R.E.M. - Fall On Me Lyrics

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And Stipe still sounds incredible live, too.

What is it up in the air for?/if it's there for long/it's over, it's over me. Spectacular backing vocals.

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Ahhh, high school...

MAYIM BIALIK TOLD ME ONCE THAT THIS SONG WAS AMONG HER TOP FIVE REM SONGS.

Tell the sky don't fall on me!!!!1987

Sitting here as my country burns trying to subtract 1986 from 2020 and work out when I first heard about climate change from this tune. We hadnt got a clue what he meant but we were intrigued. True musicians always first with the news. Thanks guys.

This song is so addicting. I absolutely love this song along with "Driver 8", "Imitation Of Life", "Bad Day", "The Sidewinder Sleeps Tonite", and "Losing My Religion"


Basically ear candy for me lol

Well,I would keep it above
But then it wouldn't be SKY anymore
So, if I send it to you
You gotta promise to
Keep it whole

personally i don't think it's only nostalgia, very well written song and it's time some covers were made

Stipes vocals are healing for someone who might be having a bad day

Haven't heard this in way too long. Love this one

Superb tune. They have that jangily tight sound that belongs to that era but never ages.

This song is severely underrated

Every freakin song on You Tube is "underrated" according to some numpty

this has millions of views...

Excruciatingly beautiful ❤️

Played this a lot in 1986 on the jukebox at WSU student union...

This song I loved. The way one felt as a youth. So beautiful, so haunting. Don't fall on me, cries Chicken Little!!

God this guys lyrics are just so damn conceited...

Peaked at just No. 94 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1986. Perhaps too alternative-vy to be a big Hot 100 hit (for the time at least). Sounds like ‘96 more than ‘86 honestly.

im thinking the really high harmony both at the end of the middle eight, and at the end of the pre choruses is Berry's? (in addition to his "it's gonna fall" vocal), pretty sure it's not Mill's tone, maybe Stipe?

Johnny Marr's favorite REM song

This has that classic, jangly sound they have always had.

Pure ecstasy and Connie.

This is my favorite REM song and Great songs will live forever...

F the corporate world

my first exposure to R.E.M back when i was 8 <3

Neglected this wonderful band for too long...

Don't fall on me............

*FORESIGHT

Their best song.

what a melody line.

I'm sitting in the car listening to this song right now. I always liked REM but it reminds me how good they really were and brings back memories of their other songs. Great stuff.

Michael Stipe, such a talent. He is one of those singers/songwriters who only comes along once in awhile.

REM...tanks for all the great music.

Thank you REM. Just thank you.

This song as relevant today as any other time. Many thanks to REM for positively impacting my young brain enough to really care about Mother Earth enough to do at least the simple things to try to help. 35 years later I'm still doing all I can I won't quit til I die. There hasn't been a day hike or longer journey I haven't been able to haul back all sorts of trash. Sad but true.

Greta should have won the Nobel Peace Prize her full condemnation of our world leaders really cuts to the bone ... may the youth of the world continue the fight. You have full support from some of us old farts. Moving industry to China doesn't solve the problem.

Such a beautiful song.....if you dig deep into REM;s lyrics you will realize Michael is really a Genius...

Kills me

Moon in Libra, I love this song so much!

33 years later and this song still blows my mind!

This song is terrifyingly relevant now. Building towered foresight will not save our species in the upcoming decades.

Legends

Love the song, the words over the video ruin the video...

R.E.M's best!

A favorite of mine

I saw them at Chrysler Hall in Norfolk during the Fables of the Reconstruction tour decades ago! My most favorite REM album and tour !

Agree Joe it makes the song.

These guys never let me down.

you may not know who this is, yet i went to church with you since i was born. ik i havent been there in a while. i promise i will see you again uncle mike. i promise. im sorry for the loss of your dad. hoping to see your mother soon. i love you uncle mike. i alwaays will. hopefully someone that works for you will see this and we can get back into touch. im 12 about to turn 13 now. have a good day. i love you. see you soon. x

This song is so relevant today

still my fav song by this band-

We didn't know about REM in England until Out Of Time came along. Boy did we miss some classics.

