There’s a secret stigma, reaping wheel. Diminish, a carnival of sorts. Chronic town, poster torn, reaping wheel. Stranger, stranger to these parts. Gentlemen don’t get caught, cages under cage. Gentlemen don’t get caught, Boxcars (are pulling) out of town. Boxcars (are pulling) out of town. Boxcars (are pulling) out of town. (repeat 1st verse and […]
Category Archives: R.E.M.
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This world is big and so-awake I stayed up late to hear your voice This light is here to keep you warm This song is here to keep you strong I made a list of things to say But all I really want to say All I really want to say is Hold her and […]
Departure
Just arrived Singapore, San Sebastian, Spain, 26-hour trip. Salt Lake City, come in spring. Over the salt flats a hailstorm brought you back to me. Salt Lake City, come in spring. Over the salt flats a hailstorm brought you back to me. Here it comes (I’m carried away) Here it comes (I’m carried away) Here […]
Saturn Return
Easy to poke yourself square in the eyeHarder to like yourself, harder to try These are espousesPostcards and neopreneRoses a dollar a stemEveryone sleeping or pulling the long haul andKeys/caves(?) in the cooler it’s three A.M.And saturn is beckoning no-oneIt’s offering up. Late shift convenience store, burn out the lightsTelescope roof towards the north-western skyYou […]
Shiny Happy People
Shiny happy people laughingMeet me in the crowdPeople peopleThrow your love aroundLove me love meTake it into townHappy happyPut it in the groundWhere the flowers growGold and silver shine Shiny happy people holding handsShiny happy people laughing Everyone around love them, love themPut it in your handsTake it take itThere’s no time to cryHappy happyPut […]
Gardening At Night
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 sun just hurts my eyes somewhere. It must be time for penitence. Gardening at night is never where. Gardening […]
Fall On Me
There’s a problem, feathers iron Bargain buildings, weights and pullyes Feathers hit the ground before the weight can leave the air Buy the sky and sell the sky and tell the sky and tell the sky Don’t fall on me (What is it up in the air for) (It’s gonna fall) Fall on me (If […]
Feeling Gravity’s Pull
I fell asleep and read just about every paragraph. Read the scene where gravity is pulling me around Peel back the mountains peel back the sky Stomp gravity into the floor It’s a Man Ray kind of sky Let me show you what I can do with it Time and distance are out of place […]