Významná americká rocková skupina založená v r. 1980 v Athens (stát Georgia). (Buck je ročník 1956, Stipe 1960, Berry a Mills 1958.) Hudební kořeny mají jak v americké hudební tradici tak i v pop music 60. let (m.j. Byrds). Typičtí představitelé...

Píseň: Leaving New York

Interpret:
R.E.M.
Album:
Around The Sun
It's quiet now
And what it brings
Is everything


Comes calling back
A brilliant night
I'm still awake


I looked ahead
I'm sure I saw you there


You don't need me
To tell you now
That nothing can compare


You might have laughed if I told you
You might have hidden A frown
You might have succeeded in changing me
I might have been turned around


It's easier to leave than to be left behind
Leaving was never my proud
Leaving New York, never easy
I saw the light fading out


Now life is sweet
And what it brings
I tried to take
But loneliness
It wears me out
It lies in wait


And I've lost
Still in my eyes
The shadow of necklace
Across your thigh
I might've lived my life in a dream, but I swear
This is real
Memory fuses and shatters like glass
Mercurial future, forget the past
It's you, it's what I feel.


You might have laughed if I told you (it's pulling me apart)
You might have hidden a frown (change)
You might have succeeded in changing me (it's pulling me apart)
I might have been turned around (change)


It's easier to leave than to be left behind (it's pulling me apart)
Leaving was never my proud (change)
Leaving New York, never easy (it's pulling me apart)
I saw the light fading out
You find it in your heart, it's pulling me apart
You find it in your heart, change...


I told you, forever
I love you, forever
I told you, I love you
I love you, forever
I told you, forever
You never, you never
You told me forever


You might have laughed if I told you
You might have hidden the frown
You might have succeeded in changing me
I might have been turned around


It's easier to leave than to be left behind (it's pulling me apart)
Leaving was never my proud (change)
Leaving New York never easy (it's pulling me apart)
I saw the life fading out (change)
Leaving New York, never easy (it's pulling me apart)
I saw the light fading out (change)
Leaving New York never easy (it's pulling me apart)
I saw the life fading out (change)