R.E.M. - Falls To Climb Lyrics

Lyrics Falls To Climb - R.E.M.



I'll take the position
Assume the missionary part
You work by committee
You had me pegged from the start
I'll be pounce pony
Phoney maroney
Pony before the cart
I'll be pounce pony
This ceremony
Only fills my heart
Who cast the final stone?
Who threw the crushing blow?
Someone has to take the fall
Why not me?
A punch toy volunteer
A weakling on its knee
Is all you want to hear
And all you want to see
Romantically, you'd martyr me
And miss this story's point
It is my strength, my destiny
This is the role that I have chosen
Who cast the final stone?
Who threw the crushing blow?
Someone has to take the fall
Why not me?
Why not me?
Gentlemen, mark your opponents
Fire into your own ranks
Pick the weakest as strategic move
Square off to meet your enemy
For each and every gathering
A scapegoat falls to climb
As I step forward, silently
Deliberately mine
Who cast the final stone?
Who threw the crushing blow?
Someone has to take the fall
Why not me? Why not me?
Consequence chose differently
Had fate its ugly head
My actions make me beautiful
And dignify the flesh
Me, I am free
I am free



Writer(s): Peter Lawrence Buck, Michael Stipe, Michael E. Mills


R.E.M. - Up (25th Anniversary Edition)
Album Up (25th Anniversary Edition)
date of release
10-11-2023

1 Airportman
2 Lotus
3 Suspicion
4 Hope
5 At My Most Beautiful
6 The Apologist
7 Sad Professor
8 You're In The Air
9 Walk Unafraid
10 Why Not Smile
11 Daysleeper (Remastered 2023)
12 Diminished
13 Parakeet
14 Falls To Climb
15 Introduction (Live At The Palace / 1999)
16 What’s The Frequency, Kenneth? (Live At The Palace / 1999)
17 Lotus (Live At The Palace / 1999)
18 Daysleeper (Live At The Palace / 1999)
19 Country Feedback (Live At The Palace / 1999)
20 Walk Unafraid (Live At The Palace / 1999)
21 Losing My Religion (Live At The Palace / 1999)
22 Parakeet (Live At The Palace / 1999)
23 The Apologist (Live At The Palace / 1999)
24 Its The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine) [Live At The Palace / 1999]
25 I’m Not Over You (Live At The Palace / 1999)
26 Man On The Moon (Live At The Palace / 1999)




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