R.E.M – Wer kann mir weiterhelfen?

REM – Letter Never Sent

It’s been pretty simple so far, vacation in Athens is calling me
And knock, knock, knock on wood, I thought I’d left you behind
Heaven is yours, heaven is yours, heaven’s yours where I live

The thought of the catacombs left my soul at home
This letter never sent
And it’s so far, it’s so dark, I’m so lost
Heaven’s yours, heaven’s yours, heaven’s yours where I live
(Another story, another story for a while, someone show me)
When I’m moving too fast, where’s my new address?

The water is evening now, the catacombs are filling in
If my soul was made of stone, no, not, not so dark, dark

And it’s so far, it’s so dark, I’m so lost
And it’s so far, it’s so far, it’s so far

Heaven’s yours, heaven’s yours, heaven’s yours where I live
(Another story, another story for a while, someone show me)
Heaven’s yours, heaven’s yours, heaven’s yours where I live
(Another story, another story for a while, someone show me)

Nicht ganz leicht aber vielleicht At My Most Beautiful.

I’ve found a way to make you
I’ve found a way
a way to make you smile
I read bad poetry
into your machine
I save your messages
just to hear your voice.
you always listen carefully
to awkwards rhymes.
you always say your name.
like I woulden’t know it’s you,
at your most beautiful.
I’ve found a way to make you
I’ve found a way
a way to make you smile
at my most beautiful
I count your eyelashes secretly.
with every one, whisper I love you.
I let you sleep.
I know you’re closed eye watching me,
listening.
I thought I saw a smile.
I’ve found a way to make you
I’ve found a way
a way to make you smile

Wen auch nicht so gewollt, „The One I Love“ würde aber wohl passen da die Melodie nicht traurig ist :

This one goes out to the one I love
This one goes out to the one I’ve left behind

A simple prop to occupy my time
This one goes out to the one I love
Fire. Fire.

This one goes out to the one I love
This one goes out to the one I’ve left behind

A simple prop to occupy my time
This one goes out to the one I love
Fire. (she’s comin‘ down on her own, now)
Fire. (she’s comin‘ down on her own, now)

This one goes out to the one I love
This one goes out to the one I’ve left behind

Another prop has occupied my time
This one goes out to the one I love
Fire. (she’s comin‘ down on her own, now)
Fire. (she’s comin‘ down on her own, now)
Fire. (she’s comin‘ down on her own, now)
Fire. (she’s comin‘ down on her own, now)

Bei R.E.M. sind die Springsteen Fans meist nicht weit , da würde passen „You´re missing“, weil es die Situation wirklich sehr gut beschreibt , weiss aber nicht ob das gut ankommen würde, ich könnte es auf jedenfall in so einer Situation nicht gut hören :

Shirts in the closet, shoes in the hall
Mamas in the kitchen, baby and all
Everything is everything
Everything is everything
But youre missing

Coffee cups on the counter, jackets on the chair
Papers on the doorstep, but youre not there
Everything is everything
Everything is everything
But youre missing

Pictures on the nightstand, tvs on in the den
Your house is waiting, your house is waiting
For you to walk in, for you to walk in
But youre missing, when I shut out the lights
Youre missing, when I close my eyes
Youre missing, when I see the sun rise
Youre missing

Children are asking if its alright
Will you be in our arms tonight?

Morning is morning, the evening falls I got
Too much room in my bed, to many phone calls
Hows everything, everything?
Everything, everything
Youre missing, youre missing

Gods drifting in heaven, devils in the mailbox
I got dust on my shoes, nothing but teardrops

mir fällt sogar noch was geschmackloseres ein…

Einer der herzerreißendsten „Automatic“-Tracks, schön düster und mysteriös:

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.

Oh…, oh…, but sweetness follows

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.

Oh…, oh…, but sweetness follows.
Oh…, oh…, but sweetness follows.

It’s these little things, they can pull you under.
Live your life filled with joy and thunder.
Yeah, yeah we were altogether
lost in our little lives.

Oh…, Oh…, Ah…

Oh, oh, but sweetness follows.
Oh, oh, oh, but sweetness follows.

j.w.Allerdings. Das passiert wenn man nur „This one goes out to the one I’ve left behind“ hört/versteht aber nicht die Folgezeile „A simple prop to occupy my time“.

man sollte halt nicht während der arbeit schnellschüsse posten, dann kommt sowas dabei raus …

Ich fand ja für solche Sachen immer „Why not smile“ (vom Album „Up„) recht passend. Das jedenfalls soll mal irgendwann auf meiner Beerdigung gespielt werden…