"I Took Your Name" adalah sebuah lagu yang dibawakan oleh band rock Amerika R.E.M. Lagu ini mengeksplorasi tema identitas, tanggung jawab, dan kebingungan. Liriknya yang penuh teka-teki menceritakan kisah seorang narator yang mengambil identitas orang lain, dari pakaian hingga nama mereka. Seiring berjalannya narasi, narator semakin meniru orang tersebut, hingga mengaburkan batas antara dirinya dan orang lain. Lagu ini mempertanyakan siapa yang pada akhirnya bertanggung jawab atas kebingungan yang dihasilkan dari pengaburan identitas tersebut.
I Took Your Name Lyrics
R.E.M.
I wore the clothes you wanted
I took your name
If there is some confusion, who's to blame?
I signed your living will
I smiled your face
I'm ready to close the book on NASA in outer space
If there is some confusion
Who's to blame?
Who's to blame?
I sequenced your arrival
I sealed your fate
I pushed the button and erased your master tape
I wrote the sales pitch
I threw the brake switch
I dragged your big ass daddy roth car out of that ditch
If there is some confusion
Who's to blame?
Who's to blame?
I crossed your great divide
I stirred your ocean's tide
I called your bluff until I blew your circuits wide
I'll be your albatross,
Devil, dog, Jesus, god,
I don't wanna be Iggy Pop but if that's what it takes, hey
If there is some confusion
If there is some confusion
If there is some confusion
Who's to blame?
Who's to blame?
I took your name
If there is some confusion, who's to blame?
I signed your living will
I smiled your face
I'm ready to close the book on NASA in outer space
If there is some confusion
Who's to blame?
Who's to blame?
I sequenced your arrival
I sealed your fate
I pushed the button and erased your master tape
I wrote the sales pitch
I threw the brake switch
I dragged your big ass daddy roth car out of that ditch
If there is some confusion
Who's to blame?
Who's to blame?
I crossed your great divide
I stirred your ocean's tide
I called your bluff until I blew your circuits wide
I'll be your albatross,
Devil, dog, Jesus, god,
I don't wanna be Iggy Pop but if that's what it takes, hey
If there is some confusion
If there is some confusion
If there is some confusion
Who's to blame?
Who's to blame?
