Artist: R.E.M. Album: Individual Songs

What's the frequency Kenneth, is your benzedrine, uh huh
I was braindead, locked out, numb, not up to speed
I thought I'd pegged you, an idiot's dream
Tunnelvision from the outsider's screen

I never understood the frequency, uh huh
You wore our expectations like an armored suit, uh huh

I'd studied your cartoons, radio, music, TV, movies, magazines
Richard said withdrawal in disgust, not the same as apathy
A smile like the cartoon, tooth for a tooth
You said that irony was the shackles of youth

You wore a shirt of violent green, uh huh
I never understood the frequency, uh huh

What's the frequency Kenneth, is your benzedrine, uh huh
Butterfly decal, rearview mirror dogging the scene
You smile like the cartoon, tooth for a tooth
You said that irony was the shackles of youth

You wore a shirt of violent green, uh huh
I never understood the frequency, uh huh
You wore our expectations like an armored suit, uh huh
I couldn't understand
You said that irony was the shackles of youth, uh huh
I couldn't understand
You wore a shirt of violent green, uh huh
I couldn't understand
I never understood the frequency, uh huh