R.E.M.

Released: May 15, 2001

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

Producer: Pat McCarthy R.E.M.

[Verse 1]
The sun reflected in
The back of my eye
I knocked my head against the sky
The dragonflies are busy buzzing me
A seahorse as if we were in the sea

[Verse 2]
Half way from coal
Half way to diamond
My fall knocked a mean chip out of me
I'm gathering as far as I can reach
Perched up on a precipice
And this is what I've seen

[Chorus]
This is all I want
It's all I need
This is all I am
It's everything
This is all I want
It's all I need

[Verse 3]
A bluejay hectors from the felled Catalpa tree
Doctorate in science and a theologian's dream
The dragonflies are trying to lecture me
A seahorse as if we were in the sea

[Chorus]
This is all I want
It's all I need
This is all I am
It's everything
This is all I want
It's all I need

[Verse 4]
Beat a drum for me
Like a butterfly wing
Tropical storm across the ocean
But don't explain I'm sure I'll want to know
Don't forget we're just half way from coal

[Chorus]
This is all I want
It's all I need
This is all I am
It's everything
This is all I want
It's all I need

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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