Songwriter: Mike Mills (R.E.M.) Peter Buck Michael Stipe
[Verse 1]
Everybody here
Comes from somewhere
That they would just soon forget
And disguise
At the summer camp where you volunteered
No one saw your face
No one saw your fear
If that apparition had just appeared
Took you up and away
From this base and sheer
Humiliation
Of your teenage station
Nobody cares
No one remembers
And nobody cares
[Chorus]
How you cried and you cried
He's alive he's alive
How you cried and cried and you
Cried and you cried
[Verse 2]
If you call out "safe"
Then I'll stop right away
If the premise buckles
And the ropes start to chafe
The details smart
But the story's the same
You don't have to explain
You don't have to explain
Humiliation
Of your teenage station
[Chorus]
Yeah you cried and you cried
He's alive he's alive
How you cried and you cried and you
Cried and you
Realized your fantasies
Are dressed up in travesties
Enjoy yourself with no regrets
[Verse 3]
Everybody here
Comes from somewhere
That they would just as soon forget
And disguise
[Chorus]
Yeah you cried and you cried
He's alive he's alive
Yeah you cried and you cried and you
Cried and you cried
[Verse 4]
Now there's nothing
Dark and there's nothing weird
Don't be afraid I will hold you near
From the seance where you first betrayed
An open heart on a darkened stage
A celebration
Of your teenage station
[Outro]
It's an experience sweet, delirious
Supernatural, super serious
An experience sweet, delirious
Supernatural, super serious
Wow
Everybody here
Comes from somewhere
That they would just soon forget
And disguise
At the summer camp where you volunteered
No one saw your face
No one saw your fear
If that apparition had just appeared
Took you up and away
From this base and sheer
Humiliation
Of your teenage station
Nobody cares
No one remembers
And nobody cares
[Chorus]
How you cried and you cried
He's alive he's alive
How you cried and cried and you
Cried and you cried
[Verse 2]
If you call out "safe"
Then I'll stop right away
If the premise buckles
And the ropes start to chafe
The details smart
But the story's the same
You don't have to explain
You don't have to explain
Humiliation
Of your teenage station
[Chorus]
Yeah you cried and you cried
He's alive he's alive
How you cried and you cried and you
Cried and you
Realized your fantasies
Are dressed up in travesties
Enjoy yourself with no regrets
[Verse 3]
Everybody here
Comes from somewhere
That they would just as soon forget
And disguise
[Chorus]
Yeah you cried and you cried
He's alive he's alive
Yeah you cried and you cried and you
Cried and you cried
[Verse 4]
Now there's nothing
Dark and there's nothing weird
Don't be afraid I will hold you near
From the seance where you first betrayed
An open heart on a darkened stage
A celebration
Of your teenage station
[Outro]
It's an experience sweet, delirious
Supernatural, super serious
An experience sweet, delirious
Supernatural, super serious
Wow
Complete Rarities: Warner Bros. 1988–2011
- Pretty Persuasion (Live at the Olympia)
- West of the Fields (Live from London)
- Fall On Me (Live from London)
- Supernatural Superserious (Live from London)
- Hollow Man (Live from London)
- Auctioneer (Live from London)
- Living Well is the Best Revenge (Live from London)
- Shiny Happy People (Hip Mix)
- Shiny Happy People (Pop Mix)
- You Are the Everything (Live in Greensboro, 1989)
- Turn You Inside-Out (Live from Orlando / 1989)
- Losing My Religion - Live in Dublin / 2005
- King of Comedy (Remix)
- Mandolin Strum
- Shiny Happy People (Dance to the Music Mix)
- Pop Song 89 (Acoustic Version)
- Horse to Water (Live from London)
- Man-Sized Wreath (Live from London)
- Man On the Moon (Live from London)
- Second Guessing (Live at the Olympia)
- Letter Never Sent (Live at the Olympia)
- Harborcoat (Live at the Olympia)
- Horse to Water (Live in Vancouver)
- Sweetness Follows (Live in Cincinnati, October 27, 2004)
- Wanderlust (Live in Santa Barbara, CA, 2004)
- (Don’t Go Back to) Rockville (Live in Oslo NRK P1 National Radio, October 25, 2003)
- These Days (Live in Toronto, September 30, 2003)
- Drive (Live, 1994)
- Love is All Around (Live)
- Losing My Religion (Acoustic Live at KFOG, San Francisco)
- The One I Love (Live in Sydney)
- That Someone Is You (Live at Hansa Studios)
- Houston (Live in London)
- Mr. Richards (Live in Vancouver)
- Star Me Kitten (Alternate Version)
- Funtime (Live in Athens, 1992)
- Orange Crush (Instrumental)
- Chance (Dub)
- Funtime
- Yellow River
- Redhead Walking
- Dark Globe
- Favorite Writer
- First We Take Manhattan
- The Lion Sleeps Tonight
- Ghost Rider
- Love Is All Around
- Sponge
- Wall of Death
- 2JN
- Arms of Love
- The Great Beyond
- The Lifting (Demo)
- Fretless
- It’s A Free World Baby
- Nola-4/26/10
- Indian Summer
- Adagio (Unused Tune)
- Out In The Country
- 165 Hillcrest
- Surfing The Ganges
- Emphysema
- Tricycle
- Rotary Eleven
- Skin Tight
- Memphis Train Blues
- Leave (Alt. Version)
- Winged Mammal Theme
- Revolution
- Wichita Lineman (Live)
- Monty Got a Raw Deal
- Losing My Religion
- It’s the End of the World as We Know It (And I Feel Fine)
- Man on the Moon
- Everybody Hurts
- Orange Crush
- The One I Love
- Nightswimming
- The Sidewinder Sleeps Tonite
- Shiny Happy People
- What’s the Frequency, Kenneth?
- Drive
- Imitation of Life
- Stand
- Find the River
- Radio Free Europe
- (Don’t Go Back to) Rockville
- E-Bow the Letter
- Country Feedback
- The Great Beyond
- Let Me In
- Fall on Me
- Try Not to Breathe
- So. Central Rain (I’m Sorry)
- Ignoreland