En 1992, R.E.M. lanza uno de sus discos más oscuros y con letras más sórdidas, Automatic for the People, considerado como el mejor disco del grupo hasta el momento. Numerosos singles salieron de este disco: "Everybody Hurts", "Drive", "Man on the Moon", "The Sidewinder Sleeps Tonite", "Nightswimming" y "Find The River".
Everybody hurts
When the day is long and the night, the night is yours alone
When you're sure you've had enough of this life, well hang on
Don't let yourself go, everybody cries
and everybody hurts sometimes
Sometimes everything is wrong, now it's time to sing along
When your day is night alone (hold on, hold on)
If you feel like letting go (hold on)
When you think you've had too much of this life, well hang on
Everybody hurts, take comfort in your friends
Everybody hurts,
Don't throw your hand, oh no, don't throw your hand
when you feel like you're alone, no, no, no, you are not alone
If you're on your own in this life, the days and nights are long
When you think you've had too much, of this life, to hang on
Well everybody hurts, sometimes
Everybody cries, everybody hurts, sometimes
But everybody hurts sometimes
so hold on, hold on, hold on,
Hold on, hold on, hold on, hold on, hold on,
Everybody hurts
You are not alone
