R.E.M. - I Believe Lyrics
When I was young and full of grace, and spirited a rattlesnake
When I was young and fever fell, my spirit I will not tell
You're on your honor not to tell
I believe in coyotes and time as an abstract
What you want and what you need, there's the key
Your adventure for today, what do you do
Between the horns of the day
I believe
My shirt is wearing thin and change is what I believe in
When I was young and give and take, and foolish said my fool awake
When I was young and fever fell, my spirit I will not tell
You're on your honor, on your honor
Trust in your calling, make sure your calling's true
Think of others, the others think of you
Silly rule, golden words make practice, practice makes perfect
Perfect is a fault, and fault lines change
I believe
My humor's wearing thin and change is what I believe in
I believe
My shirt is wearing thin and change is what I believe in
When I was young and full of grace, and spirited a rattlesnake
When I was young and fever fell, my spirit I will not tell
You're on your honor, on your honor
I believe in example, I believe my throat hurts
Example is the checker to the key
I believe
My humor's wearing thin and I believe the poles are shifting
I believe
My shirt is wearing thin and change is what I believe in
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R.E.M. I Believe Comments
The chorus/main riff of this song is the same as the tune of I'll be there for you in the intro to Friends
This is actually my top played 2019 song. Intrestingly, I though it had been Don't Stop Believin
Adored rem before most people in australia had heard them. This is my favourite song
Trust in your calling, make sure your calling's true
Think of others, the others think of you
That covers most of it.
REM 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
*Michael Stipe actually DOESN'T believe any of these things*
Grande som, do esplendido REM!
My all time favorite R.E.M. song. This song made me a fan back in college.
This song makes me feel old and want to cry. Loaded with a lot of Georgian spiritual subtle folklore in the lyrics. I just wanna swing on the porch again.
the banjo is one of my favorite instruments. i dig Kingston Trio for starters.
I think this is my favorite R.E.M. song. I think.
This might be the last unequivocally GREAT R.E.M. song. It is perfect.
I believe in REM when they were indie, b4 they went pop. Good times n great music.
Magic... Magic... Magic....
Gotta Love the understated Accordion by-lines on this one...
Mathematicians all of them. Music of this caliber is nothing more than advanced non-linear partial differential equations.
Reminds me of Bruce Springsteen. That’s a good thing of course!
Fuck off and up the Blades
Four guys made great music
Who r these REMs and what do they want from us 🤩.
Can't replicate the magic.
Think of others,
The others think of you
R.E.M. arranged their songs so bizzarly and beautifully
I love every perfect note on the bass.
Classe superiore! 👍
excelente rock....
I believe my throats hurts...
If you ever get a chance buy this CD with this cd cover. Its great you'll love all the tracks.
favorite always
I sometimes think about who was the greatest band of my generation (Generation X). It has to be REM because they are the most original and consistent group of that era.
10,000 Maniacs were also very original.
There were others, but Michael Stipe and Natalie Merchant pretty much defined the alternative music of the late 80s/early 90s
One of my favorites...
when you add this song to the nearly perfect "trifecta" opening of "Begin the Begin", "these days" and "fall on me" as well as the great closing "Superman", makes this an album that if most of us Americans had a real clue, would made this their 1st all-time international smash album. Who agrees?
Agree entirely. I adore this album. It’s the apotheosis of “my” R.E.M. The first R.E.M. album I caught up with and still really special to me.
no doubt
I do love the band and this album, it is not perfect but hey its a good tunes to listen to( no rhyme intended).
Definitely. IT's the one REM album I constantly come back to and listen front to back.
I’m Canadian but sure fucking agree!
in cyotees....
REM......... who are these guys?
who indeed
James DeWhitt the best Band ever
great song
One of the most original sounding bands ever. REM is unmistakable !!!! Much love to them!!!
"i believe in coyotes and time as an abstract"
Perfect - but perfect is a fault. . .
be ye perfect for I am saith the Lord.
Beautiful!
Such a fun song
My favorite R.E.M. song.
my all time favorite r.e.m. songs ...
Lifes Rich Pageant is my favourite R.E.M. record and this is on of my favourite songs off that record.
James Pearce Agree. Favorite R.E.M. album, and this or These Days is my fave track from it.
some days i bow to the hyena even though i love Jesus.
THE BEST
My favorite REM song! It may be the banjo-at-full-speed or it may be that my throat hurts!
: )
here's your throat back, thanks for the loan says Dylan
Absolutely magnificent. The music, the arrangement (banjo AND accordion!) and the lyrics. I'd say the song is almost perfect, but perfect is a fault and fault lines change :)
yep - This is one of many great R.E.M songs - my other favorites are: WE WALK, Wolves Lower, Pretty persuasion, Carnival or sorts, SITTING STILL, Laughing, Harbor Coat, Maps and Legends, Green Grow Rushes Grow, What if we give it away, Begin the Begin, Ages of You, Exhuming McCarthy, Finest Working, Texarkana, Turn you inside out, Stand, Man on the moon, EVERYBODY HURTS, IMITATION OF LIFE and Whats the frequency Kenneth and superman
change is inevitable in all systems and programs one depends on. think of others.
ANOTHER one of my favorites ... Always puts a HUGE smile across my face ... : D
THIS HAS BEEN AND WILL BE A GREAT SONG...it gets better with time !!
Conrad Burnett Amen....
the best!
Fantastic!
thumbs up for being the only comment in four months
Such a greattttttttttttttttttttttttttttt song