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Composer: Peter Buck, Mike Mills, Michael Stipe

R.E.M. - I Wanted to Be Wrong 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.
Songs list of album: Around the Sun (2004)
         Title Rating
01   Leaving New York lyrics   -
02   Electron Blue lyrics   -
03   The Outsiders lyrics   -
04   Make It All Okay lyrics   -
05   Final Straw lyrics   -
06   I Wanted to Be Wrong lyrics   -
07   Wanderlust lyrics   -
08   Boy in the Well lyrics   -
09   Aftermath lyrics   -
10   High Speed Train lyrics   -
11   The Worst Joke Ever lyrics   -
12   The Ascent of Man lyrics   -
13   Around the Sun lyrics   -
 

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