R.E.M. - Green : World Leader Pretend
 

R.E.M.



Green



World Leader Pretend





I sit at my table and wage war on myself



It seems like it's all...it's all for nothing



I know the barricades, and



I know the mortar in the wall breaks



I recognize the weapons, I used them well







This is my mistake. Let me make it good



I raised the wall, and I will be the one to knock it down







I've a rich understanding of my finest defenses



I proclaim that claims are left unstated,



I demand a rematch



I decree a stalemate



I divine my deeper motives



I recognize the weapons



I've practiced them well. I fitted them myself







It's amazing what devices you can sympathize...empathize



This is my mistake. Let me make it good



I raised the walls, and I will be the one to knock it down







Reach out for me and hold me tight. Hold that memory



Let my machine talk to me. Let my machine talk to me







This is my world



And I am world leader pretend



This is my life



And this is my time



I have been given the freedom



To do as I see fit



It's high time I've razed the walls



That I've constructed







It's amazing what devices you can sympathize...emapathize



This is my mistake. Let me make it good



I raised the walls, and I will be the one to knock it down







You fill in the mortar. You fill in the harmony



You fill in the mortar. I raised the walls



And I'm the only one



I will be the one to knock it down