This is My World...

and I am the world leader pretend.

“World Leader Pretend” is a song written and recorded by R.E.M. and originally released on 1988’s Green album. It happens to be one of my all time favorite songs and for some time wrldleaderprtnd was my email address (the vowel-equipped version had already been taken). It was only fitting that when I first created a myspace page I would use it as my url there and now, twenty years after its’ release, it still has great meaning to me so this little blog will hold the name. I couldn't get the url here either and if you go there some idiot used this perfect url for the purpose of posting absolutely nothing, thank you jessica.

R.E.M. World Leader Pretend

I sit at my table and wage war on myself
It seems like it’s all…it’s all for nothing
I know the barricades, and
I know the mortar in the wall breaks
I recognize the weapons, I used them well

This is my mistake. Let me make it good
I raised the wall, and I will be the one to knock it down

I’ve a rich understanding of my finest defenses
I proclaim that claims are left unstated,
I demand a rematch
I decree a stalemateI divine my deeper motives
I recognize the weapons
I’ve practiced them well. I fitted them myself

It’s amazing what devices you can sympathize…empathize
This is my mistake. Let me make it good
I raised the walls, and I will be the one to knock it down
Reach out for me and hold me tight. Hold that memory
Let my machine talk to me. Let my machine talk to me

This is my world
And I am the world leader pretend
This is my life
And this is my time
I have been given the freedom
To do as I see fitIt’s high time I’ve razed the wallsThat I’ve constructed

It’s amazing what devices you can sympathize…emapathize
This is my mistake. Let me make it good
I raised the walls, and I will be the one to knock it down

You fill in the mortar. You fill in the harmony
You fill in the mortar. I raised the walls
And I’m the only one
I will be the one to knock it down