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Fall On Me

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R.E.M. - Fall On Me

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Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS

R.E.M.

Performer

Don Gehman

Recorder

Greg Edward

Recorder

COMPOSITION & LYRICS

William Berry

Songwriter

Peter Buck

Songwriter

Michael Stipe

Songwriter

Michael Edward Mills

Michael Edward Mills

Songwriter

PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING

Don Gehman

Producer

Greg Edward

Mixing Engineer

Robert Vosgien

Mastering Engineer

Ross Hogarth

Additional Engineer

Rick Fetig

Assistant Recording Engineer

Jim Dineen

Assistant Engineer

Bob Ludwig

Mastering Engineer

Stan Katayama

Assistant Engineer

Lyrics

[Verse 1]

There's a problem, feathers, iron

Bargain buildings, weights and pulleys

Feathers hit the ground

Before the weight can leave the air

[PreChorus]

Buy the sky and sell the sky

And tell the sky and tell the sky, oh

[Chorus]

Fall on me (What is it up in the air for?)

Fall on me (If it's there for long)

Fall on me (It's over, it's over me)

[Verse 2]

There's the progress

We have found a way to talk around the problem

Building towered foresight isn't anything at all

[PreChorus]

Buy the sky and sell the sky

And bleed the sky and tell the sky, oh

[Chorus]

Fall on me (What is it up in the air for?)

Fall on me (If it's there for long)

Fall on me (It's over, it's over me)

Fall on me (Well I would keep it above, but then it wouldn't be sky anymore)

(So if I send it to you, you've gotta promise to keep it home)

[PreChorus]

Buy the sky and sell the sky

And lift your arms up to the sky

And ask the sky and ask the sky

[Chorus]

Fall on me (What is it up in the air for?)

Fall on me (If it's there for long)

Fall on me (It's over, it's over me)

[Chorus]

Don't fall on me (What is it up in the air for?)

Fall on me (If it's there for long)

Fall on me (It's over, it's over me)

Fall on me, don't

[Chorus]

Fall on me (What is it up in the air for?)

Fall on me (If it's there for long)

Fall on me (It's over, it's over me)

Fall on me, don't

Fall on me (What is it up in the air for?)

Written by: John Michael Stipe, Michael Edward Mills, Peter Lawrence Buck, William Thomas Berry

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