Supernatural Superserious

Album: Accelerate (2008)
Charted: 54 85
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  • Everybody here
    Comes from somewhere
    But they would just as soon forget
    And disguise
    At the summer camp where you volunteered
    No one saw your face, no one saw your fear
    If that apparition had just appeared
    Took you up and away from this place
    And sheer humiliation
    Of your teenage station
    Nobody cares, no one remembers and nobody cares

    How you cried and you cried
    "He's alive, he's alive"
    How you cried and cried
    And you cried and you cried

    If you call out "safe"
    Then I'll stop right away
    If the premise buckles
    And the ropes start to chafe
    The details smart
    But the story's the same
    You don't have to explain
    You don't have to explain
    Humiliation
    Of your teenage station

    Yeah, you cried and you cried
    "He's alive, he's alive"
    How you cried and you cried
    And you cried and you
    Realized your fantasies
    Are dressed up in travesties
    Enjoy yourself with no regrets

    Everybody here
    Comes from somewhere
    That they would just as soon forget
    And disguise

    Yeah, you cried and you cried
    "He's alive, he's alive"
    Yeah, you cried and you cried
    And you cried and you cried
    (Oh, you cried and you cried)
    (Oh, you cried and you cried)

    Now there's nothing dark
    And there's nothing weird
    Don't be afraid, I will hold you near
    From the seance where you first betrayed
    An open heart on a darkened stage
    A celebration
    Of your teenage station

    It's an experience, sweet, delirious
    Supernatural, super serious
    An experience, sweet, delirious
    Supernatural, super serious
    Wow Writer/s: Michael Stipe, Mike Mills, Peter Buck
    Publisher: Universal Music Publishing Group
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 4

  • Mark from New York, NyA new classic by REM. I love this song.
  • Jordan from Toronto, OnI absolutely love this song. Great work by all members on this one.
  • Mark from London, EnglandThe song's title was apparently changed at Coldplay mainman Chris Martin's request.
  • Mark from London, EnglandGarrett "Jacknife" Lee was once in indie band Compulsion and recorded a few albums in his own right, the peak being the Beck-inspired Punk Rock High Rolla.
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