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R.E.M. — I Don' t Sleep, I Dream

Album: Monster
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Total ratings: 197

Released: 1994
Length: 3:26
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I'm looking for an interruption,
do you believe?
You looking to dig my dreams
Be prepared for anything
You come into my little scene
Hooray hooray hip hip hooray
There's one thing I can guarantee:
You won't have to dig, dig too deep

Said leave me to lay, but touch me deep,
I don't sleep, I dream
I'll settle for a cup of coffee, but you know what I really need

Are you looking to drive my dreams?
You here to run my screens?
You come, deliver my demons
Hooray hooray hip hip hooray
Are you coming to ease my headache?
Do you give good head?
Am I good in bed?

I don't know, I guess so
I don't sleep, I dream
I'll settle for a cup of coffee, but you know what I really need

I'm looking for an interruption,
can you believe?
Some medicine for my headache
Hooray hooray hip hip hooray
I'm pitching for a new direction
Pinch me when I wake
Don't tell me my dreams are fake
you leave me to lay, you touch me deep,
I don't sleep, I dream
I'll settle for a cup of coffee, but you know what I really need
Leave me to lay, but touch me deep,
I don't sleep, I dream
I'll settle for a cup of coffee, but you know what I really need

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zair99 wrote:

My local record store had so many used copies of this CD that they sold em for a buck, and wouldn't buy more. When I inquired about selling mine, the clerk was very nice and said, "We don't really buy those but... ah heck, I'll give you a nickel."

Way back when I had the same experience with 'Frampton Comes Alive"

Posted 2 months ago by everettwa [ Reply ]

Posted 7 months ago by zair99 [ Reply ]

nice. not played or no comments in 15 yrs? that's amazing. thanks for bringing this back william.

this is what i'm talking about. bringing back stuff that isn't played every day.

Posted 8 months ago by lily34 [ Reply ]

Visit (click here) and keep clicking the right arrow for an interesting (and admittedly trivial) bit of background info for the cover of Monster.

Posted 16 years ago by mattt [ Reply ]

Does anyone else think that this song could veer into "Stop Dragging My Heart Around" at any moment?

Posted 16 years ago by natural_tools [ Reply ]

Love REM. Definitely in my top 2-3 alltime list. However, having said that, "Monster" is probably my least favorite REM disc. Still, there are 1-2 songs on there that sort of redeem it for me (to some exten) and this is one of them.

Posted 19 years ago by Darlington [ Reply ]

Not REM at their best.

Posted 19 years ago by rulebritannia [ Reply ]

Been there done that . Great theme song for a certain mood. I may settle for a cup of coffee myself, but certainly know what I really need.

Posted 20 years ago by philarktos [ Reply ]

really enervating muzak :(

Posted 21 years ago by missjanuary [ Reply ]

I seem to have lost my copy of Monster. Huh. Oh well.

Posted 21 years ago by fluorophore [ Reply ]

cool song

Posted 21 years ago by orpheus [ Reply ]

Surely not "Rockville" as in Rockville, Maryland? Bill, please play that one! QUOTE>Originally Posted by Jacques: I think that their work still exhibits an tremendous amount of musical and artistic integrity. They haven't sold out, and if one group is incapable of doing that, it is them. My favourite R.E.M. track of all time... "Rockville" just my opinion... Cheers Jacques Radio Paradise: What Radio Could Have Been.

Posted 21 years ago by rKokon [ Reply ]

Originally Posted by Jacques: I'm still not sure they did... R.E.M. have simply evolved... they can't pretend to sing the angst of early adulthood for ever, people change, views change, experience accumulates and soon enough R.E.M. goes from "Chronic Town" to drum synthesizer... I don't know if any of us can claim to know that it's better or worse, or not "classic R.E.M." anymore, we aren't R.E.M. and only they get to decide who they are. Of course you don't have to like where they've gone or what they've become, but I think that their work still exhibits an tremendous amount of musical and artistic integrity. They haven't sold out, and if one group is incapable of doing that, it is them. Yup, I prefer the earliest R.E.M. material, but I find myself entranced at times when I play "UP" or "New Adventures in Hi-Fi", there is some deeply moving stuff on those albums too, but give me "the Reckoning" anytime... My favourite R.E.M. track of all time... "Rockville" just my opinion... Cheers Jacques Radio Paradise: What Radio Could Have Been.

Very well put Jacques! I don't understand folks who seem to feel "betrayed" by an artist's evolution. Wonder if they're the same people who complain when an artist puts out cookie cutter work ... hmmmm.

Posted 21 years ago by Antigone [ Reply ]

Originally Posted by zaakster: The last R.E.M. tune I liked, from the last R.E.M. album I liked. Still not sure where these guys went wrong.

I'm still not sure they did... R.E.M. have simply evolved... they can't pretend to sing the angst of early adulthood for ever, people change, views change, experience accumulates and soon enough R.E.M. goes from "Chronic Town" to drum synthesizer... I don't know if any of us can claim to know that it's better or worse, or not "classic R.E.M." anymore, we aren't R.E.M. and only they get to decide who they are. Of course you don't have to like where they've gone or what they've become, but I think that their work still exhibits an tremendous amount of musical and artistic integrity. They haven't sold out, and if one group is incapable of doing that, it is them. Yup, I prefer the earliest R.E.M. material, but I find myself entranced at times when I play "UP" or "New Adventures in Hi-Fi", there is some deeply moving stuff on those albums too, but give me "the Reckoning" anytime... My favourite R.E.M. track of all time... "Rockville" just my opinion... Cheers Jacques Radio Paradise: What Radio Could Have Been.

Posted 21 years ago by Jacques [ Reply ]