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Night swimming
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. The moon is low
tonight.
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Night swimming
deserves a quiet night. I'm
not sure all these people under-
stand. 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 every
day. Night swimming
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 cannot describe night
swimming.
You, I thought I knew you.
You, I cannot judge.
You, I thought you knew me. This one's
laughing quietly under-
neath my breath. Night
swimming.
Interlude:
The photograph reflects every
streetlight a reminder. Night
swimming deserves a quiet
night.
deserves a quiet
night.
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About this song: Nightswimming
Track 11 of 12 on the album Automatic For The People.In the liner notes of 'In Time: The Best of R.E.M.' (2003) guitarist Peter Buck says that this is the only R.E.M. song where the lyrics came before the music. Lead singer Michael Stipe told Buck & bassist/ keyboardist Mike Mills he had written a full set of lyrics & maybe they could find some suitable music. When the band returned to the studio, Mills played a piece on the piano which fit Stipe's lyrics perfectly. Read more on Last.fm.
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