The One I Love - R.E.M.

May I sing about the one I love Without people not approving of Mother, I love her so 'Cause she makes everything let go And father, I love her mind The way she treats me so damn kind So may I sing about the one I love Without people not approving of So may we sing about the ones we love May I sing about the one I love Without people not approving of Oh brother, I love her heart Without her, I'd fall apart 'Cause it's a case of liberty That love's supposed to set you free So may I sing about the one I love Without people not approving of So may we sing about the ones we love Without people not approving of May we sing about the ones we love Without people not approving of 'Cause I will have it no other way So listen to me when I say I will sing about the one I love Without people not approving of

Haven't slept in a week My bed has become my coffin Cannot breathe, cannot speak My head's like a bomb, still waiting Take my heart and take my soul I don't need them anymore The one I love Is striking me down on my knees The one I love Drowning me in my dreams The one I love Over and over again Dragging me under Hypnotized by the night Silently rising beside me Emptyness, nothingness Is burning a hole inside me Take my faith and take my pride I don't need them anymore The one I love Is striking me down on my knees The one I love Drowning me in my dreams The one I love Over and over again Dragging me under This bed has become my chapel of stone A garden of darkness to where I'm thrown So take my life, I don't need it anymore The one I love Is striking me down on my knees The one I love Drowning me in my dreams The one I love Over and over again Dragging me under The one I love Is striking me down on my knees (striking me down) Drowning me in my dreams (down on my knees) Over and over again (striking me down) Over and over and over and over again