Burn bright through the night, two pockets lead the way Two doors to go between the wall was raised today Two doors remain before your others and your own Keep these books well stocked away and take your happy home
My carpenter's out and running about, talking to the street My pockets are out and running about Barking in the street to tell what I have hidden there
Burn bright through the night, two pockets lead the way Two doors to go between the wall was raised today Raise the walls and shout its flaws, a carpenter should rest So that when you tire of one side the other serves you best
My carpenter's out and running about, talking to the street My pockets are out and running about Barking in the street to tell what I have hidden there
The hills ringing hear the words in time Listen to the holler, listen to my walls within my tongue Can't you see you made my ears go tin? the air quicken tension building inference suddenly Life and how to live it
Raise the walls and shout its flaws, a carpenter should rest So that when you tire of one side the other serves you best Read about the wisdom lost, a knock, a knock, a knock A secret knock one hammer's locked the other wisdom lost
My carpenter's out and running about, talking to the street My pockets are out and running about Barking in the street to tell what I have hidden there My carpenter's out and running about, barking in the, listen to the holler My pockets are out and running about Barking in the street to tell what I have hidden there
Listen, listen to the holler, If I write a book it will be called "Life and How to Live It"
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.
Best song on the album
By Doug
hi hi hi to rem it's so great that any body knows rem listeon to rem of music so we're realy like this song very very mush we're 2 guy's from libya love rem sure for real our name's fathi and adel we're too male good bye have nice try
By fathi&adel
I love this song: I'm listening to it as I "write" these words. I didn't get any of the meaning of the song the first 150 I listened to it, but then again, I didn't know the story of the guy with the split-personality house the song was based on. "If I write a book it will be called 'Life and how to Live it'." This song very nicely sums up everything I like about this band. Not that there's anything wrong with the rest of the album: even songs I didn't much care for at first, have grown on me: I certainly like this album a lot more than Automatic for the People, and everything that's followed it (there are some bright spots on Monster). Nice solid guitar work, generally engaging, I give this song whatever passes for accoldaes and kudos around here.
By TROY-DAVID
for sure. what a song. one of the best on the album for sure.
