Blackbirds (Half a World Away) [Demo]
This could be the saddest dusk I've ever seen
Turn to a miracle, high alive
My mind is racing, as it always will
My hands tired, my heart aches
I'm half a world away, here
My head sworn
To go it alone, and haul it along
And haul it along, and hold it
Go it alone, and hold it along
Oh
Oh, the lonely deep sit hollow
Half a world, half a world away
My shoes are gone, my life spent
I've had too much to drink
I didn't think, I didn't think of you
I guess that's all I needed
To go it alone, and hold it along
And haul it along, and hold it
Blackbirds, backwards, forwards and fall
Oh
Oh, this lonely world is wasted
Pathetic eyes, high alive
Blind to the tide that turns the sea
This storm that came up strong
It shook the trees, and blew away our fear
I couldn't even hear
To go it alone, and hold it along
Haul it along, and hold it
Go it alone, hold it along
Oh
Go it alone, and hold it along
Haul it along, and hold it
Blackbirds, backwards, forwards and fall
Oh
Oh, this could be the saddest dusk I've ever seen
Turn to a miracle, high alive
My mind is racing, as it always will
My hands tired, my heart aches
I'm half a world away
Go
Turn to a miracle, high alive
My mind is racing, as it always will
My hands tired, my heart aches
I'm half a world away, here
My head sworn
To go it alone, and haul it along
And haul it along, and hold it
Go it alone, and hold it along
Oh
Oh, the lonely deep sit hollow
Half a world, half a world away
My shoes are gone, my life spent
I've had too much to drink
I didn't think, I didn't think of you
I guess that's all I needed
To go it alone, and hold it along
And haul it along, and hold it
Blackbirds, backwards, forwards and fall
Oh
Oh, this lonely world is wasted
Pathetic eyes, high alive
Blind to the tide that turns the sea
This storm that came up strong
It shook the trees, and blew away our fear
I couldn't even hear
To go it alone, and hold it along
Haul it along, and hold it
Go it alone, hold it along
Oh
Go it alone, and hold it along
Haul it along, and hold it
Blackbirds, backwards, forwards and fall
Oh
Oh, this could be the saddest dusk I've ever seen
Turn to a miracle, high alive
My mind is racing, as it always will
My hands tired, my heart aches
I'm half a world away
Go
Credits
Writer(s): Peter Lawrence Buck, Michael E. Mills, John Michael Stipe, William Thomas Berry
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Other Album Tracks
Altri album
- We Are Hope Despite The Times
- R.E.M. - Live from the Pyramid Stage, Glastonbury Festival, June 25, 1999
- R.E.M.'s Top Forty Playlist (according to Berry, Buck, Mills and Stipe)
- Up (25th Anniversary Edition)
- The Apologist (Live At The Palace / 1999)
- Losing My Religion (Live At The Palace / 1999)
- Daysleeper (Live At The Palace / 1999)
- Strange Currencies - Single
- Pale Blue Eyes - Live American Radio Broadcast
- New Adventures In Hi-Fi (25th Anniversary Edition)
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