nightswimming

yazdır, gecedir, muhteşem bir arkadaş grubunun içinde bulunan genç bünye, dolunaylı ve dolunaysız gecelerde unisex bir toplulukla birlikte, sahilde, karanlıkta, içip içip denize girmektedir. bu şarkı ne zaman işitilse, çılgın atan ilk gençlik yılları anımsanır. kanımca en sağlam rem albümü olan automatic for the people'ın ağır topları arasında yer alan, nostaljik bir michael stipe balladı.

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
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.