Chorus and the Ring-R.E.M

Hey there now young one
Wholly, swing along
Quote the scriptures,
Keep them guessing
Which pit you crawled from
Just defy it, just deny it,
Was it fun?
Your time has come
What have you done?
What have you done?
That's when the insults
Start to sting
You can't remember anything
The chorus chime in,
The Greek chorus,
The machine of God singing

It's the poison that
In measures brings
Illuminating vision
It's the knowing with a wink
That we expect in
Southern women
It's the wolf that knows
Which root to dig
To save itself
It's the octopus that
Crawled back to the sea

That's when the insults
Start to sting
You can't remember anything
The chorus chime in,
The Greek chorus,
The machine of God ring

Hammered, shooting plywood
In the backyard
Laughing 'cause
The racket makes the
Blackbirds sing
Write the holy terror,
Suck the marrow from
The bone singe
Your own wings burning books,
You got the
Chorus and the ring

That's when the insults
Start to sting
You can't remember anything
The chorus chime in,
The Greek chorus,
The machine sings
That's when the insults
Starts to sting
You can't remember anything
The chorus chime in,
The Greek chorus,
The machine sings

That's when the calibration
Brittle as a stick
Gets you the gold ring
And the tar museum
Che guevera wink,
Gold ring
Gold ring

Sing
Sing
Sing
Sing