MONSTER: I DON'T SLEEP I DREAM

  It is safe to say that this song is the departure point, the gateway if you will, from the old band to the new. Starting with this song, Stipe begins targeting sexuality in a very direct way. Even the band realized its importance when they performed the song live during their SNL preview of the Monster tour. Stipe even got a cameo playing guitar ... one chord, but still ... there is no going back from this.
  He used to begin this song claiming it was not about a bj and whatever it's story origins, what we have here is another unrequited song a la LOSING MY RELIGION, but it's lust that is not found here. Perhaps the narrator is simply narcoleptic and is lusting after the server in his local diner. I think the key to the song is the concession of coffee instead of sex at the end of the chorus. However, the narrator here could be one of those one night stand monsters who has reached some sort of existential impasse. Whatever the actual story, the dark themes and insistence of dream state consciousness permeate the world and sound of the song. Even though this is not at the height of their songwriting, one can appreciate the consistency of the message.
  As for the lyrics, Stipe is holding out 'dream' and over enunciating the end of the 'm' into an 'ah' sound. Closer to the official lyrics, but I think he's still slipping some words in there ... hence the differences.

I DON’T SLEEP, I DREAM

I'm looking for an interruption
Do you believe?
You looking to dig my dreams
Be prepared for anything
You come into my little scene
Hooray hooray hip hip hooray
There's one thing I can guarantee
You won't have to dig

Dig too deep

Said

Leave me to lay, or touch me deep
I don't sleep, I dream

I'll settle for a cup of coffee

But you know what I really need

Are you looking to drive my dreams?
You here to route my schemes?
You come deliver my demons?
Hooray hooray hip hip hooray
Are you coming to ease my headache?
Do you give good head?
Am I good in bed?

I don't know, I guess so
I don't sleep, I dream

I'll settle for a cup of coffee

But you know what I really need

I'm looking for an interruption
Can you believe?
Some medicine for my headache
Hooray hooray hip hip hooray
I'm pitching for a new direction
Pinch me when I wake
Don't tell me my dreams are fake

You

Leave me to lay, or touch me deep
I don't sleep, I dream

I'll settle for a cup of coffee

But you know what I really need
Leave me to lay, or touch me deep
I don't sleep, I dream

I'll settle for a cup of coffee

But you know what I really need

   I used to believe that this riff was some elaborate sliding chord, but as it turns out it is an extremely static picking pattern with little movement. The equivalent of a three chord song. For the final chord, simply play the D of the picking pattern, but add your thumb to the E string, 5th note ... in true Buck style.

I DON'T SLEEP I DREAM

Verse

e|----7--0-0------0----|

B|--5--5----5-0-5h-5---|

G|---7--7-----------7--|

D|-7--7----------------|

A|---------------------|

E|---------------------|

Chorus

e|-3-0----|

B|-3-0----|

G|-0-0----|

D|-0-2----|

A|-2-2----|

E|-3-0----|