Man-Sized Wreath

Album: Accelerate (2008)
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  • Turning on the TV and what do I see?
    A pageantry of empty gestures all lined up for me, wow!
    I'd have thought by now we would be ready to proceed
    But a tearful hymn to tug the heart
    And a man-sized wreath, ow!

    [Chorus]
    Throw it on the fire
    Throw it in the air
    Kick it out on the dance-floor like you just don't care, oh

    Give me the sound

    Wave the palms, steal the alms, fists in the air
    A motorcade up benign shows the people that you care, ow!
    Nature abhors a vacuum but what's between your ears?
    Your judgment clouded with fearful thoughts
    A headlights and a deer, ow!

    [Chorus]

    Look at what I've found

    Everybody look around
    Everybody looking like they just don't care, oh
    Give me the sound

    Well I'm not deceived by pomp and odious conceit
    But a tearful hymn to tug the heart
    And a man-sized wreath-ow!

    [Chorus]

    Look at what I've found
    Everybody look around
    Everybody looking like they just don't care

    [Chorus]

    Give me the sound
    Give me the sound
    Give me the sound Writer/s: MICHAEL STIPE, MIKE MILLS, PETER BUCK
    Publisher: Universal Music Publishing Group
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

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