Beat A Drum

Michael Stipe / Mike Mills / Peter Buck

The sun reflected in the back of my eye
I knocked my head against the sky.

The dragonflies are busy buzzing me
Seahorses if we were in the sea.

Halfway from coal, halfway to diamond.
My fall knocked a mean chip out of me.

I'm gathering as far as I can reach
we're perched upon the precipice
and this is what I've seen.

This is all I want it's all I need
This is all I am it's everything
This is all I want it's all I need.

A bluejay hectors from the felled Catalpa tree
A doctorate in science and a theologian's dream.

The dragonflies are trying to lecture me
Seahorses if we were in the sea.

This is all I want it's all I need
This is all I am it's everything
This is all I want it's all I need.

Beat a drum for me, like a butterfly wing
Tropical storm across the ocean.

Don't explain, I'm sure I'll want to know.
Don't forget, we're just halfway from coal.

This is all I want it's all I need
This is all I am it's everything
This is all I want it's all I need.

Trivia about the song Beat A Drum by R.E.M.

On which albums was the song “Beat A Drum” released by R.E.M.?
R.E.M. released the song on the albums “Reveal” in 2001 and “In Time: The Best of R.E.M. 1988-2003 (Special Edition)” in 2003.
Who composed the song “Beat A Drum” by R.E.M.?
The song “Beat A Drum” by R.E.M. was composed by Michael Stipe, Mike Mills, and Peter Buck.

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