1.Imitation Of Life(Album Version)
Lyricist：Michael StipeMike MillsPeter Buck
Writer(s)：Michael StipeMike MillsPeter Buck
Charades, pop skill
Water hyacinth
Named by a poet
Imitation of life
Like a koi in a frozen pond
Like a goldfish in a bowl
I don't want to hear you cry
That sugarcane that tasted good
That's cinnamon, that's Hollywood
Come on, come on
No one can see you try
You want the greatest thing
The greatest thing since bread came sliced
You've got it all
You've got it sussed
Like a Friday fashion show
Teenager freezing in the corner
Trying to look like you don't try
That sugarcane that tasted good
That's cinnamon, that's Hollywood
Come on, come on
No one can see you try
No one can see you cry
That's sugarcane that tasted good
That's freezing rain, that's what you could
Come on, come on
No one can see you cry
This sugarcane, this lemonade
This hurricane, I'm not afraid
Come on, come on
No one can see me cry
This lightning storm, this tidal wave
This avalanche, I'm not afraid
Come on, come on
No one can see me cry
That sugarcane that tasted good
That's who you are, that's what you could
Come on, come on
No one can see you cry
That sugar cane that tasted good
That's who you are, that's what you could
Come on, come on
No one can see you cry
2.The Lifting(Original Version)
Lyricist：Michael StipeMike MillsPeter Buck
Writer(s)：Michael StipeMike MillsPeter Buck
Grounded, 5 A.M.
the nitelite is comforting,
but gravity is holding you.
Once settled into sleep
you have watched, on repeat,
the story of your life
across the ceiling;
and in review,
You've said the air was singing
It's calling you, you don't believe
these things you've never seen
'Good morning, and how are you？
The weather's fine, the sky is blue -
it's perfect for our seminar...'
'Now close your eyes,
and start to breathe.
Allow the noise to recede...
...allow yourself to drift and fly away.'
But you just stay.
You've said the air was singing
It's calling you, you don't believe
these things you've never seen, never dreamed.
Did you hear these voices calling
Did you hear these voices calling
Did you hear these voices calling, here
Locked into the conference room,
'We're only what our minds assume...'
and rationale is leaving you.
This conceit, these systems of belief,
your counselor agrees,
'You've always marked these boundaries, now you're free...'
and with relief.
You've said the air was singing
It's calling you, you don't believe
these things you've never seen, never heard, never dreamed.
You've said the air was singing
It's calling you, you don't believe
these things you've never seen
Never, never, never.
Once you had a dream
of oceans, and sunken cities;
memories of things you've never known
and you have never known.
3.Beat A Drum(Dalkey Demo)
Lyricist：Michael StipeMike MillsPeter Buck
Writer(s)：Michael StipeMike MillsPeter Buck
The sun reflected in the back of my eye
I knocked my head against the sky.
The dragonflies are busy buzzing me
Seahorses if we were in the sea.
Halfway from coal, halfway to diamond.
My fall knocked a mean chip out of me.
I'm gathering as far as I can reach
we're perched upon the precipice
and this is what I've seen.
This is all I want it's all I need
This is all I am it's everything
This is all I want it's all I need.
A bluejay hectors from the felled Catalpa tree
A doctorate in science and a theologian's dream.
The dragonflies are trying to lecture me
Seahorses if we were in the sea.
This is all I want it's all I need
This is all I am it's everything
This is all I want it's all I need.
Beat a drum for me, like a butterfly wing
Tropical storm across the ocean.
Don't explain, I'm sure I'll want to know.
Don't forget, we're just halfway from coal.
This is all I want it's all I need
This is all I am it's everything
This is all I want it's all I need.
4.2 JN(Non - Album Track)
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