Sitting Still

R.E.M.

Track 6 on And I Feel Fine... The Best of the I.R.S. Years 1982–1987

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Originally released by Hib-Tone in 1981 as the B-Side to R.E.M.’s debut single “Radio Free Europe”, it was later released in 1983 on the band’s debut record with IRS… Read More

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Sitting Still Lyrics

[Verse 1]
This name I got we all agreed
C could stop, stop it well read
We could bind it in a sense
We could gather, throw a fit

[Chorus]
Up to par and Katie bar
The kitchen signs but not me in
Sit and try for the big kill
A waste of time sitting still

[Verse 2]
I'm the sun and you can read
I'm the sign and you're not dead
We could bind it in a sense
We could gather, throw a fit

[Chorus]
Up to par and Katie bars
The kitchen signs but not me in
Sit and try for the big kill
A waste of time sitting still
I can hear you
I can hear you
I can hear you

[Verse 3]
This name I got we all agreed
C could stop, stop it well read
We could bind it in a sense
We could gather, throw a fit

[Chorus]
Up to par and Katie bars
The kitchen signs but not me in
Sit and try for the big kill
A waste of time sitting still
I can hear you
I can hear you
I can hear you

[Verse 4]
You can gather when I talk
Talk until you're blue
You could get away from me
Get away from me

[Chorus]
I'm up to par and Katie bars
The kitchen signs but not me in
Sit and try for the big kill
A waste of time sitting still
I can hear you
I can hear you
I can hear you

[Outro]
I can hear you
I can hear you
I can hear you
Can you hear me?

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Originally released by Hib-Tone in 1981 as the B-Side to R.E.M.’s debut single “Radio Free Europe”, it was later released in 1983 on the band’s debut record with IRS, Murmur.

Michael Stipe has stated that the song is a bunch of nonsensical vowels that sound right when put together, although some of the lines have actual meaning.