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As the sun comes up
As the moon goes down
These heavy notions creep around
It makes me think long agoI was brought into this life
A little lamb, a little lamb
Courageous, stumbling
Fearless was my middle nameBut somewhere there I lost my way
Everyone walks the same
Expecting me to step
The narrow path they've laid, they claim toWalk unafraid
I'll be clumsy instead
Hold my love me or leave me highSay, "Keep within the boundaries
If you want to play"
Say, "Contradiction only
Makes it harder"How can I be
What I want to be?
When all I want to do is strip away
These stilled constraintsAnd crush this charade

Shred this sad masquerade
I don't need no persuading
I'll trip, fall, pick myself up andWalk unafraid
I'll be clumsy instead
Hold my love me or leave me highIf I have a bag of rocks to carry as I go
I just want to hold my head up high
I don't care what I have to step over
I'm prepared to look you in the eyeLook me in the eye
And if you see familiarity
Then celebrate the contradiction
Help me when I fall toWalk unafraid
I'll be clumsy instead
Hold my love me or leave me highWalk unafraid
I'll be clumsy instead
Hold my love me or leave me high

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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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