Beat A Drum - R.E.M.

The sun reflected in The back of my eye

I knocked my head

Against the sky

The dragonflies are busy buzzing me Seahorses if we were in the sea

Halfway from coal,

Halfway to diamond

My fall knocked a Mean chip out of me

I’m gathering as far

As I can reach

We’re perched up On the precipice

And this is what I’ve seen

This is all I want

It’s all I need

This is all I am It’s everything

This is all I want

It’s all I need

A bluejay hectors from

The felled catalpa tree

Doctorate in science

And a theologian’s

Dream

The dragonflies are

Trying to lecture me Seahorses if we were in the sea

This is all I want

It’s all I need

This is all I am It’s everything

This is all I want

It’s all I need

Beat a drum for me,

Like a butterfly wing

Tropical storm across the ocean

But don’t explain,

I’m sure I’ll want to know

But don’t forget,

We’re just halfway from coal

This is all I want

It’s all I need

This is all I am It’s everything

This is all I want

It’s all I need