First few times I heard this song, I knew there was something that it was attempting to say. I guess this was one of the first "political" songs I had heard that wasn't overtly preachy, but used beauty and imagery and urgency to present a point. Musically, it's a classic example of Pete's jangly up-and-down guitar style.
And a bonus: Bill Berry contributes to the backing vocal! It's a subtle part of the last few choruses: "It's gonna fall".
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I had no idea that this was a political song until I heard an interview. I sometimes wondered if Stipe decided what a song was about after it was all finished.
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