Sinking fast, the weight chained to my feet
No time to argue with belief
I'm not alone, a thousand others dropping
Faster than me
What put me here?
Nothing to hold on to
Nowhere to brake
Where is the ripcord, the trap door, the key?
Where is the cartoon escape-hatch for me?
No time to question the choices I make
I've got to fall in another direction
The last thing I remember
is climbing up the stairs
I threw the window open, challenging despair
I don't know what I need
I needed time
I needed to escape
I saw the future turned upside-down
and hesitated
Where is the ripcord, the trap door, the key?
Where is the cartoon escape-hatch for me?
No time to question the choices I make
I've got to fall in another direction
Accelerate.
The vista I see now is changing
Uncertainty is suffocating
hope has never felt so grating, lit up down
and pounding pulse
make it go, make it slow down,
and go.
Where is the ripcord, the trap door, the key?
Where is the cartoon escape-hatch for me?
No time to question the choices I make
I've got to fall in another direction.
The city sputters like it's ready to explode
Accelerate to make it slow, make it go
Accelerate to make it slow, make it go
Accelerate, I'm incomplete
I'm incomplete
I'm incomplete.
(Lyrics are copyright R.E.M. unless otherwise stated as a cover version, in which case copyright is owned by that artist.)
