R.E.M. - Chorus and the Ring lyrics

Hey there now young wholly, swing along
Quote the scriptures, keep them guessing
Which pit you crawled from
Just defy it, just deny it was it fun?
Your time has come what have you done?
What have you done?

That's when the insults start to sting
You can't remember anything
The chorus chime in, the Greek chorus
The machine of God singing

It's the poison that in measures brings
Illuminating vision
It's the knowing with a wink that
We expect in Southern women
It's the wolf that knows which root
To dig to save it'self
It's the octopus that crawled back to the sea

That's when the insults start to sting
You can't remember anything
The chorus chime in, the Greek chorus
The machine of God ring

Hammered, shooting plywood in the backyard
Laughing cause the racket makes
The blackbirds sing write the holy terror
Suck the marrow from the bones
Singe your own wings burning books
You got the chorus and the ring

That's when the insults start to sting
You can't remember anything
The chorus chime in, the Greek chorus
The machine sings
That's when the insults start to sting
You can't remember anything
The chorus chime in, the Greek chorus
The machine sings
That's when the calibration brittle
As a stick gets you the gold ring
And the tar museum Che Guevara wink
Gold ring gold ring

Sing sing
Sing sing