Leave

Album cover art for "Leave" by R.E.M.

R.E.M. - Rock, Industrial Rock

Leave

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Duration: 7:18

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[Verse 1] Nothing could bring me closer Nothing could bring me near Where is the road I follow To leave it? Leave It's under, under, under my feet The sea spread out there before me Where do I go when the land touches sea? There is my trust in what I believe [Chorus] That's what keeps me, that's what keeps me That's what keeps me down So leave it, leave it Leave it all behind [Verse 2] Shift into dream Nothing could bring me further from my old friend time This shift into dream, it's charging the scene I know where I marked the signs I suffer dreams of a world gone mad I like it like that, and I know it Oh, 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 [Chorus] That's what keeps me, that's what keeps me That's what keeps me down Oh, leave, leave it Leave it all behind [Verse 3] Lift me, lift me Now I dream a dream I lost myself, I lost self Are they calling me? I lost myself in sorrow I lost myself in pain I lost myself in gravity Memory, leave, leave, leave [Chorus] That's what keeps me, that's what keeps me That's what keeps me down So leave it, leave it Leave it all behind That's what keeps me, that's what keeps me That's what keeps me down So leave it, leave it Leave it all behind [Verse 4] I lift my hands, my eyes are still I walk into the sea I shed myself, a different place Then leave it I've longed for this to take me I've longed for my release I've waited for the calling To leave, leave [Outro] Leave, leave Leave, leave I'm leaving, leaving

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Credits

Writers
  • Michael Stipe
  • Mike Mills
  • Peter Buck
  • Bill Berry