Released: November 1, 2019
Songwriter: Bill Berry Mike Mills (R.E.M.) Peter Buck Michael Stipe
Producer: R.E.M. Scott Litt
[Intro]
La la la la la
La
[Verse 1]
I know you
I know you've seen her
She's a sad tomato
She's three miles of bad road
Walking down the street
Will I never meet her?
She's a real woman-child
Oh, my kiss breath turpentine
[Chorus]
I am smitten
I'm the real thing
(I'm the real thing)
Have you seen her come around?
My crush with eyeliner
[Verse 2]
I'm in like
I'm infatuated
It's all too much pressure
She's all that I can take
What position should I wear?
Cop an attitude?
(You faker)
How can I convince her?
(Faker)
That I'm invented, too, yeah
[Chorus]
I am smitten
I'm the real thing
(I'm the real thing)
We all invent ourselves
And you know me
[Instrumental Break]
[Verse 3]
She's a sad tomato
She's three miles of bad road
She's her own invention
(She's her own invention)
That gets me in the throat
What can I make myself be?
Life is strange, yeah
(Life is strange)
What can I make myself be?
(Fake her)
To make her mine?
[Chorus]
I am smitten
I'll do anything
(I'll do anything)
Oh my kiss breath turpentine
My crush with eyeliner
[Chorus]
I am smitten
You know me
(Yeah, you know me)
I could be your Frankenstein
My crush with eyeliner
[Chorus]
I am smitten
I'm the real thing
(I'm the real thing)
Won't you be my valentine?
My crush with eyeliner
La la la la la
La
[Verse 1]
I know you
I know you've seen her
She's a sad tomato
She's three miles of bad road
Walking down the street
Will I never meet her?
She's a real woman-child
Oh, my kiss breath turpentine
[Chorus]
I am smitten
I'm the real thing
(I'm the real thing)
Have you seen her come around?
My crush with eyeliner
[Verse 2]
I'm in like
I'm infatuated
It's all too much pressure
She's all that I can take
What position should I wear?
Cop an attitude?
(You faker)
How can I convince her?
(Faker)
That I'm invented, too, yeah
[Chorus]
I am smitten
I'm the real thing
(I'm the real thing)
We all invent ourselves
And you know me
[Instrumental Break]
[Verse 3]
She's a sad tomato
She's three miles of bad road
She's her own invention
(She's her own invention)
That gets me in the throat
What can I make myself be?
Life is strange, yeah
(Life is strange)
What can I make myself be?
(Fake her)
To make her mine?
[Chorus]
I am smitten
I'll do anything
(I'll do anything)
Oh my kiss breath turpentine
My crush with eyeliner
[Chorus]
I am smitten
You know me
(Yeah, you know me)
I could be your Frankenstein
My crush with eyeliner
[Chorus]
I am smitten
I'm the real thing
(I'm the real thing)
Won't you be my valentine?
My crush with eyeliner
Monster [25th Anniversary Edition]
- Circus Envy - Live in Chicago / 1995
- Star 69 (Remix)
- I Don’t Sleep, I Dream (Remix)
- King of Comedy (Remix)
- Crush With Eyeliner (Remix)
- Cranky 4-29
- Highland Fling 4-29
- Experiment 4-28 No Vocal
- Time is on Mike’s Side
- Rocker with vocal
- Strange Currencies (Remix)
- Tongue (Remix)
- Undertow - Live in Chicago / 1995
- Welcome to the Occupation - Live in Chicago / 1995
- What’s the Frequency, Kenneth? - Live in Chicago / 1995
- Losing My Religion - Live in Chicago / 1995
- You (Remix)
- Circus Envy (Remix)
- Let Me In (Remix)
- I Took Your Name (Remix)
- Bang and Blame (Remix)
- Revolution 4-21
- Black Sky 4-14
- Let Me In
- I Took Your Name
- Bang and Blame
- Tongue
- Strange Currencies
- Star 69
- I Don’t Sleep, I Dream
- King of Comedy
- Crush with Eyeliner
- Circus Envy
- You
- Sputnik 1 Remix
- Mike’s Gtr
- AM Boo
- Lost Song
- Harlan County with Whistling
- Uptempo Ricky
- Uptempo Mo Distortion
- Pete’s Hit
- What’s the Frequency, Kenneth (Remix)
- What’s the Frequency, Kenneth?
- 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