Music Video

Featured In

Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS
R.E.M.
R.E.M.
Performer
Peter Buck
Peter Buck
Guitar
Michael Stipe
Michael Stipe
Vocals
Mike Mills
Mike Mills
Bass Guitar
Bill Berry
Bill Berry
Drums
Nathan December
Nathan December
Guitar
Scott McCaughey
Scott McCaughey
Synthesizer
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Peter Buck
Peter Buck
Songwriter
Michael Stipe
Michael Stipe
Songwriter
Bill Berry
Bill Berry
Songwriter
Mike Mills
Mike Mills
Songwriter
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
R.E.M.
R.E.M.
Producer
Scott Litt
Scott Litt
Producer

Lyrics

Nothing could bring me closer Nothing could bring me near Where is the road I follow To leave, leave? It's under, under, under my feet The sea spread out there before me Where do I go when the land touches the sea? There is my trust in what I believe That's what keeps me, that's what keeps me That's what keeps me down To leave, believe it Leave it all behind Shifting the dream Nothing could bring me further from my old friend time Shifting the dream, it's charging the scene I know where I marked the signs I suffer the dreams of a world gone mad I like it like that and I know it I know it well, ugly and sweet I temper madness with an even extreme That's what keeps me, that's what keeps me That's what keeps me down I say that I'm a bantam lightweight I say that I'm a phantom airplane That never left the ground That's what keeps me, that's what keeps me That's what keeps me down To leave it, believe it Leave it all behind Lift me, lift me I attain my dream I lost myself, I lost that Heartache calling me Lost myself in sorrow I lost myself in pain I lost myself in gravity, memory, leave, leave, leave That's what keeps me, that's what keeps me That's what keeps me down To leave it, believe it Leave it all behind That's what keeps me, that's what keeps me That's what keeps me down To leave it, believe it Leave it all behind Lift my hands, my eyes are still I'll walk into the sea Shoot myself in a different place And leave it I've longed for this to take me I've longed for my release I've waited for the callin' To leave, leave Leave, leave Leaving Leaving, leaving
Writer(s): Michael E. Mills, Peter Lawrence Buck, John Michael Stipe, William Thomas Berry Lyrics powered by www.musixmatch.com
instagramSharePathic_arrow_out