made a little less mess
But it was what it was
Let's all get on with it now

[Chorus]
Discoverer!
Discoverer!
Discoverer!
Discoverer!
Laughing!
Discoverer!

[Verse 2]
Floating across Houston
This is where I am
I see the city rise up tall
The opportunities
And possibilities
I have never felt so called
Remember that vodka espresso night of discovery
Remember that?
Laughing
Discovery
Oh how I look back and reflect
How I felt it
How it set
I don't have to feel so wrong
Now I wake up dreaming saffron, turmeric, and brass

[Pre-Chorus]
That just the slightest bit of finesse
Might have made a little less mess
But it was what it was
Let's all get on with it now

[Pre-Chorus]
That just the slightest bit of finesse
Might have made a little less mess
But it was what it was
Let's all get on with it now

[Chorus]
Discoverer!
Discoverer!
Discoverer!
Discoverer!
Discoverer!

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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