Night Swimming

Night Swimming by R.E.M.
不懂游泳, 更何況是夜游? 日間給工作/人際/財務/感情事宜壓得透不過氣, 我只想要平靜的夜晚. 有點咳嗽, 最好還是不要抽煙, 但實在擺脫不了香煙的癮．誘. 平價打火機擦出火花燃起醇萬事發, 看著白色的變黑變紅變灰, 氣管被刺激得咳咳咳起來. 友人明天結婚的日子, 勾起自己雜亂的回憶, 卻無法再回想起從前無憂無慮的日子. 幻想望出窗外有一輪明月, 幻想有妳伴著我.

看到 itunes 的 play count 竟已由增3至 27, 驀然發現又虛度了一晚. 現實終歸現實, 妳不會把我放在心中, 我如何努力也不可能進入妳的夢中.

night swimming
deserves a quiet night

the photograph on the dashboard taken years ago
turn around backwards so the windshield shows
every street light reveals a picture in reverse
still it's so much clearer
i forgot my shirt at the water's 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
fear of getting caught
of recklessness, of water
they cannot see me naked
these things they go away
replaced by everyday

night swimming
remembering that night
september is coming soon
i'm pinning for the moon
and what if there were two
side by side in orbit around the fairer sun.
a bright time you ever drum
could not describe
night swimming

you I thought I knew you
you I cannot judge
you i thought you knew me
this one laughing quietly
underneath my breath
night swimming

the photograph reflects
every streetlight a reminder.
night swimming
deserves a quiet night
deserves a quiet night