the ascent of man

r.e.m.

so hesitation pulled me back

i'm stronger when i don't attract

in your eyes i'm a lamb without a rack

and i am getting confused

i'm a cactus trying to be a canoe

as you pan for ore

in the desert

floored

i say to you

that i could never imagine a place so beautiful

i could never steal your gold away. yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah. (i try to walk like a big wham bam

i came across like a battering ram

i try to float like a telegram sam

i'm trying to divine you.)

my book is called the ascent of man"