I do not own the song. No copyright intended. For entertainment purposes only. "LEAVE" Written by Bill Berry (as Berry), Peter Buck (as Buck), Mike Mills (as Mills), Michael Stipe (as Stipe) Performed by R.E.M. (as REM) Published by Night Garden Music Courtesy of Warner Bros. Records by Arrangement with Warner Special Products Lyrics: Nothing could be bring me closer Nothing could be bring me near Where is the road I follow? to leave, leave It's under, under, under my feet The sea spread out there before me where do I go where the land touches the sea There is my trust in what I believe That's what keeps me, That's what keeps me, That's what keeps me down, To leave, leave it, Leave it all behind Shifting the dream Nothing could bring me further from my old friend time Shifting the dream It's charging the scene I know where I marked the signs I Suffer the dreams of a world gone mad I like it like that and I know it I know it well, ugly and sweet That temper madness with an even extreme That's what keeps me That's what keeps me That's what keeps me down I say that I'm a bantam lightweight I say that I'm a phantom airplane That never left the ground lift my hands, my eyes are still I walk into the scene lift myself in a different place just Leavin' I longed for this to take me, I longed for my release I waited for the callin' To leave That's what keeps me, That's what keeps me, That's what keeps me down, To leave it, leave it, Leave it all behind That's what keeps me, That's what keeps me, That's what keeps me down, To leave it, leave it, Leave it all behind Leave, leave Leavin', leavin' Leavin', leave