Originally Posted by scottsy

Yeah, Up by REM can be a pretty depressing affair at times, musically and lyrically... but there are splashes of hope from moment to moment spread out through the album... Walk Unafraid always kinda lifts me up from when I feel embarassed and awkward, and there's a strength and beauty in lines like "someone has to take the fall/ why not me? If consequnce chose differently, if fate had played its hand/ my actions make me beautiful, dignify the flesh/ me, I am free...