Automatic for the People de R.E.M - Letras y canciones del álbum

[Verse 1]

When your day is long

And the night, the night is yours alone

When you're sure you've had enough

Of this life, well hang on

 

[Chorus]

Don't let yourself go

'Cause everybody cries

Everybody hurts sometimes

 

[Verse 2]

Sometimes everything is wrong

Now it's time to sing along

When your day is night alone (hold on, hold on)

If you feel like letting go (hold on)

If you think you've had too much

Of this life, well hang on

 

[Chorus]

'Cause everybody hurts

Take comfort in your friends

Everybody hurts

 

[Bridge]

Don't throw your hand, oh no

Don't throw your hand

If you feel like you're alone

No, no, no, you're not alone

 

 

[Verse 3]

If you're on your own in this life

The days and nights are long

When you think you've had too much

Of this life to hang on

 

[Chorus]

Well, everybody hurts sometimes

Everybody cries

Everybody hurts, sometimes

And everybody hurts sometimes

 

[Outro]

So hold on, hold on

Hold on, hold on, hold on

Hold on, hold on, hold on

Everybody hurts

No, no, no, no, no, you're not alone

[Verse 1]

Readying to bury your father and your mother

What did you think when you lost another?

I used to wonder why did you bother

Distanced from one, blind to the other

Listen here, my sister and my brother

What would you care if you lost the other?

I always wonder why did we bother

Distanced from one, blind to the other

 

[Refrain]

Oh, oh, but sweetness follows

 

[Verse 2]

It's these little things, they can pull you under

Live your life filled with joy and wonder

I always knew this altogether thunder

Was lost in our little lives

 

[Refrain]

Oh, oh, but sweetness follows

Oh, oh, but sweetness follows

 

[Verse 3]

It's these little things, they can pull you under

Live your life filled with joy and thunder

Yeah, yeah, we were all together

Lost in our little lives

 

 

[Outro]

Oh

Oh

Oh

Oh, oh, but sweetness follows

Oh, oh, oh, but sweetness follows

[Verse 1]

Monty, this seems strange to me

The movies had that movie thing

But nonsense has a welcome ring

And heroes don't come easily

Now, nonsense isn't new to me

I know my head, I know my feet

But mischief knocked me in the knees

So, just let go

Just let go

 

[Verse 2]

I saw the ocean meet the man

I saw you buried in the sand

A friend was there to hold your hand

Said, walk on by

So, I went walking through the street

I saw you strung up in a tree

A woman knelt there said to me

Said, hold your tongue

Hold your tongue

 

[Chorus]

You don't owe me anything

You don't want this sympathy (Waste your breath)

Don't you waste your breath (Waste your breath)

For the silver screen

 

 

[Verse 3]

That nonsense doesn't mean a thing

They tried to bust you in a sting

But virtue isn't everything

So, don't waste time

Now, here's a rhyme that you can steal

Put this on your reel to reel

Mischief threw a rotten deal

Monty's laying low

He is laying low

Just let go

Just let go

 

[Chorus]

You don't owe me anything

You don't want this sympathy (Waste your breath)

Don't you waste your breath (Waste your breath)

Monty, this seems strange to me

[Verse 1]

These bastards stole their power from

The victims of the us v. them years

Wrecking all things virtuous and true

The undermining social democratic

Downhill slide into abysmal

Lost lamb off the precipice into

The trickle down run-off pool

 

[Pre-Chorus]

They hypnotized the summer

1979

Marched into the capital

Brooding duplicitous, wicked and able, media-ready

Heartless and labeled, super U.S. citizen, super achiever

Mega ultra power dosing, relax defense, defense, defense, defense

Yeah, yeah, yeah, fuck

 

[Chorus]

(Yeah, yeah, yeah) Ignoreland

(Yeah, yeah, yeah) Ignoreland

(Yeah, yeah, yeah)

 

[Verse 2]

The information nation took

Their clues from all the sound-bite gluttons

1980, '84, '88

'92 too, too

How to be what you can be

Jump jam junking your energies

How to walk in dignity

With throw-up on your shoes

 

 

[Pre-Chorus]

They amplified the autumn

1979

Calculate the capital

Up the republic my skinny ass, TV tells a million lies

The paper's terrified to report, anything that isn't handed

On a presidential spoon, I'm just profoundly frustrated

By all this, so fuck you, man

 

[Chorus]

(Fuck 'em)

(Yeah, yeah, yeah) Ignoreland

(Yeah, yeah, yeah) Ignoreland

 

[Bridge]

If they weren't there we would have created them

Maybe, it is true

But I'm resentful all the same

Someone's got to take the blame

 

[Verse 3]

I know that this is vitriol

No solution, spleen-venting

But I feel better having screamed

Don't you?

