Daysleeper

Album: Up (1998)
Charted: 6 57
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  • Receiving department, three A.M
    Staff cuts have socked up the overage
    Directives are posted, no callbacks, complaints
    Everywhere is calm
    Hong Kong is present, Taipei awakes
    All talk of circadian rhythm

    I see today with a newsprint fray
    My night is colored headache gray
    Daysleeper
    Daysleeper
    Daysleeper

    The bull and the bear are marking their territories
    They're leading the blind with their international glories
    I am the screen, the blinding light
    I'm the screen, I work at night

    I see today with a newsprint fray
    My night is colored headache gray
    Don't wake me with so much
    Daysleeper

    I cried the other night
    I can't even say why
    Fluorescent flat caffeine lights
    It's furious balancing
    I am the screen, the blinding light
    I'm the screen, I work at night

    I see today with a newsprint fray
    My night is colored headache gray
    Don't wake me with so much
    The ocean machine is set to nine
    I'll squeeze into heaven and Valentine
    My bed is pulling me, gravity
    Daysleeper
    Daysleeper
    Daysleeper
    Daysleeper
    Daysleeper Writer/s: Michael Mills, Michael Stipe, Peter Buck
    Publisher: Universal Music Publishing Group
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 3

  • David from Maplewood, NjAlso one of my favorite later songs. In reality 3 AM in New York is 3 PM in Taipai and Hong Kong. So Asia would be well into the workday, not waking up. It would be 8 AM in London, but being a trader the Asian markets would be of critical importance. I'm a little surprised at Michael's inaccuracy.
  • Dave from Cardiff, WalesGreat return to form for REM after several years where they went off the rails
  • P.a. from Paris, FranceDefinitely my favorite post Automatic For The People REM song.
    The intro and the chorus are based on the same rythm, but the pre-chorus is totally different.
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