I Wanted To Be Wrong lyrics
Song information
Artist: R.E.M. Album: Around The Sun
Lyrics
You know where I come from You know what I feel You're yul brenner westworld Reporting from the field I threw it into reverse Made a motion to repeal You kicked my legs from under me And tried to take the wheel
I told you I wanted to be wrong But everyone is humming a song That I don't understand
Now I know that the sun has shined on my side of the street The basket of america, the weevils and the wheat The milk and honeyed congregation, scrubbed and apple-cheeked Salute apollo 13 from the rattle jewelry seats
Mythology's seductive and it turned a trick on me That I have just begun to understand
I told you I wanted to be wrong But everyone is humming a song That I don't understand
The rodeo is staged, gold circle goat-ropers and clowns A rumble in the third act, tie 'em up and burn 'em down We're armed to the teeth, born a little breech; Blue-plate special analysts, cells and suv's
We can't approach the allies 'cause they seem a little peeved And speak a language we don't understand
I told you I wanted to be wrong But everyone is humming a song That I don't understand
[Prop up the omega man, we're primed for victory God gave us the upper hand, there's honor among thieves Temper it with arrogance, a dash of sad conceit The top's down on the t-bird, we're the children of the free]
Storm into the boardroom of the conquering elite Did you recognize the madman who is shouting in the streets? Destroy the things that I don't understand Destroy the things that I don't understand
[from http://lyrics.doheth.co.uk]
"Around The Sun" album track list
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