World Leader Pretend Lyrics

Lyric discussion by WorldLeaderPretend 

Cover art for World Leader Pretend lyrics by R.E.M.

Wow, R.E.M. wrote a song about my username!

I think it's largely about self hatred ('wage war on myself') and isolation from others using the wall as a metaphor for that isolation.

'I will be the one to knock it down' and 'reach out to me' - the narrator wants to break out of the isolation they've inflicted on themselves.