The Wake-Up Bomb

Album cover art for "The Wake-Up Bomb" by R.E.M.

R.E.M. - Rock, Grunge

The Wake-Up Bomb

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[Verse 1] I look good in a glass pack, I look good and mean I look good in metallic sick wraparound and blackout tease I scud along the horizon, I drink some sweet tree tea I get high in my low-ass, boot-cut, cheap, I like being seen I look good in my drink-eat-no-sleep, take-a-leap longevity I get high on my attitude, latitude, 1973 Oh, I'm in deep [Pre-Chorus] My head's on fire and high esteem Carry my dead bored, "been there, done that", uh, anything [Chorus] Oh, the wake-up bomb Oh, the wake-up bomb Oh, the wake-up bomb Oh, the wake-up bomb My head's on fire and high esteem Get drunk and sing along to Queen Practice my T-Rex moves and make the scene Carry my dead bored, "been there, done that", uh, anything [Verse 2] I had to knock a few buildings over, I make an ugly mess I had to blow a gasket, drop transmission, I had to decompress I had to write the Great American Novel, I had a neutron bomb I had to teach the world to sing by the age of 21 I wake up (Wake up), I wake up (Wake up) I threw up when I saw what I'd done [Chorus] Oh, the wake-up bomb Oh, the wake-up bomb My head's on fire and high esteem Get drunk and sing along to Queen Practice my T-Rex moves and make the scene Oh, I'd rather be anywhere, doing anything [Bridge] I've had enough, I've seen enough, I had it all, I'm giving up I won the race, I broke the cup, I drank it all, I spit it up I've had enough, I've seen enough, I had it all, I'm giving up I won the race, I broke the cup, I drank it all, I spit it up Yeah, atomic, supersonic, what a joke, uh, "I'm dumb" "See ya, d-don't want to be ya", lunch meat, pond scum [Outro] My head's on fire in high esteem Get drunk and sing along to Queen Practice my T-Rex moves and make the scene Yooh, I'd rather be anywhere doing anything Yeah, I'd rather be anywhere doing anything Yeah, I'd rather be anywhere doing anything Yeah....

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Credits

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