At My Most Beautiful

Album: Up (1998)
Charted: 10
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  • I've found a way to make you
    I've found a way
    A way to make you smile

    I read bad poetry
    Into your machine
    I save your messages
    Just to hear your voice
    You always listen carefully
    To awkward rhymes
    You always say your name
    Like I wouldn't know it's you
    At your most beautiful

    I've found a way to make you
    I've found a way
    A way to make you smile

    At my most beautiful
    I count your eyelashes secretly
    With every one, whisper, "I love you"
    I let you sleep
    I know your closed eye watching me
    Listening
    I thought I saw a smile

    I've found a way to make you
    I've found a way
    A way to make you smile Writer/s: Michael Stipe, Mike Mills, Peter Buck
    Publisher: Universal Music Publishing Group
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 3

  • Squid from Los Angeles, Cathis song was also inspired by Brian Wilson.
  • Doctor from Birmingham, United KingdomI love this song. Beautiful on piano.
  • Edward Pearce from Ashford, Kent, EnglandOne of REM's most beautiful songs from one of their most underated albums. I love the Pet Sounds-like production on this as well.
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