Living well's the best revenge
by R.E.M.
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It´s only when your poison spins into the life you´d hoped to live
That suddenly you wake up in a shaking panic - wow!
You set me up like a lamb to slaughter
Garbo as a farmer´s daughter
Unbelievable, the gospel according to who?
I lay right down.
All your sad and lost apostles hum my name and flare their nostrils
Choking on the bones you toss to them
Well I´m not one to sit and spin
´Cause living well´s the best revenge
Baby, I am calling you on that
Don´t turn your talking points on me, history will set me free
The future´s ours and you don´t even read the footnote now!
So who´s chasing you? Where did you go?
You disappeared mid-sentence
In a judgement crisis I see my anecdote for it
You weakened shell.
All your sad and lost apostles hum my name and flare their nostrils
Choking on the bones you toss to them
Well I´m not one to sit and spin
´Cause living well´s the best revenge
Baby, I am calling you on that
You savour your dying breath
Well, I forgive but I don´t forget
You work it out, let´s hear that argument again
Camera three... GO NOW!
All your sad and lost apostles hum my name and flare their nostrils
Choking on the bones you toss to them
Well I´m not one to sit and spin
´Cause living well´s the best revenge
Baby, I am calling you on that
Baby, I am calling you on that
Baby, I am calling you on
That suddenly you wake up in a shaking panic - wow!
You set me up like a lamb to slaughter
Garbo as a farmer´s daughter
Unbelievable, the gospel according to who?
I lay right down.
All your sad and lost apostles hum my name and flare their nostrils
Choking on the bones you toss to them
Well I´m not one to sit and spin
´Cause living well´s the best revenge
Baby, I am calling you on that
Don´t turn your talking points on me, history will set me free
The future´s ours and you don´t even read the footnote now!
So who´s chasing you? Where did you go?
You disappeared mid-sentence
In a judgement crisis I see my anecdote for it
You weakened shell.
All your sad and lost apostles hum my name and flare their nostrils
Choking on the bones you toss to them
Well I´m not one to sit and spin
´Cause living well´s the best revenge
Baby, I am calling you on that
You savour your dying breath
Well, I forgive but I don´t forget
You work it out, let´s hear that argument again
Camera three... GO NOW!
All your sad and lost apostles hum my name and flare their nostrils
Choking on the bones you toss to them
Well I´m not one to sit and spin
´Cause living well´s the best revenge
Baby, I am calling you on that
Baby, I am calling you on that
Baby, I am calling you on