Ignoreland lyrics

Song information

Artist: R.E.M.
Album: Automatic For The People

Lyrics

(Berry/buck/mills/stipe)

These bastards stole their power from the victims of the us v. them years
Wrecking all things virtuous and true
The undermining social democratic downhill slide into abysmal
Lost lamb off the precipice into the trickle down runoff pool
They hypnotised the summer, 1979
Marched into the capital brooding duplicitous, wicked and able, media-ready
Heartless, and labeled. super us citizen, super achiever
Mega ultra power doesn't relax
Defense, defense, defense, defense. yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah, ignoreland. yeah, yeah, yeah, ignoreland
Yeah, yeah, yeah

The information nation took their clues from all the sound-bite gluttons
1980, 84, 88, 92 too, too
How to be what you can be, junk, damn junk in your energy
How to walk in dignity with throw up on your shoes
They amplified the autumn, 1979
Calculate the capital, offer the public my skinny ass
Tv tells a million lies. the paper's terrified to report
Anything that isn't handed on a presidential spoon
I'm just profoundly frustrated by all this. so, fuck you, man (fuck 'em)
Yeah, yeah, yeah, ignoreland. yeah, yeah, yeah, ignoreland
If they weren't there we would have created them. maybe, it's true
But I'm resentful all the same. someone's got to take the blame
I know that this is vitriol. no solution, just been venting
But I feel better having screamed. don't you?
They desecrate the winter, 1979
Capital collateral. brooding duplicitous, wicked and able, media-ready
Heartless, and labeled. super us citizen, super achiever
Mega ultra power doesn't relax
Defense, defense, defense, defense. yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah, ignoreland. yeah, yeah, yeah, ignoreland
Yeah, yeah, yeah, ignoreland. yeah, yeah, yeah
I did not do the revolution
Thank you