I love the song and the video is extremely clever, I think. I have enjoyed R.E.M. since the late 80s, but so much of their melancholy really reverbs these days unfortunately.
This is not melancholy though, I don't think. It starts out mundane and leaps to profound.
Or that is my take.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=PN1YpMtPIpE