I’m not sure why I love this lyric so much, but I sure do.
This is not a parable
This is a terrible…
This is a terrible thing
Yes I will rhyme that after…
After all I've done today
I have earned my wings
It Happened Today, by R.E.M, released 2010
Archived Post
This post is archived from my Posterous blog, which shut down in 2012. Some posts have been edited slightly to fix typographical errors, correctly represent the gender of some individuals, and remove unnecessarily-gendered language. You can view the full archive here.