R.E.M. - Monster : What's The Frequency, Kenneth?
 

R.E.M.



Monster



What's The Frequency, Kenneth?





"What's the frequency, Kenneth?" is your Benzedrine, uh-huh



I was brain-dead, locked out, numb, not up to speed



I thought I'd pegged you an idiot's dream



Tunnel vision from the outsider's screen



I never understood the frequency, uh-huh



You wore our expectations like an armored suit, uh-huh







I'd studied your cartoons, radio, music, tv, movies, magazines



Richard said, "Withdrawal in disgust is not the same as apathy"



A smile like the cartoon, tooth for a tooth



You said that irony was the shackles of youth



You wore a shirt of violent green, uh-huh



I never understood the frequency, uh-huh







"What's the frequency, Kenneth?" is your Benzedrine, uh-huh



Butterfly decal, rearview mirror, dogging the scene



You smile like the cartoon, tooth for a tooth



You said that irony was the shackles of youth



You wore a shirt of violent green, uh-huh



I never understood the frequency, uh-huh



You wore our expectations like an armored suit, uh-huh



I couldn't understand



You said that irony was the shackles of youth, uh-huh



I couldn't understand



You wore a shirt of violent green, uh-huh



I couldn't understand



I never understood, don't fuck with me, uh-huh