World Leader Pretend - R.E.M.

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’ve 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 wall 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 raised the walls that I’ve constructed

It’s amazing what devices you can sympathize (Empathize)

This is my mistake, let me make it good

I raised the wall 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 wall

And I’m the only one, I will be the one to knock it down