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Rhythm 9.4
Melody 9.8
Instruments 9.4
Lyrics 9.8
Vocal 9.6
This song has been reviewed 10 times. Overall score for this song, 9.6.
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R.E.M. - Nightswimming Lyrics

Song details
TitleNightswimming
ArtistR.E.M.
AlbumAutomatic For The People (1992) , Track 11 ,
In Time - The Best Of R.E.M. 1988-2003 (2003) , Track 18
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Song lyrics
Night swimming
Deserves a quiet night
The photograph on the dashboard
Taken years ago
Turned around backwards so the windshield shows
Every street light reveals a picture in reverse
Still its so much clearer
I forgot my shirt at the waters edge
The moon is low tonight

Night swimming
Deserves a quiet night
I'm not sure all these people understand
It's not like years ago
The fear of getting caught
The recklessness in water
They cannot see me naked
These things they go away
Replaced by every day
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
The bright tide that ever drawn
Could not describe
Nightswimming

You I thought I knew you
You I can not judge
You I thought you knew me
This one laughing quietly
Underneath my breath
Nightswimming
The photograph reflects
Every street light a reminder
Nightswimming
Deserves a quiet night
Deserves a quiet night
lyrics submitted by Steven Cunnane
lyrics corrected by Amandy




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16-06-2004 21:03danastasia is offline danastasia 

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Yep, gotta agree with you there, it's stunning!
16-06-2004 21:03Raven88 is offline Raven88 

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I LOVE IT!!!! i first heard it on In Time and i fell totally in love with it....STIPE SHALL LIVE FOREVER MORE!!!!
18-06-2004 09:47ade20 is offline ade20 

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good song my favorite of this album is find the river very good song where stipe goes back to his teenage years when he and friends would go to this lake and swim, naked hahaha yeah good song good emotion in it
18-06-2004 09:49Shira88 is offline Shira88 

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This song is amazing. REM is amazing.

I love them both.
21-06-2004 08:01ade20 is offline ade20 

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nice rythem to kinda a gentle refreshing song, rem at their best
12-12-2004 18:18DivDiv is offline DivDiv 

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A beautiful beautiful song. The best that they have done?
08-07-2005 23:23RSCookie is offline RSCookie 

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This song is perfect. It so perfectly captures the terror, excitement, freedom and fun of skinny dipping. It is one of those songs that when you hear it, immediately transports you back to that special moment in your life and you can't help but have a smile creep across your face.
"The fear of getting caught, the recklessness of water, they cannot see me naked! These things they go away, replaced by everyday." As good as lyrics get.
06-10-2005 10:56naturally is offline naturally 

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This song really nice, i just love it and i also love R.E.M
06-10-2005 11:55Masterful_Ally is offline Masterful_Ally 

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beautiful song, my favourite R.E.M track possibly.
11-02-2006 00:1599boy is offline 99boy 

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It's a great piano part, but they shouldve used a better piano...
08-01-2007 06:26themikester is offline themikester 

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REM is probably my favorite group of all time. Stipe's voice is utterly amazing and gives me goosebumps to this day. This song is one of my favorites from their collection. I'd have to say "Drive" is my favorite.

Anyway, this is an amazing song!
27-01-2009 04:04jorge7689 is offline jorge7689 

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Incredible, beautiful, stunning. I love it. My favorite R.E.M.'s song.


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