 

 

[Pre-Chorus]

They desecrate the winter

1979

Capital collateral

Brooding duplicitous, wicked and able, media-ready

Heartless and labeled, super U.S. citizen, super achiever

Mega ultra power dosing, relax, defense, defense, defense, defense

Yeah, yeah, yeah, fuck

 

[Chorus]

(Yeah, yeah, yeah) Ignoreland

(Yeah, yeah, yeah) Ignoreland

(Yeah, yeah, yeah) Ignoreland

(Yeah, yeah, yeah)

 

[Outro]

(And that takes us out of the record, and into the revolution. Take it.)

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And nothing's free, but guaranteed for a lifetime's use

I've changed the locks, and you can't have one

 

You, you know the other two

The brakes have worn so thin that you could hear

I hear them screeching through the door from our driveway

 

Hey, love, look into your glove-box heart

What is there for me inside? This love is tired

I've changed the locks, have I misplaced you?

 

Have we lost our minds?

Will this never end?

It could depend on your take

 

You, me, we used to be on fire

If keys are all that stand between

Can I throw in the ring? No gasoline, just fuck me, kitten

You are wild and I'm in your possession

Nothing's free, so fuck me, kitten

 

I'm in your possession, so fuck me, kitten

[Verse 1]

Mott the Hoople and the Game of Life

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

Andy Kaufman in the wrestling match

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

Monopoly, Twenty-One, checkers and chess

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

Mister Fred Blassie in a breakfast mess

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

Let's play Twister, let's play Risk

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

See you in heaven if you make the list

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

 

[Pre-Chorus]

Now, Andy, did you hear about this one?

Tell me, are you locked in the punch?

Andy, are you goofing on Elvis? Hey, baby

Are we losing touch?

 

[Chorus]

If you believed they put a man on the moon

Man on the moon

If you believed there's nothing up his sleeve

Then nothing is cool

 

 

[Verse 2]

Moses went walking with the staff of wood

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

Newton got beaned by the apple good

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

Egypt was troubled by the horrible asp

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

Mister Charles Darwin had the gall to ask

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

 

[Pre-Chorus]

Now, Andy, did you hear about this one?

Tell me, are you locked in the punch?

Hey, Andy, are you goofing on Elvis? Hey, baby

Are you having fun?

 

[Chorus]

If you believed they put a man on the moon

Man on the moon

If you believed there's nothing up his sleeve

Then nothing is cool

 

[Bridge]

Here's a little agit for the never-believer

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

Here's a little ghost for the offering

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

Here's a truck stop instead of Saint Peter's

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

Mister Andy Kaufman's gone wrestling (wrestling bears)

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

 

 

[Pre-Chorus]

Now, Andy, did you hear about this one?

Tell me, are you locked in the punch?

Hey, Andy, are you goofing on Elvis? Hey, baby

Are we losing touch?

 

[Chorus]

If you believed they put a man on the moon

Man on the moon

If you believed there's nothing up his sleeve

Then nothing is cool

 

[Outro]

If you believed they put a man on the moon

Man on the moon

If you believed there's nothing up his sleeve

Then nothing is cool

If you believed they put a man on the moon

Man on the moon

If you believed there's nothing up his sleeve

Then nothing is cool

If you believed they put a man on the moon

Man on the moon

If you believed there's nothing up his sleeve

Then nothing is cool

[Verse 1]

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

 

[Verse 2]

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

 

[Verse 3]

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

 

[Verse 4]

You, I thought I knew you

You, I cannot judge

You, I thought you knew me

This one laughing quietly

Underneath my breath

Nightswimming

 

 

[Outro]

The photograph reflects

Every streetlight a reminder

Nightswimming deserves a quiet night

Deserves a quiet night

[Verse 1]

Hey now, little speedyhead

The read on the speed-meter says

You have to go to task in the city

Where people drown and people serve

Don't be shy, you're just dessert

Is only just light years to go

 

[Chorus 1]

Me, my thoughts are flower strewn

With ocean storm, bayberry moon

I have got to leave to find my way

Watch the road and memorize

This life that passed before my eyes

And nothing is going my way

 

[Verse 2]

The ocean is the river's goal

A need to leave the water knows

We're closer now than light years to go

 

[Chorus 2]

I have got to find the river

Bergamot and vetiver

Run through my head and fall away

Leave the road and memorize

This life that passed before my eyes

And nothing is going my way

 

 

[Verse 3]

There's no one left to take the lead

But I tell you and you can see

We're closer now than light years to go

Pick up here and chase the ride

The river empties to the tide

Fall into the ocean

 

[Chorus 3]

The river to the ocean goes

A fortune for the undertow

None of this is going my way

There is nothing left to throw

Of Ginger, lemon, indigo

Coriander stem and rose of hay

Strength and courage overrides

The privileged and weary eyes

Of river poet search naiveté

Pick up here and chase the ride

The river empties to the tide

All of this is coming your way