now That nothing can compare You might have laughed if I told you You might have hidden a frown You might have succeeded in changing me I might have been turned around
You took me to the restaurant where we first met Knocked a future shock crowbar upside my head I got caught with the stop of the tick-tock, tick-tock
You threw away the ballast and you rowed your boat ashore Didn't you, now? Didn't you? You made your ultimatum too big to ignore Didn't you, now? Didn
'cause I'm not jumping off Hold onto this boy a little longer Take another trip around the sun Around the sun Around the sun Around the sun Around the sun Around the sun
Look at this, it's me walking away Look at you drowning on display Every time I've dropped by I've tried to say The water is rising, you don't wanna stay
So hesitation pulled me back I'm stronger when I don't attract In your eyes I'm a lamb without a rack And I am getting confused I'm a cactus trying to
Now the radio stutters, snaps to life Some sour song that sets it right And when London falls, he'd like to call But the stars collide They're beautiful
You're on your ear, the ocean's near The light has started to fade Your high is timed, you found the climb It's hard to focus on more than what's in Front
As I raise my head to broadcast my objection As your latest triumph draws the final straw Who died and lifted you up to perfection? And what silenced
to take the wheel I told you I wanted to be wrong But everyone is humming a song That I don't understand Now I know that the sun has shined on my side
You see there's this cat burglar who can't see in the dark He lays his bets on eight more lives, walks into a bar Slips on the eight ball, falls on his
Looks like I pulled a fast one Looks like I went to town Looks like the world revolves around me Looks like it's falling down I thought I'd kicked the
When I look into your eyes You drop like an anchor eyes I scudded and clipped the sky Just shy of making it And you almost got away I told you I was
Translation: REM. Around The Sun.
what's coming Hold on world 'cause I'm not jumping off Hold onto this boy a little longer Take another trip around the sun Around the sun Around the sun Around the sun
: You're on your ear, the ocean's near The light has started to fade Your high is timed, you found the climb It's hard to focus on more than what's in
: You threw away the ballast and you rowed your boat ashore Didn't you, now? Didn't you? You made your ultimatum too big to ignore Didn't you, now? Didn