The Great Beyond

R.E.M.

Lyrics

I've watched the (1)_____ fall silent from your eyes
All the (2)______ that I have seen
I can't believe that I believed I (3)______
That you could see
There's a new (4)______ in the solar system
There is nothing up my (5)______

I'm pushing an elephant up the (6)______
I'm tossing up punch lines that were never (7)_____
Over my (8)________ a piano falls
Crashing to the ground

In all this (9)____ of time
Talk is (10)____
But I don't want to stay (11)______
Why can't we pantomime, just close our (12)____
And sleep (13)_____ dreams
Me and you with (14)_____ on our (15)____

I'm pushing an elephant up the stairs
I'm tossing up punch lines that were never there
Over my shoulder a piano falls
Crashing to the ground

I'm breaking (16)_______
I'm bending (17)______
I'm keeping flowers in full (18)_____
I'm looking for answers from the great beyond

I want the hummingbirds, the dancing (19)_____
Sweetest (20)______ of you
I (21)____ into the stars
I (22)____ into the (23)____

I'm pushing an elephant up the stairs
I'm tossing up punch lines that were never there
Over my shoulder a piano falls
Crashing to the ground

I'm breaking through
I'm bending spoons
I'm keeping flowers in full bloom
I'm looking for answers from the great beyond

I'm breaking through
I'm bending spoons
I'm keeping flowers in full bloom
I'm looking for answers from the great
Answers from the great, answers

I'm breaking through
I'm bending spoons
I'm keeping flowers in full bloom
I'm looking for answers from the great beyond

I'm breaking through
I'm bending spoons
I'm keeping flowers in full bloom
I'm looking for answers from the great
Answers from the great, answers

Answers
(1) stars (2) sights (3) wished (4) planet (5) sleeve (6) stairs (7) there (8) shoulder (9) talk (10) fine (11) around (12) eyes (13) sweet (14) wings (15) feet (16) through (17) spoons (18) bloom (19) bears (20) dreams (21) look (22) look (23) moon