Released: April 12, 1983

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

Producer: Mitch Easter Don Dixon

[Verse 1]
Laocoön and her two sons
Pressured storm, try to move
No other more emotion bound
Martyred, misconstrued

[Chorus]
Lighted
In a room
Lanky room
Lighted, lighted
Laughing in tune
Lighted, lighted
Laughing

[Verse 2]
Laocoön and her two sons
Run the gamut, sated view
Know them more, emotion bound
Martyred, misconstrued

[Chorus]
Lighted
In a room
Lanky room
Lighted, lighted
Laughing in tune
Lighted, lighted
Laughing

[Bridge]
In a room
Lock the door
Latch the room
Lighted, lighted
Laughing

[Verse 3]
Laocoön and her two sons
Ran the gamut, settled new
Find a place fit to laugh
Lock the doors and latch the room

[Chorus]
Lighted
In a room
Lanky room
Lighted, lighted
Laughing in tune
Lighted, lighted
Laughing in tune

[Outro]
Lighted, lighted
Laughing in tunes
Lighted, lighted
Laughing in tunes

R.E.M.

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.