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Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
Michael Stipe
Vocals
Peter Buck
Mandolin
Andrew Cox
Cello
Bill Berry
Percussion
David Arenz
Violin
David Braitberg
Violin
David Kempers
Violin
Elizabeth Murphy
Cello
Ellie Arenz
Violin
Paul Murphy
Viola
Ralph David Jones
Double Bass
Reid Harris
Viola
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Bill Berry
Songwriter
Michael Mills
Songwriter
Michael Stipe
Songwriter
Peter Buck
Songwriter
Mark Bingham
String Arranger
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
R.E.M.
Producer
Scott Litt
Producer
Dave Friedlander
Assistant Mixing Engineer
John Keane
Overdub Engineer
Stephen Marcussen
Mastering Engineer
Ted Malia
Assistant Strings Engineer
Tom Garneau
Assistant Mixing Engineer
Lyrics
This could be the saddest dusk ever seen
You turn to a miracle high-alive
My mind is racing as it always will
My hands tired, my heart aches
I'm half a world away, here
My head sworn to go it alone and hold it along
Haul it along and hold it
Go it alone, hold it along
And hold
Oh, the lonely deep sit hollow
I'm half a world, half the world away
My shoes are gone, my life spent
I had too much to drink
I didn't think, and I didn't think of you
I guess that's all I needed
To go it alone and hold it along
Haul it along and hold it
Blackbirds, backwards, forwards and fall
And hold
Oh, this lonely world is wasted
Pathetic eyes high-alive
Blind to the tide that's turned the sea
The storm, it came up strong
It shook' the trees and blew away our fear
I couldn't even hear
To go it alone and hold it along
Haul it along and hold it
Go it alone and hold it along
And hold
Go it alone and hold it along
Haul it along and hold it
Blackbirds, backwards, forwards and fall
And hold
Oh, this could be the saddest dusk I've ever seen
I turn to a miracle high-alive
My mind is racing as it always will
My hands tired, my heart aches
I'm half a world away
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Writer(s): Peter Lawrence Buck, Michael E. Mills, John Michael Stipe, William Thomas Berry
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