[ti:Final Straw] [ar:R.E.M.] [al:Around the Sun] [offset:500] [00:01.93]Album: Around the Sun [00:02.14][00:03.06][03:43.15][04:04.63] [00:02.75] [00:04.56]As I raise my head to broadcast my objection [00:12.88]As your latest triumph draws the final straw [00:21.18]Who died and lifted you up to perfection? [00:29.52]And what silenced me is written into law. [00:38.13]I can't believe where circumstance has thrown me [00:42.25]And I turn my head away [00:46.72]If I look I'm not sure that I could face you. [00:51.11]Not again. not today. not today. [01:00.26]If hatred makes a play on me tomorrow [01:08.45]And forgiveness takes a back seat to revenge [01:16.73]There's a hurt down deep that has not been corrected. [01:25.05]There's a voice in me that says you will not win. [01:33.84]And if I ignore the voice inside, [01:38.17]Raise a half glass to my home. [01:42.43]But it's there that I am most afraid, [01:47.01]And forgetting doesn't hold. it doesn't hold. [01:55.81]Now I don't believe and I never did [01:58.12]That two wrongs make a right. [02:00.37]If the world were filled with the likes of you [02:02.58]Then I'm putting up a fight. I'm putting up a fight. [02:06.56]Putting up a fight. make it right. make it right. [02:18.10]Now love cannot be called into question. [02:26.39]Forgiveness is the only hope I hold. [02:34.74]And love- love will be my strongest weapon. [02:43.14]I do believe that I am not alone. [02:51.18]For this fear will not destroy me. [02:55.68]And the tears that have been shed [03:00.34]It's knowing now where I am weakest [03:04.55]And the voice in my head. in my head. [03:13.57]Then I raise my voice up higher [03:18.01]And I look you in the eye [03:22.52]And I offer love with one condition. [03:26.81]With conviction, tell me why. [03:31.05][03:35.64][03:39.88]Tell me why. [03:37.74]Look me in the eye. [03:45.54]