"Electrolite" as written by and Peter Buck Bill Berry....
Your eyes are burning holes through me
I'm gasoline
I'm burnin' clean
Twentieth century go and sleep
You're Pleistocene
That is obscene
That is obscene
[Chorus]
You are the star tonight
Your sun electric, outta sight
Your light eclipsed the moon tonight
Electrolite
You're outta sight
If I ever want to fly
Mulholland Drive
I am alive
Hollywood is under me
I'm Martin Sheen
I'm Steve McQueen
I'm Jimmy Dean
[Chorus]
If you ever want to fly
Mulholland Drive
Up in the sky
Stand on a cliff and look down there
Don't be scared, you are alive
You are alive
[Chorus]
Twentieth century go and sleep
Really deep
We won't blink
Your eyes are burning holes through me
I'm not scared
I'm outta here
I'm not scared
I'm outta here
I'm gasoline
I'm burnin' clean
Twentieth century go and sleep
You're Pleistocene
That is obscene
That is obscene
[Chorus]
You are the star tonight
Your sun electric, outta sight
Your light eclipsed the moon tonight
Electrolite
You're outta sight
If I ever want to fly
Mulholland Drive
I am alive
Hollywood is under me
I'm Martin Sheen
I'm Steve McQueen
I'm Jimmy Dean
[Chorus]
If you ever want to fly
Mulholland Drive
Up in the sky
Stand on a cliff and look down there
Don't be scared, you are alive
You are alive
[Chorus]
Twentieth century go and sleep
Really deep
We won't blink
Your eyes are burning holes through me
I'm not scared
I'm outta here
I'm not scared
I'm outta here
Lyrics submitted by Nelly
"Electrolite" as written by Peter Buck Bill Berry
Lyrics © Warner/Chappell Music, Inc., Universal Music Publishing Group
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ElectrolYte: A chemical compound that ionizes when dissolved or molten to produce an electrically conductive medium.
Maybe Stipe has changed the letters round to befit the song?
I'm not sure, I think it's a twisted love song, considering the bit where he sings
"Your eyes are burning holes through me"
And also the bit "You're plasticine" - maybe connotations of someone that is easily moulded/changed? Like the phrase "Putty in my hands".
and, "I'm Martin Sheen
I'm Steve McQueen
I'm Jimmy Dean
You are the star tonight.
Your sun electric, outta sight.
Your light eclipsed the moon tonight.
Elecrolite.
You're outta sight."
Maybe they're on a night out for the first time? I'm not 100% sure, just certain lines in the song sound weirdly like a love song. But definitley not alien abductions lol.