When poetry and music combine you get this

R.E.M. at it's best!

Unos de sus mejores temas, hermosa melodía. Aguante rem. Saludos desde Argentina 🙌

Walking out my door at six in the morning in late 1985, clicking play on the Walkman. This comes on as I walk to high school. Eighties nostalgia is definitely a thing today, probably the concocted comercial strategy of people in media that have brilliantly figured out that gen-x-ers are now middle-aged suburbanites. They have the disposable income now. But it truly was a magical time, at least it was for me.

Should have been a top ten hit all over the world. 3 minute rock song perfection!

Classic, I can safely say it's their best song.

The day I fall out of love with this song, I'll know that I'm dead.

Do you suppose Michael was referring to the pigeons in NYC?

That moment when you realize that it's not an abstract video anymore if you watch it upside down :)...

Hi My MOST BEAUTIFUL Holy Arch 👼 Michael, BELOVED Appostle and Prophet Musician Husband ❤️ I love THIS SONG!!! U always make Me Laugh with ur intelligence!!! I love you 🙋 Grace God 💋💏👉🛌👉🤰👉👶👶👶👶👶❤️

One of the 1$t Eco songs...

This song hits me at such a base, instinctual, unexplainable emotional level.

Brilliant

One of my favoRites !

Foreshadowed the Globalist Cabal and how they have ruined our world

FALL ON ME I TRY TO AND PICK YOU UP ...AND WHEN I FALL I KNOW I CAN COUNT ON U... GREAT SONG

Their best song imo.

#original
#eco
#awareness
#PSA

Stipe is one of my favorite singers of all time that really influence me, along with Thom Yorke, Tom Waits, Bruce Springsteen and Bono

That triple harmony...brings me to tears.

Si los ángeles cantasen esta sería la canción

My favorite r.e.m! I miss them!

You never see the sky.

Played this constantly on my walkman

My favorite R.E.M song

Bury Magnets
Swallow the Rapture


What do you think they meant by that?

Magnifique chanson d'un grand groupe

Sky 4 $ale..=$2.43.

I want my youth from univ days back

omg I'm so nostalgic for college radio right now I can't even "stand" it!

Back when REM were untouchable..My first proper gig was in '89 ..incredible..LRP is their best album of the 80s

Their best song!

Let's Gather Together

They don't make music like this anymore.

Forever song. Forever band. The best one by their so many incredible songs, their attitude, their class, their multitude fantastic albums. Merveillous clip, shows so hot.....The end of the band in good spirit is a exemple for all other ones (AC/DC please stop now, it's time for you since 30 years ! !!!! ).....The perfection exist. Rock died when REM STOP. Thanks for all.

REM was the band during my college years in 1980's.

Turd Ferguson approves. The very best of Mr. Turd Ferguson, Esquire, philanthropist, shrimp farmer 👩‍🌾🙋‍♂️☘️🙏

This was the song that hooked me.

Stipe's favorite REM record. First REM song to crack the national Top 40.

Life's Rich Pageant

Live.. MSU Auditorium 26 October 1987 with the 10,000 Maniacs. :)

I was there too Busy Bee. Loved it. MSU grad 89' here.

OMG, I didn't realize what the song was about. I didn't see the video and didn't understand the lyrics. Michael Stipe sometimes makes the words unintelligible. It just keeps getting more relevant day by day. "Buy the Sky, Sell the Sky". Don't fall on me must be describing the pollution pumped into the air. Just Wow.

a problem is an opportunity for another challenge in Jesus. Buy and sell the sky with currency you can't carry in your pocket. Just think what it might be to own everything you see.

What do people feel this song is about?

Superior to Losing my Religion (IMHO)

Feathers,Iron,etc hit the ground bfore the weight can leave the air. Maybe he noticed that there's a problem in physics gravity equations.

Ti amo Michael

How did the foresight error make it past the people who made this video? I mean it’s very noticeable.lol I remember reading about how it went unnoticed but I can’t figure out how they missed it lol

2019. And every year since 1986 🙌🏼