Music: Michael Stipe/Michael Mills/Peter Buck/William Berry
Producer: Tom Howe
Nightswimming deserves a quiet night
The photograph on the dashboard, taken years ago
Turned around backwards so the windshield shows
Every street light reveals some picture in reverse
Still, it's so much clearer
I forgot my shirt at the water's edge
The moon's so low tonight
Nightswimming deserves a quiet night
I'm not sure all these people understand
It's not like years ago
That fear of getting caught
Of recklessness and water
They cannot see me naked
These things, they go away
Replaced by every day
Nightswimming, remembering that night
September's coming soon
And pining for the moon
Oh, 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
And this one laughing quietly
Underneath my breath
Nightswimming
Deserves a quiet night
The photograph reflects
Every street light a reminder
Nightswimming
Deserves a quiet night
Oh, deserves a quiet night
Mastering Engineer: Stephen Marsh/Justin Fleuriel