Nightswimming REM (Berry/Buck/Mills/Stipe)

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Justin Phelps
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1 Nightswimming REM (Berry/Buck/Mills/Stipe) 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

2 I am a Rock by Paul Simon A winter s day In a deep and dark December I am alone Gazing from my window To the streets below On a freshly fallen silent shroud of snow. I am a rock I am an island I ve built walls A fortress deep and mighty That none may penetrate. I have no need of friendship Friendship causes pain It s laughter and it s loving I disdain. I am a rock I am an island Don t talk of love Well, I ve heard the word before. It s sleeping in my memory. I won t disturb the slumber Of feelings that have died If I d never loved I never would have cried I am a rock I am an island I have my books And my poetry to protect me I am shielded in my armour. Hiding in my room Safe within my womb I touch no one and no touches me. I am a rock I am an Island And a rock feels no pain. And an island never cries.

3 I ve done everything as you say I ve followed your rules without question I thought it would help me see things clearly But instead of helping me to see I look around and it s like I m blinded I m spinnin out of control, out of control I m spinnin out of control, out of control Cause I don t know if I can trust you I feel like I m spinning out of control I try to focus but everything s twisted And all alone I thought you would be there (thought you would be there) So let me know that I m not alone But in fact, that s exactly what I want I m spinnin out of control, out of control I m spinnin out of control, out of control Cause I don t know if I can trust you All of the things you said to me Hoobastank Out of Control And I may never know the answer to this endless mystery I said a mystery I said a mystery I m spinnin out of control, out of control (x7) I M SPINNIN OUT OF CONTROL Cause I don t know if I can trust you All of the things you said to me And I may never know the answer to this endless mystery I m spinnin out of control, out of control (x2)

4 Green Day Lyrics Who Wrote Holden Caulfield? A thought burst in my head and I need to tell you It s news that I for thought Was it just a dream that happened long ago? I think that I just forgot Well it hasn t been the first time And it sure does drive me mad There s a boy who fogs his worlds and now he s getting lazy There s no motivation and frustration makes him crazy He makes a plan to take a stand but always ends up sitting Someone help him or he s gonna end up quitting I shuffle through my mind To see if I can find The words I left behind Was it just a dream that happened long ago? Oh well Never mind. Well it hasn t been the first time And it sure does drive me mad There s a boy who fogs his worlds and now he s getting lazy There s no motivation and frustration makes him crazy He makes a plan to take a stand but always ends up sitting Someone help him or he s gonna end up quitting There s a boy who fogs his worlds and now he s getting lazy There s no motivation and frustration makes him crazy He makes a plan to take a stand but always ends up sitting Someone help him or he s gonna end up quitting There s a boy who fogs his worlds and now he s getting lazy There s no motivation and frustration makes him crazy He makes a plan to take a stand but always ends up sitting Someone help him or he s gonna end up quitting

5 High School Low Say Anything If I'm just a slave to my high school days Then when does a boy become a man They say at 16 I will get tough and mean College prep rally pep peachy keen And I'll meet a gal and take her to the prom And maybe we'll make out by the old viewpoint But, there are no gals, no pep rallies, good pals Stay away from these high school My teacher says that I'm brilliant My mother says I'm a star My girlfriend just avoids me But I still pay for the dinner and the movie My room is filled with abandon My homework is yet left undone I look at pictures of myself as a small child All filled with hope and so alive but Oh, these high school days Take that away, take me away, take me away Stress and hard duress replace the hope I had everyday All these high school days Take that away, take myself away If only I could skip forward or back The best years of my life oh my god I hope not lets go I hope not lets go My friends are overachievers My love is burning my down My has this crazy itch during homeroom Oh god that girl just saw me scratch my All control is now spiraling My grades look pretty damn low I want to motivate myself, but how the hell am I supposed to work I do not love these high school days Take that away, take me away, take me away Stress and hard duress replace the hope I had everyday All these high school days Take that away, I take myself away If only I could skip forward or back The best years of my life oh my god I hope not lets go I hope not lets go So listen young boys to the words that I speak Heed then and hold them to stay Never let go of the cowboy inside Or you'll die in your high school days

6 Superman Five For Fighting (John Ondrasik) I can t stand to fly I m not that naive I m just out to find The better part of me I m more than a bird...i m more than a plane More than some pretty face beside a train It s not easy to be me Wish that I could cry Fall upon my knees Find a way to lie About a home I ll never see It may sound absurd...but don t be naive Even heroes have the right to bleed I may be disturbed...but won t you concede Even heroes have the right to dream It s not easy to be me Up, up and away...away from me It s all right...you can all sleep sound tonight I m not crazy...or anything... I can t stand to fly I m not that naive Men weren t meant to ride With clouds between their knees I m only a man in a silly red sheet Digging for kryptonite on this one way street Only a man in a funny red sheet Looking for special things inside of me Inside of me Inside me Yeah, inside me Inside of me I m only a man In a funny red sheet I m only a man Looking for a dream I m only a man In a funny red sheet And it s not easy, hmmm, hmmm, hmmm... It s not easy to be me

7 Mad World Gary Jules All around me are familiar faces Worn out places, worn out faces Bright and early for their daily races Going nowhere, going nowhere Their tears are filling up their glasses No expression, no expression Hide my head I want to drown my sorrow No tomorrow, no tomorrow And I find it kinda funny I find it kinda sad The dreams in which I'm dying Are the best I've ever had I find it hard to tell you I find it hard to take When people run in circles It's a very, very mad world mad world Children waiting for the day they feel good Happy Birthday, Happy Birthday And I feel the way that every child should Sit and listen, sit and listen Went to school and I was very nervous No one knew me, no one knew me Hello teacher tell me what's my lesson Look right through me, look right through me And I find it kinda funny I find it kinda sad The dreams in which I'm dying Are the best I've ever had I find it hard to tell you I find it hard to take When people run in circles It's a very, very mad world... mad world Enlarging your world Mad world

8 Smoke Gets in Your Eyes They ask me how I knew My true love was true I of course reply Something deep inside Cannot be denied They said some day you'll find All who love are blind When your heart's on fire You must realize Smoke gets in your eyes So I chaffed them And I gayly laughed To think they could doubt To think they could doubt my love But today My love has flown away I am without my love Now laughing friends deride Tears I cannot hide So I smile and say When a lovely flame dies Smoke gets in your eyes But today my love has flown away I am without I'm without my love And now laughing friends deride Tears I cannot hide So I smile and say When a lovely flame dies Smoke gets in your eyes

Iris by the Goo Goo Dolls

Iris by the Goo Goo Dolls And I'd give up forever to touch you, Cause I know that you feel me somehow. You're the closest to heaven that I'll ever be, And I don't want to go home right now. And all I can