Thanks for the heads up MrMacPhisto!!!
I thought Eddie Vedder was meant to be on this track?
(perhaps its only an early demo version, I hope so!!!)
I gotta say I aint all that impressed by this track, kind of an airey Ballade / Pop tune, I know R.E.M have lots of songs to fit in that genre, but IHT is a little boring and dull and dare I say irrelevant, The lyrics from what I can make out seem painfully simplistic and un-inspired, as does the music for me, I thought they were Around the Sun and Accelerating to better places! ho ho ho, I do like Discoverer, hopefully IHT, is one of the Albums lesser tracks.
This reminds me of what perhaps New Test Leaper would have sounded like if it had been recorded during the majority dreaded Around the Sun sessions!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uLHOZpuMI4Q
Lyrics:
This is not a parable
This is a terrible
This is a terrible thing
Yes I will rhyme that, after, after all I've done today
I have earned my wings
It happened today. Hooray! Hooray!
It happened. Hip, hip, hooray!
We'll leave the allegory to another Bible story
Out of deference, defiance, the choice
Closing on a promise, after, after all I've done today
I have earned my voice
It happened today. Hooray! Hooray!
It happened. Hip, hip, hooray!
Oohs, and aahs, and awws until the end of the song