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Undertow is a track by R.E.M., taken from the album “New Adventures In Hi-Fi”, released January 1, 1996 on Concord Records. It runs 5:08. Use the Play button above when a verified stream is available, or choose a listening service from the other options.
Within the album sequence, this recording sits alongside How The West Was Won And Where It Got Us, The Wake-Up Bomb, New Test Leper. Open the album page to compare the full running order and the listening options available for each song.
Song details
- Song
- Undertow
- Artist
- R.E.M.
- Release
- New Adventures In Hi-Fi
- Format
- Album
- Duration
- 5:08
- Release date
- January 1, 1996
- Record label
- Concord Records
- Content notice
- Standard
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Lyrics
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I know what I wanted
I know what I wanted
I know how I wanted this to be
You go down to the water
Drink down of the water
Walk up off the water, leave it be
This is not my time, sister
It is cold in heaven
And I'm not sprouting wings
I'm drowning
Me
I'm drowning
Me, yeah
Brother can you see those birds?
They don't look to heaven
They don't need religion, they can see
They go down to the water
Drink down on the water
Fly up off the water, leave it be
This is not my time, sister
It is cold in heaven
And no one's coming after me
(chorus)
I'm drowning
Breathing ourselves
Me, yeah
Breathing ourselves
I'm drowning
Breathing ourselves
Me, yeah
You know I am tired
Cold and bony tired
Nothing's gonna save me, I can see
I can't say I'm fearful
I can't say I'm not afraid
But I am not resisting, I can see
I don't need a heaven
I don't need religion
I am in the place where I should be
I am breathing water
I am breathing water
You know a body's got to breathe
(repeat chorus 2x)
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