So Fast So Numb

so    fast,    so    numb    (live)  -  r.e.m.

you're  moving  through  rough  waters

motor  boy

and  swimming  in  your  sleep

how  could  i  be  so  blind,  mis-sighted

not  to  see  there's  something  wounded  deep

anyone  could  scratch  your  surface  now

it's  all  amphetamine

you're  blasting  yourself  into  the  present

to  blur  some  past  indignity,  say  that

you  say  that

you  hate  it

you  want  to  re-create  it

i've  been  around,  i've  been  your  lover

i  let  it  go  at  kill  devil  hills

you're  coming  onto  something  so  fast,  so  numb

that  you  can't  even  feel

you're  drinking  raw  adrenal  baby

and  do-si-do,  saddo

you're  eating  cartilage,  shark-eyes,  shark-heart

all  present  tense

boy,  your  blood  is  running  cold

listen!  this  is  now,  this  is  here

this  is  me,  this  is  what  i  wanted

you  to  see

that  was  then,  that  was  that

that  is  gone,  that  is  past

you  cast  yourself,  cast

passed,  you  say,  you  say

you  say  that

you  hate  it

you  want  to  re-create  it

i've  played  this  round,  i've  played  your  lover

i've  played  it  out  and  to  the  hilt

you're  coming  onto  something  so  fast,  so  numb

that  you  can't  even  feel

you  love  it

you  hate  it

you  want  to  re-create  it

now!  this  is  here,  this  is  me

this  is  what  i  wanted  you  to  see

that  was  then,  that  was  that

that  is  gone,  that  is  what

i  wanted  you  to  feel

you  love  it

you  hate  it

i'm  spitting  out  the  bitter  pill

i've  been  around,  i've  been  your  lover

i  let  it  go  at  kill  devil  hills

you're  coming  onto  something  so  fast,  so  numb

that  you  can't  even  feel

i've  played  this  round,  i've  played  your  lover

i've  played  it  out  and  to  the  hilt

you're  coming  onto  something  so  fast,  so  numb

that  you  can't  even  feel

you've  played  around,  you  played  me  lover

i  let  it  go  at  kill  devil  hills

you're  moving  so  hard,  so  fast,  so  numb

that  you  can't  even  feel

feel  that  yeah