This is a cover of R.E.M's 1988 song that was featured in the album "Green"...with little alterations.
Features a sample from Microsoft Encarta Multimedia Encyclopedia
Shorthand Phonetics is Ababil Ashari.
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Story behind the song
We decided to cover this song for the EP because it's one of the first song we've played as a band and we love R.E.M so damn much!
Lyrics
(spoken by "Encarta Lady" in the intro)
"R.E.M., American rock-music group, pioneers of the so-called alternative style of rock music, and one of the most popular and critically acclaimed bands of the 1980s and 1990s"
(verses)
Follow me, don't follow me
I've got my spine, I've got my orange crush
Collar me, don't collar me
I've got my spine, I've got my orange crush
We are agents of the free
(Over me, not over me)
I've had my fun and now it's time to serve your conscience overseas
Comin' in fast, over me
(choruses)
High on the roof,
In a tent,
Paved with blood,
Nine-inch howl,
Brave tonight,
Chopper comin' in you hope
(spoken by "Encarta Lady" in the bridge)
"Formed in Athens, Georgia, in 1980, its members include guitarist Peter Buck, singer Michael Stipe, bassist Mike Mills, and drummer Bill Berry. The letters R.E.M. are an acronym for rapid eye movement (the eye motion that characterizes the dream stage of sleep), although members of the band say they chose the name mostly for its lack of any overt meaning."
