R.E.M.

Released: May 14, 2001

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

Producer: R.E.M. Pat McCarthy

[Verse 1]
Have you seen?
Have not; will travel
Have I missed the big reveal?
Do my eyes
Do my eyes seem empty?
I've forgotten how this feels

[Chorus]
I've been high
I've climbed so high
But life sometimes it washes over me

[Verse 2]
Have you been?
Have done; will travel
I fell down on my knees
Was I wrong?
I don't know, don't answer
I just needed to believe

[Chorus]
I've been high
I've climbed so high
But life sometimes it washes over me

[Verse 3]
So I dive into a pool
So cool and deep that if I sink I sink
And when I swim I fly, so high

What I want
What I really want is
Just to live my life on high
And I know
I know you want the same
I can see it in your eyes

[Chorus]
I've been high
I've climbed so high
But life sometimes it washes over me

[Outro]
Washes over me
I close my eyes
So I can see
Make my make-believe, believe in me

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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