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LudwigVonPoodle t1_je9bvm1 wrote on March 30, 2023 at 11:02 AM

I used to try to make sense of lyrics, until I read an interview with a guy from REM (maybe it was Michael Stipe, I don’t remember) who said their lyrics were just words they stuck together because they sounded good together.

cassette1987 t1_je9exgs wrote on March 30, 2023 at 11:35 AM

Stipe often used a music stand to hold sheets of lyrics