 Genius Meanings
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R.E.M. – Gardening at Night
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Michael Stipe is quoted, “I thought it was the first real song we did”, in It Crawled from the South, first edition, by Marcus Gray.
The song originally appeared on Chronic Town
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R.E.M. – Gardening At Night - Different Vocal Mix
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I see your money on the floor I felt the pocket change though all / The feelings that broke through that door just didn't seem to be too real / The yard is nothing but a fence the
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R.E.M. – Hallelujah
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[Verse 1] / The world is an oyster, the bitter refrain / The Lord is my shepherd, I cannot stay / This blessed earth, this beautiful lamb / A new day that breaks the dawn / [Verse
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R.E.M. – Mystery to Me
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Living in cities, living in cars / Living the way you never wanted to / Shakin' it up, shakin' it down / Shakin' the way you always thought you'd do / Living in cities, living in
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R.E.M. – Swan Swan H (Acoustic)
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Swan, swan, hummingbird, hurrah / We are all free now / What noisy cats are we? / Girl and dog, he bore his cross / Swan, swan, hummingbird, hurrah / We are all free now / A long
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R.E.M. – A Month of Saturdays
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[Verse 1] / Five o'clock Friday / All my work is done / I can hardly wait / Let's take the server / Let's sling it around / Let's make it taste so sweet / I want to take all the
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R.E.M. – 1,000,000 (Live In Toronto 1983)
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[Verse 1] / Stranded in a marker stone / Not only deadlier, but smarter, too / Smarter too / All along the tomb / Secret in the ruin / Secluded in a marker stone / Not only
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R.E.M. – Radio Free Europe (Original Hib-Tone Single)
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Decide yourself if radio's gonna stay / Reason, it could polish up the gray / Put that, put that, put that in your wall / That this isn't country at all / Raving station / Beside
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R.E.M. – Bad Day (Outtake)
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[Verse 1] / A public service announcement followed me home the other day / I bade it never mind / The shit's so thick, you could stir it with a stick / The paper wouldn't lie, we
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R.E.M. – Tired of Singing Trouble
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I'm tired of singing trouble / To keep myself alone / Somebody come and help me, lord / To carry a heavy load / (repeat)
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R.E.M. – Just A Touch (Live In Toronto 1983)
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[Verse 1] / What in the world? Women in black / Don't you remember? Sonny's packed / A day in the life, nobody laughed / Look to the days, how long can this last? Huh / [Chorus
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R.E.M. – Pilgrimage (Live In Toronto 1983)
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[Intro] / This is kind of a travel one / [Verse 1] / They called the clip / A two-headed cow / Your hate, clipped and distant / Your luck with pilgrimage / Rest assured, this will
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R.E.M. – Laughing (Live in Toronto 1983)
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[Verse 1] / Laocoön and her two sons / Pressured storm, try to move / No other more emotion bound / Martyred, misconstrued / [Chorus] / Lighted (Ah) / In a room / A lanky room
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R.E.M. – 9-9 (Live In Toronto 1983)
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[Intro] / Steady repetition is a compulsion to travel / Now what does that mean? / Is there a just contradiction? Nothing much / Now I lay me down to sleep, I pray the Lord my soul
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R.E.M. – We All Go Back to Where We Belong
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[Verse 1] / I dreamt what you were offering / Imagine lying next to me / Your shirt and your reputation tossed / [Verse 2] / I will write our story in my mind / Write about our
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R.E.M. – Romance
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[Verse 1] / Nations call / Par-parallels / Neighbors call / All in all in all in all in all / [Chorus 1] / That's worth saving up for / Put our heads down on the chest / Mustn't
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R.E.M. – The One I Love (Live)
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[Verse 1] / This one goes out to the one I love / This one goes out to the one I've left behind / A simple prop to occupy my time / This one goes out to the one I love / [Chorus
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R.E.M. – It’s The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine) - Live From The National Bowl, Milton Keynes / 1995
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[Intro] / You're gonna have to breathe / [Verse 1] / That's great, it starts with an earthquake / Birds and snakes, an aeroplane / Lenny Bruce is not afraid / Eye of a hurricane
