The sun reflected in the back of my eye.
I knocked my head against the sky.
The dragonflies are busy buzzing me.
A seahorse as if we were in the sea.
Halfway from coal, halfway to diamond.
My fall knocked a mean chip out of me.
I'm gathering as far as I can reach.
We're perched up on a precipice
And this is what I've seen.
This is all I want, it's all I need.
This is all I am, it's everything.
This is all I want, it's all I need.
A bluejay hectors from the felled Catalpa tree.
A doctorate in science and a theologian's dream.
The dragonflies are trying to lecture me.
The seahorses if we were in the sea.
This is all I want, it's all I need.
This is all I am, it's everything.
This is all I want, it's all I need.
Beat a drum for me, like a butterfly wing.
Tropical storm across the ocean.
Don't explain, I'm sure I'll want to know
Don't forget, we're just halfway from coal.
This is all I want, it's all I need.
This is all I am, it's everything.
This is all I want, it's all I need.
(Lyrics are copyright R.E.M. unless otherwise stated as a cover version, in which case copyright is owned by that artist.)
