[00:10.24] ["What's the frequency, Kenneth?"] is your Benzedrine, uh-huh
[00:20.24] I was brain-dead, locked out, numb, not up to speed
[00:29.39] I thought I'd pegged you an idiot's dream
[00:34.79] Tunnel vision from the outsider's screen
[00:39.95] I never understood the frequency, uh-huh
[00:48.54] You wore our expectations like an armored suit, uh-huh
[00:57.01] I'd studied your cartoons, radio, music, TV, movies, magazines
[01:10.13] Richard said, ["Withdrawal in disgust is not the same as apathy."]
[01:19.76] A smile like the cartoon, tooth for a tooth
[01:27.95] You said that irony was the shackles of youth
[01:33.05] You wore a shirt of violent green, uh-huh
[01:41.00] I never understood the frequency, uh-huh
[01:50.06] ["What's the frequency, Kenneth?"] is your Benzedrine, uh-huh
[02:21.80] Butterfly decal, rear-view mirror, dogging the scene
[02:35.39] You smile like the cartoon, tooth for a tooth
[02:43.56] You said that irony was the shackles of youth
[02:48.68] You wore a shirt of violent green, uh-huh
[02:56.87] I never understood the frequency, uh-huh
[03:05.62] You wore our expectations like an armored suit, uh-huh
[03:17.02] I couldn't understand
[03:19.77] You said that irony was the shackles of youth, uh-huh
[03:25.66] I couldn't understand
[03:30.14] You wore a shirt of violent green, uh-huh
[03:36.96] I couldn't understand
[03:40.51] I never understood, don't fuck with me, uh-huh
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R.E.M. was an American rock band formed in Athens, Georgia, in 1980 by drummer Bill Berry, guitarist Peter Buck, bassist Mike Mills, and lead vocalist Michael Stipe, who were students at the University of Georgia. R.E.M. was noted for Buck's arpeggiated "jangle" guitar playing; Stipe's distinctive vocal style, unique stage presence, and cryptic lyrics; Mills's countermelodic bass lines and backing vocals; and Berry's tight, economical drumming. In the early 1990s, other alternative rock acts suc...
