Music Monday: Supernatural Superserious by R.E.M.

Music Monday is a pretty obvious thing. You share music that you really like, and… yes, you do it on a Monday. Brainchild of a tattooed book geek called The Tattooed Book Geek.

R.E.M – Supernatural Superserious

The first time I heard this song a plane was accelerating on a runway. With my copious background in metal music this riff instantly hooked me. Then the lyrics settled around me like a glove.

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 you 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 séance 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

Taken from the album: Accelerate 2008

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