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Artist: R.E.M.
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Undertow
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Curated by Ethan Walker
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Undertow
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I know what I wanted
I know what I wanted
I know how I wanted this to be
You go down to the water
Drink down of the water
Walk up off the water
Leave it be
This is not my dream, sister
It is cold in heaven
And I'm not sprouting wings
I'm turning, me
I'm drowning, me
Brother, can you see those birds?
They don't look to heaven
They don't need religion
They can see
They go down to the water
Drink down of the water
Fly up off the water
Leave it be
This is not my time, sister
It is cold in heaven
But no-one's coming after me
I'm drowning, me
I'm drowning, me
You know I am tired
Cold and bony tired
Nothing is going to save me
I can see
I can't say I'm fearful
I can't say I'm not afraid
I am not resisting
I can see
That I don't need a heaven
I don't need religion
I am in the place where I should be
I am breathing water
I am breathing water
You know a body's got to breathe
I'm drowning, me
I'm drowning, me
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