En mayo de 2008, la banda georgina REM realizaron un concierto para el programa «Austin City Limits» donde ya míticos grupos y cantantes habían actuado. Antes de la inminente salida de su nuevo disco, REM ha decidio sacar ese concierto en dvd. Ya se pueden ver algunas canciones en la red a través de su página web oficial, remhq.com.
Una de ellas es este «Living well is the best revenge» canción con la que dieron comienzo al espectáculo, ¡nunca mejor dicho!
La letra:
It’s only when your poison spins into
the life you’d hoped to live
That suddenly you wake up in a shaking panic – wow!
You set me up like a lamb to slaughter
Garbo as a farmer’s daughter
Unbelievable, the gospel according to who?
I lay right down.
All your sad and lost apostles hum my
name and flare their nostrils
Choking on the bones you toss to them
Well I’m not one to sit and spin
‘Cause living well’s the best revenge
Baby, I am calling you on that
Don’t turn your talking points on me,
history will set me free
The future’s ours and you don’t
even rate a footnote now!
So who’s chasing you? Where did you go?
You disappeared mid-sentence
In a judgement crisis I see my anecdote for it
You weakened shell
All your sad and lost apostles hum my
name and flare their nostrils
Choking on the bones you toss to them
Well I’m not one to sit and spin
‘Cause living well’s the best revenge
Baby, I am calling you on that
You savour your dying breath
Well, I forgive but I don’t forget
You work it out, let’s hear that argument again
Camera three… GO NOW!
All your sad and lost apostles hum my
name and flare their nostrils
Choking on the bones you toss to them
Well I’m not one to sit and spin
‘Cause living well’s the best revenge
Baby, I am calling you on that
Baby, I am calling you on that
Baby, I am calling you on
Watch the full episode. See more Austin City Limits.