The 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 floor 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 motor scooter goat legged pan
Figure eighting in quicksand

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 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

So hesitation pulled me back
I'm so in love I don't attract
With my hands tied I won't crack

R.E.M. - Around the Sun

Oct 2004

1. Leaving New York
2. Electron Blue
3. The Outsiders
4. Make It All Ok
5. Final Straw
6. I Wanted to Be Wrong
7. Wander Lust
8. The Boy in the Well
9. Aftermath
10. High Speed Train
11. Worst Joke Ever
12. The Ascent of Man
13. Around the Sun