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The kids have a new take, a new take on faith
Pick up the pieces, get carried away.
I came home to a city half-erased.
I came home to face what we faced.
This place needs me here to start
This place is the beat of my heart
Oh my heart
Oh my heart
(Oh my heart)
Oh my heart
Oh my heart
(Oh my heart)
The storm didn't kill me, the government changed
Hear the answer and call, hear this song, rearranged.
Hear the trees, the ghosts and the buildings, sing.
With the wisdom to reconcile this thing.
It's sweet and it's sad and it's true.
How it doesn't look bitter on you.
Oh my heart
Oh my heart
(Oh my heart)
Oh my heart
Oh my heart
(Oh my heart)
Mother and father, I stand beside you
The good of this world might help see me through
This place needs me here to start.
This place is the beat of my heart.
Oh my heart
Oh my heart
(Oh my heart)
Oh my heart
Oh my heart
(Oh my heart)
Oh my heart
Oh my heart
(Oh my heart)
Oh my heart
Oh my heart
(Oh my heart)

gregormiz Jun 02, 2011 - 15:37	Ohhh, my heart breaks when I hear this. REM has done such wonderful stuff over the years. It makes me very sad to hear them phoning it in like this. [ Reply ]
Cynaera Jun 02, 2011 - 15:35	Not really liking this song. R.E.M. has such a collective gift, and they're wasting it on stuff like this (and "Mine Smell Like Honey.") I can only hope that this is just a contractual fulfillment, and the next work will be more, um, valid. [ Reply ]
Businessgypsy Jun 02, 2011 - 15:33	Michael Stipe is working on a new career in sculpture and living happily with his French boyfriend. Wish he had not decided to enter the studio again, a blemish on an otherwise happy ending. [ Reply ]
jnhashmi Apr 12, 2011 - 12:49	This is a great song. If it were on an R.E.M. album 20 years ago everyone would be saying what a classic it is right now. But since it's new, and everyone has to prove how cool they are, it somehow sucks. [ Reply ]
(former member) Mar 18, 2011 - 21:29	This song is a cliché both in the music and the lyrics... pure putridity... [ Reply ]
g-rod Mar 08, 2011 - 14:15	sirdroseph wrote: Not off the top of my head, but it certainly would not include REM if I could! They were great.......20 years ago! Now they are simply awful! And no, I assure you The Stones were not able to do it either! mmm...U2? [ Reply ]
lemmoth Mar 08, 2011 - 14:15	sirdroseph wrote: Oh now, this is just simply awful they have truly bottomed out! Of course you think Clapton's Layla, Bowie's Heroes and anything by Pearl Jam desevre a 1, so you and your infantile puking widgets have no credibility. [ Reply ]
GuiltyFeat Feb 28, 2011 - 01:17	This lands just the right side of R.E.M. parody. [ Reply ]
sirdroseph Feb 25, 2011 - 05:40	lakestorm wrote: I pulled my calculator out and realized I've been listening to my favorite band for almost 30 years and I'm still in my mid 40s. Can anyone name a band that still produced high quality, viable, NEW music 30 years in? I don't even think the Stones were able to do this. Thanks RP for a fantastic source for new, old and diverse music!! Not off the top of my head, but it certainly would not include REM if I could! They were great.......20 years ago! Now they are simply awful! And no, I assure you The Stones were not able to do it either! [ Reply ]
sirdroseph Feb 25, 2011 - 05:38	Oh now, this is just simply awful they have truly bottomed out! [ Reply ]
michaelgmitchell Feb 21, 2011 - 07:56	[ Reply ]
Lrobby99 Feb 21, 2011 - 07:55	Oh my ears. [ Reply ]
fingerpin Feb 21, 2011 - 07:54	Stipe sounds good. I almost heard a little Cash in there. [ Reply ]
lakestorm Feb 20, 2011 - 19:39	I pulled my calculator out and realized I've been listening to my favorite band for almost 30 years and I'm still in my mid 40s. Can anyone name a band that still produced high quality, viable, NEW music 30 years in? I don't even think the Stones were able to do this. Thanks RP for a fantastic source for new, old and diverse music!! [ Reply ]
(former member) Feb 16, 2011 - 14:00	This song would have much more emotive power if it were "Oh My Feet"... [ Reply ]
rcurrier Feb 16, 2011 - 13:45	Made me sit up and take notice, which is more than most recent REM has done. I think I still prefer mumbling Stipe to halting Stipe, but it's interesting. [ Reply ]
boober Feb 16, 2011 - 13:44	Call me "butter" cause I'm on a roll! [ Reply ]
boober Feb 16, 2011 - 13:43	Oh my ears! [ Reply ]
handyrae Feb 15, 2011 - 12:51	Seriously? This is REM? Without looking I was guessing Dougie McLean. [ Reply ]
Antigone Feb 15, 2011 - 12:49	jeaster wrote: Not bad, but I am still missing Berry ....hopefully the pace picks up from here. But, this was interesting on first listen. [ Reply ]