R.E.M - These Days Lyrics

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 "These Days" is a track from Lifes Rich Pageant (1986). Written by all R.E.M. members—Michael Stipe, Peter Buck, Mike Mills, and Bill Berry—the song features upbeat instrumentation with a defiant tone, celebrating youth and resistance. 

Song lyrics

Now I'm not feeding off you

I will rearrange your scales if I can, and I can

Marching to the ocean, marching to the sea, I had a hat

I dropped it down and it sunk, reached down

Picked it up, slapped it on my head


All the people gather, fly to carry each his burden

We are young despite the years

We are concern, we are hope despite the times

All of a sudden, these days

Happy throngs, take this joy wherever, wherever


I wish to meet each one of you

And you meet you, if I can, and I can

We have many things in common, name three (three, three, three)

I had a hat and it sunk, reached down

Picked it up, slapped it on my head


All the people gather, fly to carry each his burden

We are young despite the years

We are concern, we are hope despite the times

All of a sudden, these days

Happy throngs, take this joy wherever, wherever you go


Now I'm not feeding off you

I will rearrange your scales if I can, and I can

I wish to meet each one of you, and you meet you

I had a hat and it sunk, reached down

Picked it up, slapped it on my head


All the people gather, fly to carry each his burden

We are young despite the years

We are concern, we are hope despite the times

All of the sudden, these days

Happy throngs, take this joy wherever, wherever you


Carry each his burden, we are young despite the years

We are concern, we are hope despite the times

All of the sudden, these days

Happy throngs, take this joy wherever, wherever you go


Carry each his burden, we are young despite the years

We are concern, we are hope despite the times

All of the sudden, these days

Happy throngs, take this joy wherever, wherever you go

(Take away the scattered bones of my meal)

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