R.E.M.

Released: October 26, 1998

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

Producer: R.E.M. Pat McCarthy

[Verse 1]
You wanted a challenge that's calling you higher
I landed on my feet by crawling
I remember standing alone trying to forget you idling
I hate to admit that that's my reference point
But there it is you say you want me

[Chorus]
I'm what you found, I'm upside down
You're in the air, you're in the air and I am breathing

[Verse 2]
Brighten the stars
The weather is lifting the heavens love a love like this
It's pulling you higher twist it and turn this around
It lights from within it dribbles your chin
Now brings a smile, I'm lost again
I'm lost again

[Chorus]
I'm what you found, I'm upside down
You're in the air, you're in the air and I am breathing you

[Verse 3]
I want the stars to know they've won if only to beguile
The sky has opened up again in heavens reconciled
I want you naked, I want you wild, I want the stars to know they win
Give me that smile, just give it me, just turn it on, I'm lost again

[Chorus]
I'm what you found, I'm upside down, you're in the air
I'm what you found, I'm upside down, you're in the air
I'm what you found, I'm upside down
You're everywhere, you're in the air and I am breathing you

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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