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R.E.M. - Sing For The Submarine (Live) FULL VERSION — DeepCutsArchive
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R.E.M. - Sing For The Submarine (Live) FULL VERSION

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A beautiful acoustic and FULL version of "Sing For The Submarine" by REM played in a silo in Athens, Georgia Director: Vincent Moon Read the whole article and see more videos here: http://www.blogotheque.net/R-E-M,4019 R.E.M.: Peter Buck: Guitar Mike Mills: Bass, Backing Vocals Michael Stipe: Vocals, Percussion Scott McCaughey: Guitar, Backing Vocals Bill Rieflin: Bowl, Branch, Percussion, Backing Vocals Lyrics: It feels in dreams That everything is there for you The city breathes and pulses It's for you electron blue I knew that you could see right through it So this is where I give in to the machine Lift up your voice, feel gravity's pull Drown out the siren's ring Oh, it's all here where I keep it It's all in the submarine It's all a lot less frightening Than you would have had it be But that's the good news my darling It is what it's going to be So sing, sing for the submarine I tried to explain how it all begins How it's all destroyed and built again I knew that you could not believe me But now you're here and it's different How the light shines in your eyes In every second [Incomprehensible] It's then that I realized That the world as we know it, the high speed train We'll pick it all up and start again It's all here where I keep it It's all in the submarine It's all a lot less frightening Than we would have had it be But that's the good news my darling It is what it's going to be So sing, sing for the submarine The city did not collapse in a shudder The rain it never came At least my confessions made you laugh I know it's a little crazed But these dreams they seem so real to me It's all here where I keep it It's all in the submarine It's all a lot less frightening Than we would have had it be But that's the good news my darling It is what it's going to be So sing, sing for the submarine So this is where you trust me And this is where it begins It's all a lot less frightening Your tear, you let it in Tyrel and his mechanical owl A moth disguised as a leaf Don't tell me what tomorrow brings Climb into the hidden machine And sing, sing, sing Sing, sing, sing Sing, sing for the submarine

About Mike Mills

Michael Edward Mills (born December 17, 1958) is an American multi-instrumentalist, singer, and composer who was a founding member of the alternative rock band R.E.M. Though known primarily as the bass guitarist and backing vocalist of R.E.M., his musical repertoire also includes keyboards and occasional lead vocals. He contributed to a majority of the band's musical compositions and is the only member to have had formal musical training.

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