Chorus And The Ring - R.E.M.

Hey there now young one

Wholly, swing along

Quote the scriptures,

Keep them guessing

Which pit you crawled from

Just defy it, just deny it,

Was it fun?

Your time has come

What have you done?

What have you done?

That’s when the insults

Start to sting

You can’t remember anything

The chorus chime in,

The Greek chorus,

The machine of God singing

It’s the poison that

In measures brings

Illuminating vision

It’s the knowing with a wink

That we expect in Southern women

It’s the wolf that knows

Which root to dig

To save itself

It’s the octopus that

Crawled back to the sea

That’s when the insults

Start to sting

You can’t remember anything

The chorus chime in,

The Greek chorus,

The machine of God ring

Hammered, shooting plywood

In the backyard

Laughing 'cause

The racket makes the

Blackbirds sing

Write the holy terror,

Suck the marrow from

The bone singe

Your own wings burning books,

You got the

Chorus and the ring

That’s when the insults

Start to sting

You can’t remember anything

The chorus chime in,

The Greek chorus,

The machine sings

That’s when the insults

Starts to sting

You can’t remember anything

The chorus chime in,

The Greek chorus,

The machine sings

That’s when the calibration

Brittle as a stick

Gets you the gold ring

And the tar museum

Che guevera wink,

Gold ring

Gold ring

Sing

Sing

Sing

Sing