Nightswimming

Just heard this one on the radio and a flood of memories came to me. For some reason this takes me back to my childhood. So many things... so little time and yet somehow we were able to fit it all into such a little time. Maybe that's a power that we lose as the years catch up to us. As Indian Jones would say, "It's not the years, it's the millage."

"Nightswimming" by R.E.M. simply put is a classic. Fantastic arrangement, you'd almost believe that you're surrounded by water. Then again, I'll forever be a sucker for anything played on a piano.

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

The photograph reflects,
Every streetlight a reminder
Nightswimming deserves a quiet night, deserves a quiet night

Can't even recall the last time I went swimming...