Rem - Boy In The Well Lyrics

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The Boy in the Well by R.E.M. was released in 2004, written by Michael Stipe, Peter Buck, and Mike Mills. The song carries a dark tone, narrating themes of loss and entrapment with emotionally charged poetic lyrics. 

Song lyrics

Look at this, it's me, walking away

Look at you drowning, on display

Every time I've dropped by, I've tried to say

The water is rising

You don't want to stay


It's that sinking feeling. you know what it's bringing on

You might as well say it

I see it, I feel it

This town is going wrong

It's turning away


You wanted me to be someone that I could never be

My new friends are offering things I've never dreamed

It's beautiful

I'd like for them to take me on


The track mall gang went off

On the Tennessee goth. a lunar moth

You chrysalis and flail

The water is rising. you try to rappel

A rousing cheer for the boy in the well


It's that sinking feeling. you know what it's bringing on

You might as well say it

I see it, I feel it

This town is going wrong

It's turning away


You wanted me to be someone that I could never be

My new friends are offering things I've never dreamed

It's beautiful

I'd like for them to take me on


Here is where I look back

Here is where you fell

This is where I got up

Shaking off my tail

This is where your rope trick

Started to look stale

A greyhound pass for the boy in the well


It's that sinking feeling

You know what it's bringing on

I might as well say it

I see it, I feel it

This town is going wrong

It's turning away


You wanted me to be someone that I could never be

My new friends are offering things I've never dreamed

It's beautiful

I'd like for them to take me on


You wanted me to be someone that I could never be

My new friends are offering things I've never dreamed

It's beautiful

I'd like for them to take me on

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