Parakeet

Wings of Liberation: R.E.M.'s Parakeet Journey
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Lyrics

You wake up in the morning

You begin your day

And fall out of your bed

You get out of bed

Mean cats eat parakeets

Unpleasant individuals harm innocent parakeets

And this one's nearly dead

A parakeet is in critical condition

You dearly wish the wind would shift

You hope for a change in circumstances

And greasy window slide

A window covered in a greasy substance opens

Open for the parakeet

This window is for the suffering parakeet

Who's colored bitter lime

The parakeet has a bitter lime color


Open the window

You open a window

And lift into your dreams

You enter a dreamlike state

Baby, baby

An affectionate term used

You can barely breathe

Breathing becomes difficult


A broken wrist

A physical injury

An accident

An unintentional event

You know that something's wrong

You sense that something is amiss

You fold the leavings of your past

You discard remnants of your history

No one knows you've gone

Your departure goes unnoticed

The sunspot flares of the early

Solar disturbances in the early 90s illuminate your potential

Nineties light up your wings

Your possibilities are revealed

And scan the shortwave radio

Shortwave radio signals explore outer realms

It's tracking outer rings

Tracking distant orbits


Open the window

You open a window

To lift into our dreams

To enter a dreamlike state together

Baby, baby

Breathing becomes easier

You can start to breathe


The tectonic dispatcher shifts

The Earth's crust adjusts

To smooth the ocean floor

Smoothing the ocean floor

And flattens out to warmer winds

Creating a path for warmer winds

Of Brisbane's sunny shore

Referencing Brisbane's sunny shore

Where Buddhas tend to mending wrists

Buddhas heal injuries

A tea made from the leaves

A healing tea is made

Of eucalyptus fragrances

Using eucalyptus and coriander

And coriander seeds


Open the window

You open a window

To lift into a dream

To enter a dreamlike state

Baby, baby

Breathing becomes easier

You can start to breathe

Open the window

You open a window

To lift into a dream

To enter a dreamlike state

Baby, baby

Breathing becomes easier

You can start to breathe


You wake up in the morning

You begin your day

To warm Pacific breeze

A warm breeze from the Pacific greets you

Where mean cats chew on licorice

Unpleasant individuals are occupied with harmless activities

And cannot climb the trees

They cannot reach certain heights

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