leaving new york

harika bi REM şarkısı. sözleri de şu şekildedir:

it's quiet now
and what it brings
is everything

comes calling back
a brilliant night
i'm still awake

i looked ahead
i'm sure i saw you there

you don't need me
to tell you now
that nothing can compare

you might have laughed if i told you
you might have hidden a frown
you might have succeeded in changing me
i might have been turned around

it's easier to leave than to be left behind
leaving was never my proud
leaving new york, never easy
i saw the light fading out

now life is sweet
and what it brings
i tried to take
but loneliness
it wears me out
it lies in way

and all not lost
still in my eyes
the shadow of necklace
across your thigh
i might've lived my life in a dream, but i swear
this is real
memory fuses and shatters like glass
mercurial future, forget the past
it's you, it's what i feel.

you might have laughed if i told you (it's pulling me apart)
you might have hidden a frown (change)
you might have succeeded in changing me (it's pulling me apart)
i might have been turned around (change)

it's easier to leave than to be left behind (it's pulling me apart)
leaving was never my proud (change)
leaving new york, never easy (it's pulling me apart)
i saw the light fading out
you find it in your heart, it's pulling me apart
you find it in your heart, change...

i told you, forever
i love you, forever
i told you, i love you
i love you, forever
i told you, forever
you never, you never
you told me forever

you might have laughed if i told you
you might have hidden the frown
you might have succeeded in changing me
i might have been turned around

it's easier to leave than to be left behind (it's pulling me apart)
leaving was never my proud (change)
leaving new york never easy (it's pulling me apart)
i saw the life fading out (change)
leaving new york, never easy (it's pulling me apart)
i saw the light fading out (change)
leaving new york never easy (it's pulling me apart)
i saw the life fading out (change)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fs0l25m8ErE

r.e.m'in mükemmel bir klibe sahip şarkısı. stripe'in o mavi gözleri çok anlamlı görünür bu klipte.

muhteşem bir şarkı.
insana deli gibi "new york'a git, sonra dönerken çığlık çığlığa bu şarkıyı söyle." dürtüsünü aşılayan ilginç bir deneyim.
sanki dünya üzerinde başka hiç bir şarkı kalmamış gibi, tekrar tekrar başa alınası.
sarıp sarmalıyor, eşlik ettiriyor, hatta şu sözlerle kendine aşık ediyor:

"it's easier to leave than to be left behind...
leaving was never my proud!!!"

bir fırtınaya kapılmış, savrulmuş ve fırtına dindiğinde öylece ortada kalakalmış gibi hissettiriyor.

bir anda akıllara leonard cohen in famous blue raincoat parcasını getiriverendir..

new york is cold, but i like where im stayin'..

around the sun'ın açılışını yapan şarkı. yahu insan hiç mi düşünmez, böyle bir şarkı albüm sıralamasında ilk sıraya koyulur mu arkadaşım? albümün geri kalanını dinlemeyi unutur insan, kınıyoruz michael stipe beyi.