Discoverer – English Lyrics

• By: R.E.M.
• Album: Collapse Into Now

Lyrics & Translation

[English]

Hey baby

This is not a challenge

Just means that I love you

As much as I always said I did

I was wrong

I have been laughable wrong

Sandpaper, paper mâché, chalk, and hung out wet

Oh, the city and your skin

Now, now, now, now, now, now, now

But I didn't have to be afraid

I didn't have to feel so stupid

I can see myself, I can feel

That

Just the slightest bit of finesse

Might have made a little less mess

But it was what it was

Let's all get on with it, now!

Discoverer!

Discoverer!

Discoverer!

Discoverer!

Laughing! Lah!

Discoverer!

Floating across Houston

This is where I am

I see the city rise up tall

The opportunities and possibilities

Oh, I have never felt so called

Remember the vodka expresso night of discovery?

Remember that? Laughing! Discovery!

Oh how I look back and reflect

How I felt it, how it set

I don't have to feel so wrong

Now I wake up dreaming saffron, turmeric and brass

Just the slightest bit of finesse

Might have made a little less mess

But it was what it was

Let's all get on with it, now!

Just the slightest bit of finesse

That might have made a little less mess

But it was what it was

Let's all get on with it, now!

Discoverer!

Discoverer!

Discoverer!

Discoverer!

Discoverer!

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Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
challenge /ˈtʃælɪndʒ/ B1	noun - a difficult task that tests abilities
laughable /ˈlæfəbəl/ C1	adjective - ridiculous or absurd
sandpaper /ˈsændpeɪpər/ B1	noun - abrasive paper for smoothing surfaces
finesse /fɪˈnɛs/ C1	noun - delicate skill or subtlety
discoverer /dɪˈskʌvərər/ B2	noun - one who finds or reveals something new
opportunities /ˌɑpərˈtunɪtiz/ B1	noun - favorable circumstances
possibilities /ˌpɑsəˈbɪlɪtiz/ B1	noun - potential options or outcomes
saffron /ˈsæfrən/ C1	noun - a yellow spice from crocus flowers
turmeric /ˈtɜrmərɪk/ C1	noun - a bright yellow spice from root
brass /bræs/ B2	noun - a yellow metal alloy