Crush With Eyeliner Lyrics

Lyric discussion by Niha 

Cover art for Crush With Eyeliner lyrics by R.E.M.

This seems to be about faking in relationships("invented", "invention" "real thing"...), being make up a symbol. As for Michael Stipe being gay, I´ll use here my brother´s simile of the hetero clerk. Does anyone talk about hetero clerks? For me, it sounds as absurd as talking about gay musicians.