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Accelerate, 2008
Written by Peter Buck, Mike Mills, and Michael Stipe
This is an energetic, forceful song with big crunchy guitar, rare for late-period R.E.M. Apparently, the lyrics are inspired by a humiliating experience that Stipe remembered from his time working as summer camp counselor: "At the summer camp where you volunteered / No one saw your face, no one saw your fear." The details are of course only hinted at: "From the seance where you first betrayed / An open heart on a darkened stage." Of course, the song isn't just about one bad memory, but can be interpreted as encouraging people to cast off old selves and enjoying who they were meant to be.
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