Lyrics:

Artist:R.E.M
Album:Reveal
Title:Beat a Drum

The sun reflected in
The back of my eye
I knocked my head
Against the sky
The dragonflies are busy buzzing me
Seahorses if we were in the sea

Halfway from coal,
Halfway to diamond
My fall knocked a
Mean chip out of me

I'm gathering as far
As I can reach
We're perched up
On the precipice
And this is what I've seen

This is all I want
It's all I need
This is all I am
It's everything
This is all I want
It's all I need

A bluejay hectors from
The felled catalpa tree
Doctorate in science


And a theologian's
Dream

The dragonflies are
Trying to lecture me
Seahorses if we were in the sea

This is all I want
It's all I need
This is all I am
It's everything
This is all I want
It's all I need

Beat a drum for me,
Like a butterfly wing
Tropical storm across the ocean

But don't explain,
I'm sure I'll want to know
But don't forget,
We're just halfway from coal

This is all I want
It's all I need
This is all I am
It's everything
This is all I want
It's all I need