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Crush with Eyeliner by R.E.M.
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R.E.M.Writed by
Bill Berry & Peter Buck & Mike Mills & Michael StipeAbout
“Crush With Eyeliner” is the second track on R.E.M.’s ninth studio album, Monster. It was released as the album’s fourth single and featured a Spike Jonze-directed music video.
Like much of Monster, the song is a distortion heavy grunge-meets-glam number about identity and authenticity. Thurston Mo...
Crush with Eyeliner Lyrics
[Verse 1]
I know you
I know you've seen her
She's a sad tomato
She's three miles of bad road
Walking down the street
Will I never meet her?
She's a real woman-child
Oh, my kiss breath turpentine
[Chorus]
I am smitten
I'm the real thing (I'm the real thing)
Have you seen her come around?
My crush with eyeliner
[Verse 2]
I'm in like
I'm infatuated
It's all too much pressure
She's all that I can take
What position should I wear?
Cop an attitude? (You faker)
How can I convince her? (Faker)
That I'm inventive, too, yeah
[Chorus]
I am smitten
I'm the real thing (I'm the real thing)
We all invent ourselves
And, uh, you know me
[Guitar Solo]
Yeah
[Verse 3]
She's a sad tomato
She's three miles of bad road
She's her own invention (She's her own invention)
That gets me in the throat
What can I make myself be?
Life is strange, yeah (Life is strange)
What can I make myself be? (Faker)
To make her mine?
[Chorus]
I am smitten
I'll do anything (I'll do anything)
My kiss breath turpentine
My crush with eyeliner
[Chorus]
I am smitten
You know me (Yeah, you know me)
I could be your Frankenstein
My crush with eyeliner
[Chorus]
I am smitten
I'm the real thing (I'm the real thing)
Won't you be my valentine?
My crush with eyeliner
Crush with Eyeliner Q&A
Who wrote Crush with Eyeliner's ?
Crush with Eyeliner was written by Bill Berry & Peter Buck & Mike Mills & Michael Stipe.
Who produced Crush with Eyeliner's ?
Crush with Eyeliner was produced by R.E.M. & Scott Litt.
When did R.E.M. release Crush with Eyeliner?
R.E.M. released Crush with Eyeliner on Tue Sep 27 1994.
What did R.E.M. say about "Crush with Eyeliner"?
“Crush With Eyeliner” was inspired by ‘70s glam rock, according to Michael Stipe:
It’s one of several ‘glam’ songs that we wrote, “The Wake-Up Bomb” or “Supernatural Superserious” being the only others I can think of right now. T. Rex, Slade, The New York Dolls, and Iggy were huge influences on all...