By poo man i discovered this album after burying my grandfather in those rolling hills of montana. and this song, it brought that wide blue green cloud rolling feeling right back into me. i'll be living there someday.
By laine
Blood from a stone
Water from wine.
Born under an ill-placed sign.
A stroke of bad luck,
wrong place, wrong time.
This flyer is out of line.
The story is a sad one, told many times.
The story of my life in trying times.
Just add water, stir in lime.
How the west was won and where it got us.
Canary got trapped in the uranium mine.
I struck bad luck, now the bird has died.
a marker to mark where my tears run dry.
at the crossing of blessed and alkaline.
The story is a sad one, told many times.
The story of my life in trying times.
Just add water, stir in lime.
How the west was won and where it got us.
I didn't wear glasses cause I thought it might rain.
Now I can't see anything.
I made a mistake, chalked it up to design.
I cracked through time, space, Godless and dry.
I point my nose to the northern star,
and watch the decline from a hazy distance.
The story is a sad one, told many times.
The story of my life in trying times.
Just add water, stir in lime.
How the west was won and where it got us.
Quotes collected from 'R.E.M. - In Their Own Words' by Peter Hogan
Lyrics are based on fans interpretations and are not official.
All R.E.M. originals written by Bill Berry, Peter Buck, Mike Mills and Michael Stipe.
By poo man
i discovered this album after burying my grandfather in those rolling hills of montana. and this song, it brought that wide blue green cloud rolling feeling right back into me. i'll be living there someday.
By laine