World Leader Pretend Lyrics by R.E.M.

World Leader Pretend Lyrics

    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 stalemate
    I 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 fit
    It’s high time I’ve razed the walls
    That 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


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