R.E.M.

Released: October 4, 2004

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

Producer: Pat McCarthy R.E.M.

[Verse 1]
When I look into your eyes, your drop like an anchor eyes
I scudded and clipped the sky, just shy of making it
And you almost got away, I told you I was afraid
Did I really want to try, you're holding me to my claim

[Chorus]
I jump on a high speed train
I'll never look back again
I flail like the antelope
Who jumped from the building

[Verse 2]
And you caught me on the sly
You've taken me by surprise
You've mirrored my best disguise and
Turned it back on me

[Chorus]
I jump on a high speed train
I'll never look back again
I flail like the antelope
Who jumped from the building

[Chorus]
I jump on a high speed train
I'll never look back again
I flail like the antelope
Who jumped from the building

[Verse 3]
I'll bring you a big bouquet
I picked it myself today
It compliments your eyes
There's love at the end of the line

[Chorus]
I jump on a high speed train
I'll never look back again
I flail like the antelope
Who jumped from the building

[Chorus]
I jump on a high speed train
I'll never look back again
I flail like the antelope
Who jumped from the building

[Bridge]
And that's what I always knew
I'd like to have hung the moon
I'd wrestle you for a spoon inside your sleeping bag
Just us

[Outro]
No war, no hate, no past
It's real
I'm here, I'm yours, I'm fast
I'm long in the eye
I'm cry when I try
I just want to fly
Just you and I, together

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.

more tracks from the album

Around the Sun

From the album

Around the Sun (2004)

R.E.M. popular songs

High Speed TrainR.E.M.

R.E.M.

Around the Sun