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Old 03-25-2003, 05:32 PM   #1
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Default New REM song "Final Straw"

http://www.remhq.com/finalStraw/finalstraw.html

This is the strongest voice I could think of to send out there.
We had to send something out there now.
We are praying and hoping for the lives of all people involved,
the troops, the Iraqi civilians, refugees, pow's, families of troops, the innocents--
that they are safe and okay. Safe home, all. --Michael Stipe

[this is a rough mix from the studio]

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As I raise my head to broadcast my objection
As your latest triumph draws the final straw
Who died and lifted you up to perfection?
And what silenced me is written into law.

I can't believe where circumstance has thrown me
And I turn my head away
If I look I'm not sure that I could face you.
Not again. Not today. Not today.

If hatred makes a play on me tomorrow
And forgiveness takes a back seat to revenge
There's a hurt down deep that has not been corrected
There's a voice in me that says you will not win.

And if I ignore the voice inside,
Raise a half glass to my home.
But it's there that I am most afraid,
And forgetting doesn't hold.

It doesn't hold. Now I don't believe and I never did
That two wrongs make a right.
If the world were filled with the likes of you
Then I'm putting up a fight. Putting up a fight.
Putting up a fight. Make it right. Make it right.

Now love cannot be called into question.
Forgiveness is the only hope I hold.
And love-- love will be my strongest weapon.
I do believe that I am not alone.

For this fear will not destroy me.
And the tears that have been shed
It's knowing now where I am weakest
And the voice in my head. In my head.

Then I raise my voice up higher
And I look you in the eye
And I offer love with one condition.
With conviction, tell me why.
Tell me why.
Tell me why.
Look me in the eye.
Tell me why.

 
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Old 03-25-2003, 05:54 PM   #2
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Hey, it's not half bad.

 
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Old 03-25-2003, 06:23 PM   #3
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welcome back, boys.

 
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Old 03-25-2003, 07:17 PM   #4
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cough mp3 cough ?

 
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Old 03-25-2003, 11:22 PM   #5
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I dig.

 
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Old 03-25-2003, 11:34 PM   #6
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Pretty good. Much better than that God awful Beastie Boys song. I think they are too old to play the kind of music they do, their lyrics just seem trite and formula anymore.

 
Old 03-25-2003, 11:51 PM   #7
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Where'd you find that link? I didn't see it on the main site. I'm in the fanclub and shit, too...

 
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Old 03-26-2003, 12:17 AM   #8
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Where'd you find that link? I didn't see it on the main site. I'm in the fanclub and shit, too...
http://www.remhq.com

I went there and clicked on the pop up.
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Old 03-26-2003, 12:18 AM   #9
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whoa


document volume II or what?

i loved it

 
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Old 03-26-2003, 01:15 AM   #10
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I will perform sexual favors for an mp3. My shitty-ass computer can't handle this.

 
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Old 03-26-2003, 04:00 AM   #11
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pretty good song

 
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Old 03-26-2003, 06:18 AM   #12
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huh. at first i didn't like it but it got better. or something. thanks for the link.

 
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Old 03-26-2003, 02:53 PM   #13
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Quote:
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http://www.remhq.com

I went there and clicked on the pop up.
That's what I get for having a pop up stopper on.

 
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