Schöne traurige Lieder, Vol. 10 - REM

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REM - Nightswimming

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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, it's so much clearer, I forgot my shirt at the water's edge

And the moon is low tonight.

Nightswimming deserves a quiet night.

I'm not sure all these people understand

It's 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

September's coming soon, I'm 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.