R.E.M. - The Wake-Up Bomb Lyrics

I practice my T-Rex moves each morning... TJ STRUSKA

''Practice my T-Rex moves and make the scene', Michael Stipe wrote this about 1970s Glam after visiting a club in New York with a Glam Rock theme.. REM had previously sang 20th Century Boy live.

this youtube video is definitely not hi-fi

Too loud

I remember when R.E.M. played this song live on MTV for the first time. It didn't have a title and I thought Michael was singing "Oh, Wake up Mom" 😊

same, was looking for it the whole time after i saw it....great performance

Hell yeah

(I...was...cool)

I look good in a glass pack
I look good and mean
I look good in metallic sick wraparound blackout tease
I scud along the horizon, I drink some sweet tree tea
I get high in my low-ass boot-cut jean
I like being seen
I look good with my drink-eat-no-sleep, take-a-leap longevity
I get high on my attitude, latitude, 1973
I'm in deep

My head's on fire and high esteem
Carry my dead, bored, been there, done that, anything
Oh, the wake-up bomb
Oh, the wake-up bomb
Oh, the wake-up bomb
Oh, the wake-up bomb
My head's on fire and high esteem
Get drunk and sing along to Queen
Practice my T-Rex moves and make the scene
Carry my dead, bored, been there, done that, anything

I had to knock a few buildings over
I make an ugly mess
I had to blow a gasket
Drop transmission
I had to decompress
I had to write the great American novel
I had a neutron bomb
I had to teach the world to sing by the age of 21
I wake up (I wake up)
I wake up (I wake up)
I threw up when I saw what I'd done

Oh, the wake-up bomb
Oh, the wake-up bomb
My head's on fire and high esteem
Get drunk and sing along to Queen
Practice my T-Rex moves and make the scene
Yeah, I'd rather be anywhere doing anything

I've had enough, I've seen enough, I've had it all, I'm giving up
I won the race, I broke the cup, I drank it all, I spit it up
I've had enough, I've seen enough, I've had it all, I'm giving up
I won the race, I broke the cup, I drank it all, I spit it up

Yeah, atomic, Supersonic
What a joke, I'm dumb
See ya, don't wanna be you
Lunch meat, Pond scum

My head's on fire in high esteem
Get drunk and sing along to Queen
Practice my T-Rex moves and make the scene
Yeah, I'd rather be anywhere doing anything
Yeah, I'd rather be anywhere doing anything
Yeah, I'd rather be anywhere doing anything

That one time Michael Stipe thought he'd try to be Marc Bolan. It's a good try!

Stipe blows Bolan out of the water.

@Jimmy Pop t.v. Different league my friend. Bolan is Premier League whilst Stipe is League 2.

Opinions vary@A Thousand Mark Feld Charms

@Jimmy Pop t.v. That's your opinion. Now let's hear from someones opinion that matters.

@A Thousand Mark Feld Charms Yeah, obviously your opinion is more valid than mine. Are you a full time Cunt or part time/freelance?

the Movie Nightwatch with Ewan McGregor brought me here

Este es uno de los discos de R.E.M. que más escucho a pesar que nunca ha sido uno de los discos más valorados por la crítica especializada. Me gustan especialmente los cortes de intimidad eléctrica.

Intimidad eléctrica?

es raro porque en lo personal opino que es uno de los pocos discos que vale la pena escuchar... sobre todo teniendo en cuenta que les conozco varios discos que me dan ganas de vomitar

this song needs many more viewers

Johan Hulsbosch needs more cowbell

Yes, kind of. This record was partly recorded while they did their massive monster tour. Hence, why this whole album has a raw sound and still a bit of that live vibe to it. Love it, it's a great long player.

Wonder if this was a leftover jam from Monster

First time I heard this song was at the PNC Art Center during the Monster tour. I turn to my friend and go what the hell is this, still one of the best songs I ever heard live.

No doubt.

This and Binky the Doormat could have fit in on Monster.

written on the monster tour