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Sinking fast the weight's chained to my feet
No time to argue with belief
I'm not alone, a thousand others dropping
Faster than me, what put me here?
Nothing to hold on to, nowhere to brakeWhere is the ripcord, the trapdoor, the key?
Where is the cartoon escape hatch for me?
No time to question the choices I make
Ive got to follow another directionThe last thing I remember was climbing up the stairs
I threw the window open in challenge and despair
I dont know what I need, I needed time, I needed to escape
I saw the future turn upside down and hesitatedWhere is the ripcord, the trapdoor, the key?
Where is the cartoon escape hatch for me?
No time to question the choices I make
Ive got to follow another direction, accelerateThe vista I see now is changing
Uncertainty is suffocating
Our hope has never felt so great and
Lit up down, a pounding pulse
To make it go, make it slow down, goWhere is the ripcord, the trapdoor, the key?

Where is the cartoon escape hatch for me?
No time to question the choices I make
Ive got to follow another directionThe citys burning, it's like it's ready to explode
(Accelerate)
Accelerate to make it slow, make it go
(Accelerate)
Accelerate to make it slow, make it go
(Accelerate)
I'm incomplete, I'm incomplete, I'm incomplete
Songwriters
BUCK, PETER LAWRENCE/MILLS, MICHAEL E./STIPE, MICHAEL J.Published by
Lyrics © Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.

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R.E.M. were an alternative rock band formed in Athens, Georgia, United States in 1980. The band originally consisted of Michael Stipe (vocals), Peter Buck (guitar, mandolin), Mike Mills (bass, keyboards, vocals) and Bill Berry (drums). Berry retired from the band in October 1997 after having suffered a brain aneurysm in 1995.

R.E.M. released its first single, "Radio Free Europe", in 1981 on the independent record label Hib-Tone. The single was followed by the Chronic Town EP in 1982, the band's first release on I.R.S. Records. In 1983, the group released its critically acclaimed debut album, Murmur, and built its reputation over the next few years through subsequent releases, constant touring, and the support of college radio. Following years of underground success, R.E.M. achieved a mainstream hit in 1987 with the single "The One I Love". The group signed to Warner Bros. Records in 1988, and began to espouse political and environmental concerns while playing large arenas worldwide.

By the early 1990s, when alternative rock began to experience broad mainstream success, R.E.M. was viewed as a pioneer of the genre and released its two most commercially successful albums, Out of Time (1991) and Automatic for the People (1992), which veered from the band's established sound. R.E.M.'s 1994 release, Monster, was a return to a more rock-oriented sound. The band began its first tour in six years to support the album; the tour was marred by medical emergencies suffered by three band members. In 1996, R.E.M. re-signed with Warner Bros. for a reported US$80 million, at the time the most expensive recording contract in history. The following year, Bill Berry left the band, while Buck, Mills, and Stipe continued the group as a three-piece. Through some changes in musical style, the band continued its career into the next decade with mixed critical and commercial success. In 2007, the band was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

On 21 September 2011, after over 30 years together, R.E.M. announced that they had split up.

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