REM - Photograph Lyrics
(berry/buck/mills/stipe/natalie merchant)I found this photograph,Underneath the broken picture glassTender face of black and white,Beautiful, a haunting sightLooked into an angels smile,Captivated all the whileFrom the hair and clothes she wore,Id place her in between the warsWas she willing when she satAnd posed the pretty photograph?Save her flowering and fair,The days to come, the days to shareA big smile for the camera,How did she know?The moment could be lost foreverForever moreI found this photograph,Stashed between the old joist walls,In a place where time is lost,Lost behind, where all things fallBroken books and calendars,Letters script in careful hand,Music too, a standard tune bySome forgotten big brass bandFrom the threshhold whats to seeOf our brave new century?The televisions just a dream,The radio, the silver screenA big smile for the camera,How did she know?The moment could be lost foreverForever moreWas her childhood filled with rhymes,Stolen hooks, impassioned crimes?Was she innocent or blindTo the cruelty of her time?Was she fearful in her day,Was she hopeful, did she pray?Were there skeletons inside,Family secrets, sworn to hide?Did she feel the beat that stirs,The fall from grace of wayward girls?Was she tempted to pretend,The love and laughter, til the end?
