“Gardening at Night” was written by R.E.M. members Michael Stipe, Mike Mills, Peter Buck and Bill Berry. That is the same quartet who founded the R.E.M. brand and continued to hold it down until the group...
The lyrics of R.E.M.’s “Fall on Me” are highly metaphorical. As far as the title and original intent goes, it is well known by fans of R.E.M. that this track is supposed to be about...
“The Sidewinder Sleeps Tonite” is one of those types of songs that isn’t really that metaphorical as one might assume. Outside of the title and third verse, the lyrics appear to be more or...
Matt Berninger, the primary writer and main vocalist of “Don’t Swallow the Cap”, has clarified that neither the title nor lyrics have any sort of specific meaning. As far as the title goes, he may have been...
The American alternative rock band, R.E.M. was seen as one of the trailblazers for the genre with most of their songs considered as semi-folk, semi-rocklike by most of their listeners. Comparing this group to many others, the band members...