R.E.M. - Automatic For The People : Nightswimming

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R.E.M.



Automatic For The People



Nightswimming





Nightswimming deserves a quiet night.



The photograph on the dashboard, taken years ago,



Turned around backwards so the windshield shows.



Every streetlight reveals the picture in reverse.



Still, its so much clearer.



I forgot my shirt at the waters edge.



The moon is low tonight.







Nightswimming deserves a quiet night.



Im not sure all these people understand.



Its not like years ago,



The fear of getting caught,



Of recklessness and water.



They cannot see me naked.



These things, they go away,



Replaced by everyday.







Nightswimming, remembering that night.



Septembers coming soon.



Im pining for the moon.



And what if there were two



Side by side in orbit



Around the fairest sun?



That bright, tight forever drum



Could not describe nightswimming.







You, I thought I knew you.



You I cannot judge.



You, I thought you knew me,



this one laughing quietly underneath my breath.



Nightswimming.







The photograph reflects,



Every streetlight a reminder.



Nightswimming deserves a quiet night, deserves a quiet night.