REM – What's The Frequency lyrics

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 armoured suit uh huh

I'd studied your cartoons
Radio music
TV movies magazines
Richard said withdrawal
In disgust
Is 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 armoured 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