So Fast, So Numb Lyrics

Lyric discussion by seanbrady 

Cover art for So Fast, So Numb lyrics by R.E.M.

I think the River Phoenix connection is interesting, but this song is in the present tense so it sounds more like a warning to someone who is alive than a lament over someone who died. Also, the song feels angry, like he's singing at someone and not about them.

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