Leaving New York - R.E.M.

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 all 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

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

You find it in your heart

It’s pulling me apart

You find it in your heart

Change

I told you forever (Find it in your heart)

I love you forever (It's pulling me apart)

I told you I love you (Find it in your heart)

I love you forever (Change)

I told you forever (Find it in your heart)

I love you forever (It's pulling me apart)

I told you I love you (Find it in your heart)

I love you forever (Change)

(You never, you never told me forever)

You might have laughed if I told you (It's pulling me apart)

You might have hidden your 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 (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 light fading out (Change)