As Dear Readers know, I’m a big music person. I post songs on this here space often and I have one for you tonight. I love R.E.M. and I did a series years ago focusing on each of their albums and I had a great time going through them with my musings. That was before podcasts were popular. Well, now there is a fantastic R.E.M. podcast that goes through each album and I love it.
R U Talkin’ R.E.M. Re: Me with Adam Scott and Scott Auckerman (actors and comedians) goes album by album and examines it all. They started with the EP, Chronic Town and I’m ready to start Automatic For the People. The podcast is for fans (after the Adams get through usually 30 minutes of silliness and joking around). Casual fans would probably grow bored pretty quickly of the minutia of B-sides they’ve never heard of, but I love it all. The Adams discuss when they first heard this song or that song. I first remember hearing R.E.M. on Centenary College’s radio station when I was 12 when Reckoning was released. That was the first time I fell in love.
Today I finished the episode covering Green, and I have to say, it is my favorite of what I’d call the mainstream albums, when people outside of a couple of people I knew had heard of the band.
So tonight, here’s the 11th (and last) song on Green, “Untitled.” I thought about last night while I wasn’t sleeping. This song gets me and has a place in my heart. Here it is. Lyrics below.
This world is big (this world is big) and so awake (and so awake)
I stayed up late (I stayed up late) to hear your voice
This light is here (this light is here) to keep you warm (to keep you warm)
This song is here (this song is here) to keep you strong
I made a list of things to say
But all I really want to say (but all I want)
All I really want to say is (that’s all I want)
Hold her (I wrote a list of things to say)
And keep him strong (to say)
While I’m away from here (that’s all I want)
Hold her and keep her strong (this world is big and so awake)
While I’m away from here (to hear your voice)
Hold her and keep him strong (this light is here to keep you warm)
While I’m away from here (this song is here to keep you strong)
I’ve seen the world
And so, awake and stay up late to hear me sing (keep him strong)
Just hold her
I’ve seen the world
And so, awake and stay up late to hear me sing (keep him strong)
Just hold him
Hold her and keep her strong (I’ve seen the world and stayed up late)
While I’m away from here (to hear you sing)
And hold him (I’ve seen the world and so awake)
And keep him strong (so stay up late)
While I’m away from here
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