REM LYRICS

“Until The Day Is Done” - REM
album: “Accelerate” (2008)

The battle’s been lost, the war is not won
An addled republic, a bitter refund
The business first flat earthers licking their wounds
The verdict is dire, the country’s in ruins

Providence blinked, facing the sun
Where are we left to carry on
Until the day is done
Until the day is done

As we’ve written our stories to entertain
These notions of glory and bull market gain
The teleprompt flutters, the power surge brings
An easy speed message falls into routine

Providence blinked, facing the sun
Where are we left to carry on
Until the day is done
Until the day is done

A voice whispers “Son,
The blessed vision comes.”
What have I done
What have I done

So hold tight your babies and your guns
Forgive us our trespasses, father and son

Providence blinked, facing the sun
Where are we left to carry on
Until the day is done
Until the day is done
Until the day is done
Until the day is done
Until the day is done
Until the day is done

REM LYRICS

“Supernatural Superserious” - REM
album: “Accelerate” (2008)

Everybody here
Comes from somewhere
that they would just as soon forget
A disguise
At the summer camp where you volunteered
No one saw your face, no one saw your fear
if that apparition had just appeared
Took you up and away
from this base and sheer
Humiliation
Of your teenage station
Nobody cares
no one remembers
and nobody cares

yeah you cried and you cried
he’s alive he’s alive
yeah you cried and you cried
and you cried and you cried

if you call out “safe”
then I’ll stop right away
if the premise buckles
and the ropes start to chafe
The details smart
but the story’s the same
You don’t have to explain
You don’t have to explain

Humiliation
Of your teenage station

yeah you cried and you cried
he’s alive he’s alive
yeah you cried and you cried
and you cried and you cried

realized your fantasies
are dressed up in travesties
Enjoy yourself with no regrets

Everybody here
comes from somewhere
that they would just as soon forget
and disguise

yeah you cried and you cried
he’s alive he’s alive
yeah you cried and you cried
and you cried and you cried
now there’s nothing
dark and there’s nothing weird
don’t be afraid i will hold you near
from the seance where you first betrayed
an open heart on a darkened stage

a celebration
of your teenage station

this
inexperience, sweet, delirious
supernatural, superserious
inexperience, sweet, delirious
supernatural, superserious
wow

REM LYRICS

“Sing For The Submarine” - REM
album: “Accelerate” (2008)

It feels in dreams
That everything is there for you
The city breathes and pulses
It’s for you electron blue

I knew that you could see right through it
So this is where I give in to the machine
Lift up your voice feel gravity’s pull
Drown out the siren’s ring (or silent dream)

Oh…

It’s all here where I keep it
It’s all in the submarine
It’s all a lot less frightening
than you would have had it be
But that’s the good news my darling
It is what it’s going to be
So sing, sing for the submarine

I tried to explain how it all begins
How its all destroyed and built again
I knew that you could not believe me
But now you’re here and it’s different
How the light shines in your eyes
In every second or situ
It’s then that I realised
That the world as we know it
The High speed train
We’ll pick it all up and start again

It’s all here where I keep it
It’s all in the submarine
It’s all a lot less frightening
than you would have had it be
But that’s the good news my darling
It is what it’s going to be
So sing, sing for the submarine

The city did not collapse in a shudder
The rain it never came
At least my confessions made you laugh
I know it’s a little crazed
But these dreams…
they seem so real to me

It’s all here where I keep it
It’s all in the submarine
It’s all a lot less frightening
than you would have had it be
But that’s the good news my darling
It is what it’s going to be
So sing, sing for the submarine

So this is where you trust me
And this where it begins
It’s all a lot less frightening
Your tear you let it in
Tyrel and his mechanical owl
A moth disguised as a leaf…
Don’t tell me what tomorrow brings
Climb into the hidden machine and
sing sing sing sing sing sing
sing sing for the submarine

REM LYRICS

“Mr. Richards” - REM
album: “Accelerate” (2008)

Mr. Richards, your position
Is a messenger pigeon
Left behind you when the camp moved on.
We thought that you would listen
but the words had never crystallized
Into a truth that you might own, hey hey.

Mr. Richards, your decision.
Pay attention, pay attention.

Mr. Richards, you’re forgiven
for a narrow lack of vision
But the fires are still raging on.
The public’s got opinions
and these consequences border on
The compound that you raised
Will sell it see, hey hey.

Mr. Richards, your decision.
Pay attention, pay attention.

So listen, your intention;
Sign the papers, stamp the ribbon.
You’re mistaken if you think we’ll just forget.

You can thump your chest and rattle,
Stand in front of your piano,
But we know what’s going on.
Yes we know what’s going on.
We’re the children of the choir, hey
and we know what’s going on.

Mr. Richards, your conviction
Had us cheering in the kitchen,
Now the jury’s eating pigeon pie.
So tell me how is prison?
Have they taught you how to listen?
We’ve begun to bridge the schism.
Pay attention, pay attention.

Mr. Richards, your decision.
Pay attention, pay attention.

You can thump your chest and rattle,
Stand in front of your piano
But we know what’s going on.
Yes we know what’s going on.
We’re the children of the choir, hey
From the compound fire, hey
And we know what’s going on.
Yes we know what’s going on.

REM LYRICS

“Man-Sized Wreath” - REM
album: “Accelerate” (2008)

Turn on the TV, what do I see?
A pageantry of empty gestures
all lined up for me - wow!
I’d have thought by now
we would be ready to proceed
But a tearful hymn to tug the heart
And a man-sized wreath - oww!

Throw it on the fire
Throw it in the air
Kick it out on the dance floor
like you just don’t care, oh
Give me some

Wave the palms, steal the alms,
a fist in the air
A motorcade of benign strength shows
the people that you care - owww!
Nature abhors a vacuum,
but what’s between your ears?
Your judgement clouded
with fearful thoughts
headlights and a deer - oww!

Throw it on the fire
Throw it in the air
Kick it out on the dance floor
like you just don’t care

Look at what I found
Everybody look around
Everybody looking like they just don’t care
Give me some

Well I’m not deceived by pomp
and odious conceit
But a tearful hymn to tug the heart
And a man-sized wreath-oww!

Throw it on the fire
Throw it in the air
Kick it out on the dance floor
like you just don’t care

Look at what I found
Everybody look around
Everybody looking like they just don’t care

Throw it on the fire
Throw it in the air
Kick it out on the dance floor
like you just don’t care
Give me some
Give me some
Give me some