R.E.M. — I Wanted to Be Wrong

[Verse 1] You know where I come from, you know what I feel You're Yul Brynner Westworld reporting from the field I threw it into reverse, made a motion to repeal You kicked my legs from under me and tried to take the wheel [Chorus] I told you I wanted to be wrong, but everyone is humming a song That I don't understand [Verse 2] Now I know that the sun has shined on my side of the street The basket of America, the weevils and the wheat The milk and honeyed congregation, scrubbed and apple-cheeked Salute Apollo 13 from the rattle jewelry seats [Chorus] Mythology's seductive and it turned a trick on me That I have just begun to understand I told you I wanted to be wrong, but everyone is humming a song That I don't understand [Verse 3] The rodeo is staged, gold circle goat-ropers and clowns A rumble in the third act, tie 'em up and burn 'em down We're armed to the teeth, born a little breech Blue-plate special analysts, cells and SUV's We can't approach the Allies cause they seem a little peeved And speak a language we don't understand [Chorus] I told you I wanted to be wrong, but everyone is humming a song That I don't understand [Outro] Storm into the boardroom of the conquering elite Did you recognize the madman who is shouting in the streets? Destroy the things that I don't understand Destroy the things that I don't understand