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R.E.M. – Sitting Still (Original Hib-Tone single B-side)
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This name I got we all agreed / She could stop, stop it well rid / We could bind it in the sist- / We could gather, throw a fit / Up to par and Katie bars the kitchen signs but not
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R.E.M. – Dream (All I Have to Do)
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Dream, dream dream dream, dream, dream dream dream / When I want you in my arms / When I want you and all your charms / Whenever I want you, all I have to do, is / Dream / Dream
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R.E.M. – Lotus - Live From John Peel Studio Session On BBC Radio 1 / 1998
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[Intro] / Hey, hey! / I am the lotus! / Hey, hey! / [Verse 1] / I was hell / Sarcastic silver swell / That day it rained / Tough spun, hard one, no / [Bridge] / Ocean flower
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R.E.M. – Strange Currencies - Live From The National Bowl, Milton Keynes / 1995
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[Intro] / Alright, you're in high school and you got bad hair and bad skin and nobody wants to go out with you, and you don't have a date to the high school prom and this is your
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R.E.M. – Finest Worksong (Mutual Drum Horn Mix)
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The time to rise has been engaged / You're better best to rearrange / I'm talking here to me alone / I listen to the finest worksong / Your finest hour / Your finest hour / Another
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R.E.M. – Carnival of Sorts (Boxcars)
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At an event in 2019 to celebrate the Monster 25th anniversary reissue, Michael Stipe revealed for the first time that the lyrics for both “Carnival of Sorts (Box Cars)” (1982) and
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R.E.M. – Wolves, Lower
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[Intro] / Ah! (Wolves) / [Verse 1] / Suspicion yourself, suspicion yourself, don't get caught / Suspicion yourself, suspicion yourself and let us out / Wilder, lower, wolves / Here
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R.E.M. – Stumble
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[Intro] / Teeth / [Verse] / We'll stumble through the yard / We'll stumble through the yard / We'll stumble through the APT / We'll stumble through the yard / [Pre-Chorus] / Force
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R.E.M. – Femme Fatale
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This is the third cover of The Velvet Underground to appear on Dead Letter Office.
According to Discogs.com, this cover was only available on vinyl as a promotional item, until
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R.E.M. – Hyena (Live / 1984 Aragon Ballroom)
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[Verse 1] / Nighttime fell at the opening / Of the final act of the beginning of time / Hyena, take your role, the stage is set / The town is safe again tonight / [Chorus] / Hyena
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R.E.M. – Toys In The Attic
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“Toys In the Attic” is a song by Aerosmith on their 1975 album, Toys In The Attic. The title literally refers to toys that kids outgrow, but parents save anyway. The implication
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R.E.M. – Windout
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[Chorus 1] / Windout, if you're out of wind / Windout, if you're really spent / Windout, if you're young and red / [Chorus 2] / Yeah, tick tock, it's tine o'clock / Once is good
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R.E.M. – There She Goes Again
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“There She Goes Again” is a song by The Velvet Underground from their 1967 debut album, The Velvet Underground & Nico.
This 1983 cover song was a b-side to “Radio Free Europe”. It
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R.E.M. – King of the Road
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Most likely an improvisation rather than a direct cover of Roger Millers 1965 country and western hit. Mike Mills shouts out chord changes in the background, the whole song is a
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R.E.M. – Walters Theme
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[Intro] / (Hey this is David / I've got a hat the size of Oklahoma) / [Verse] / Hey this is David / I've got a hat the size of Oklahoma / Put on my boots and going down to Walter's
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R.E.M. – 1,000,000
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[Verse 1] / Secluded in a marker stone / Not only deadlier, but smarter, too / Smarter too / All along the tomb / All along the ruin / Secluded in a marker stone / Not only
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R.E.M. – Voice of Harold
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This is literally just the liner notes to a gospel album by The Revelaires that the band’s producer, Don Dixon, found in the attic of the studio.
During the recording of the album
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R.E.M. – Bandwagon
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This song was the B-side to “Cant Get There From Here,” the first single off Fables of the Reconstruction, 1985.
As for the song’s theme, parse it a bit and there are two
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