REM - I Wanted To Be Wrong Lyrics
You know where I come fromYou know what I feelYou're Yul Brenner WestworldReporting from the field.I threw it into reverse,Made a motion to repeal.You kicked my legs from under me,And tried to take the wheel.I told you I wanted to be wrong,But everyone is humming a songThat I don't understand.Now I know that the sun has shined on my side of the street.The basket of America, the weevils and the wheat.The milk and honeyed congregation, scrubbed and apple-cheekedSalute Apollo 13 from the rattle jewelry seats.Mythology's seductive and it turned a trick on meThat I have just begun to understand.I told you I wanted to be wrong,But everyone is humming a songThat I don't understand.The rodeo is staged, gold circle goat-ropers and clowns.A rumble in the third act, tie 'em up and burn 'em down.We're armed to the teeth, born a little breech;Blue-plate special analysts, cells and SUV'sWe can't approach the Allies 'cause they seem a little peevedAnd speak a language we don't understand.I told you I wanted to be wrongBut everyone is humming a songThat I don't understand.[Prop up The Omega Man, we're primed for victory,God gave us the upper hand, there's honor among thieves.Temper it with arrogance, a dash of sad conceit.The top's down on the T-Bird, we're the children of the free]Storm into the boardroom of the conquering elite.Did you recognize the madman who is shouting in the streets?Destroy the things that I don't understandDestroy the things that I don't understand.
