Ascent of Man Lyrics

So hesitation pulled me back
I'm stronger when I don't attract
In your eyes I'm a lamb without a rack
And I am getting confused
I'm a cactus trying to be a canoe
As you pan for ore
In the desert, floored
I say to you

That I could never imagine a place so beautiful
I could never steal your gold away.

Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah...

(I try to walk like a big wham bam
I came across like a battering ram
I try to float like a telegram sam
I'm trying to divine you.)

My book is called "The Ascent Of Man"
I marked your chapter with a catamaran
The accent's off
But I am what I am

Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah...

(I try to walk like a big wham bam
I came across like a battering ram
I try to float like a telegram sam
I'm trying to divine you.)

I looked for you, it's my last grandstand
A motorscootered goat legged pan
Figure eighting in quicksand ...

Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah...

(I try to walk like a big wham bam
I try to float like a telegram sam
I came across like a battering ram
I'm trying to divine you.)

(I try to walk like a big wham bam
I try to float like a telegram sam
I came across like a battering ram
I'm trying to divine you.)

So hesitation pulled me back
I'm so in love I don't attract
And with my hands tied I won't crack
('Cause in my mind I called you back.)

R.E.M. - R.E.M. Live 2CD/1DVD

Oct 2007

1. I Took Your Name
2. So Fast, So Numb
3. Boy in the Well
4. Cuyahoga
5. Everybody Hurts
6. Electron Blue
7. Bad Day
8. Ascent of Man
9. Great Beyond
10. Leaving New York
11. Orange Crush
12. I Wanted to Be Wrong
13. Final Straw
14. Imitation of Life
15. One I Love
16. Walk Unafraid
17. Losing My Religion
18. What's the Frequency, Kenneth?
19. Drive
20. Rockville
21. I'm Gonna DJ
22. Man on the Moon