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It's quiet now and what it brings
Is everything
Comes calling back, a brilliant night
I'm still awakeI looked ahead
I'm sure I saw you there
You don't need me to tell you now
That nothing can compareYou might have laughed if I told you
You might have hidden a frown
You might have succeeded in changing me
I might have been turned aroundIt's easier to leave than to be left behind
Leaving was never my proud
Leaving New York never easy
I saw the light fading outNow life is sweet and what it brings
I tried to take
But loneliness, it wears me out
It lies in wayAnd all not lost, still in my eyes
The shadow of necklace across your thigh
I might have lived my life in a dream

But I swear, this is realMemory fuses and shatters like glass
Mercurial future, forget the past
It's you, it's what I feelYou might have laughed if I told you
You might have hidden a frown
You might have succeeded in changing me
I might have been turned aroundIt's easier to leave than to be left behind
Leaving was never my proud
Leaving New York never easy
I saw the light fading outYou find it in your heart, it's pulling me apart
You find it in your heart, changeI told you forever
I love you forever
I told you, I love youI love you forever
I told you forever
I love you forever
I told you, I love you
I love you foreverYou never, you never
You told me foreverYou might have laughed if I told you
You might have hidden the frown
You might have succeeded in changing me
I might have been turned aroundIt's easier to leave than to be left behind
Leaving was never my proud
Leaving New York never easy
I saw the life fading outLeaving New York never easy
I saw the light fading out
Leaving New York never easy
I saw the life fading out

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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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