One of the more straightforward REM songs, in some ways. The person addressed in the song really wishes the singer hadn't told him something, and that they could return to how things were before. The singer gently acknowledges this, but says that he was basically painted into a corner, and had no choice. Things happen, we have knowledge, we have to move on.
But of course it has the wonderful REM way of perhaps being about a relationship, perhaps being social commentary, perhaps being something else entirely. Delicious.
One of the more straightforward REM songs, in some ways. The person addressed in the song really wishes the singer hadn't told him something, and that they could return to how things were before. The singer gently acknowledges this, but says that he was basically painted into a corner, and had no choice. Things happen, we have knowledge, we have to move on.
But of course it has the wonderful REM way of perhaps being about a relationship, perhaps being social commentary, perhaps being something else entirely. Delicious.