World Leader Pretend

Bill Berry, Peter Buck, Michael Mills, Michael Stipe

I sit at my table and wage war on myself
It seems like it's all, it's all for nothing
I know the barricades
And I know the mortar in the wall breaks
I recognize the weapons, I used them well

This is my mistake
Let me make it good
I raised the wall and I will be the one to knock it down

I've a rich understanding of my finest defenses
I proclaim that claims are left unstated
I demand a rematch
I decree a stalemate
I divine my deeper motives
I recognize the weapons
I've practiced them well, I fitted them myself

It's amazing what devices you can sympathize (empathize)
This is my mistake
Let me make it good
I raised the wall and I will be the one to knock it down

Reach out for me and hold me tight
Hold that memory
Let my machine talk to me, let my machine talk to me

This is my world and I am world leader pretend
This is my life
And this is my time
I have been given the freedom
To do as I see fit
It's high time I've razed the walls that I've constructed

It's amazing what devices you can sympathize (empathize)
This is my mistake
Let me make it good
I raised the wall and I will be the one to knock it down

You fill in the mortar
You fill in the harmony
You fill in the mortar
I raised the wall
And I'm the only one
I will be the one to knock it down

Trivia about the song World Leader Pretend by R.E.M.

On which albums was the song “World Leader Pretend” released by R.E.M.?
R.E.M. released the song on the albums “Green” in 1988, “iTunes Originals: R.E.M.” in 2004, “Complete Rarities - Warner Bros. 1988-2011” in 2014, “Unplugged 1991-2001: The Complete Sessions” in 2014, “R.E.M. Unplugged 1991” in 2014, and “R.E.M. Unplugged 1991-2001: The Complete Sessions” in 2014.
Who composed the song “World Leader Pretend” by R.E.M.?
The song “World Leader Pretend” by R.E.M. was composed by Bill Berry, Peter Buck, Michael Mills, Michael Stipe.

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