[ti:American Moon] [ar:Sailship] [al:The Giant Leaps] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]American Moon - Sailship [00:31.81]Written by:Michael Stipe [01:03.62]I heard my lady in white sing out in the woods [01:06.98] [01:07.86]But there in the summer air I was frozen where I stood [01:12.16] [01:13.75]Cause witches hide behind the trees [01:15.64] [01:18.34]And they laugh at delicate bones in my sunken skin [01:21.49] [01:22.48]The body of a fragile man I'm feeling trapped in [01:26.59] [01:27.54]But I can see my hands begin to change [01:30.63] [01:33.03]And I open up beneath an American moon [01:36.29] [01:37.28]I'll be beside her singing with her soon [01:39.93] [01:40.94]I've breached these forest walls in front of me before [01:45.56] [01:46.87]I'll be hers soon [01:48.95] [01:50.08]Cause I'm the same [01:51.26] [01:52.24]Though all the features of my face have changed [01:55.78] [01:56.77]And I I I can feel no pain [02:00.34] [02:03.76]So throw them all away [02:06.06] [02:07.06]All your silver bullets [02:08.82]And all your strongest chains [02:10.36] [02:11.59]The sight of me may have changed [02:15.33] [02:16.80]But the inside stays the same [02:19.05] [02:26.25]The same [02:26.62] [02:32.25]And I walk alone in the night [02:33.73] [02:34.46]Following her song [02:35.36] [02:36.45]The light of a thousand enchantments illuminate the ground [02:41.40] [02:42.46]Everything evil cowers away [02:44.46] [02:47.05]And I enter into the field that she's singing from [02:50.13] [02:51.10]Don't want her to turn away and run [02:53.69] [02:54.82]With all of the softness in my voice I'll find a way [02:59.70] [03:01.16]To say [03:01.57] [03:05.86]That I'm the same [03:07.09] [03:07.68]Though all the features of my face have changed [03:11.62] [03:12.42]And I I I can feel no pain [03:16.04] [03:19.56]So throw them all away [03:21.80] [03:22.80]All your silver bullets [03:23.89] [03:24.58]And all your strongest chains [03:25.91] [03:27.22]The sight of me may have changed [03:30.80] [03:32.50]But the inside stays the same [03:34.51] [03:36.00]And now she turns to face me there [03:38.27] [03:39.54]She stops singing and stares [03:41.68]And I I I am scared [03:45.68] [03:49.99]Without a word she floats across the grass [03:52.82] [03:54.05]And puts her ivory hand inside [03:57.04] [04:00.31]Of mine [04:00.70] [04:04.89]Cause I'm the same [04:05.92] [04:07.06]Though all the features of my face have changed [04:10.54] [04:11.42]And I I I can feel no pain [04:14.86] [04:18.53]So throw them all away [04:20.81] [04:21.68]All your silver bullets [04:22.99] [04:23.49]And all your strongest chains [04:24.94] [04:26.24]The sight of me may have changed [04:29.86] [04:31.51]But the inside stays the same [04:33.55] [04:46.74]And the inside stays the same [04:48.54] [05:01.68]And the inside stays the same