harborcoat

그들은 닳고 헐은 코를 하곤 레닌의 앞에 모여들었다
악수를 나누는 것도 괜찮은 생각이지, 할 수 있는 게 그것 밖에 없다면
나무 손잡이 끝에 달린 날카로운 칼 끝이 우리 등을 겨누었고
그보다 더 날카로운 당신의 눈빛이 우리에게 '반동'을 강요했다

그들은 도망치는 영혼들을 위한 동상들 앞으로 끌려갔다
얼굴이 붉어지도록 단단히 조여진 옷깃을 하곤
명령이 끝날 때까지 춤을 추었다
그녀는 고집스레 드레스라 부르던 누더기의 옷깃을 움켜쥐었다

부디 작업복을 찾아다오, 그게 없인 아무데도 갈 수가 없어
나의 작업복을 찾아다오, 아무데도 갈 수가 없다

 

 

They crowded up to Lenin with their noses worn off
A handshake is worthy if it's all that you've got
Metal shivs on wood push through our back
There's a splinter in your eye and it reads "REACT"

They shifted the statues for harboring ghosts
Reddened their necks, collared their clothes
Then we danced the dance till the menace got out
She gathered the corners and called it her gown

Please find my harborcoat, can't go outside without it
Find my harborcoat, can't go outside without it

They crowded up to Lenin with their noses worn off
A handshake is worthy if it's all that you've got
Metal shivs on wood push through our back
There's a splinter in your eye and it reads "REACT"
R-E-A-C-T

Please find my harborcoat, can't go outside without it
Find my harborcoat, can't go outside without it

They shifted the statues for harboring ghosts
Reddened their necks and collared their clothes
Then we danced the dance till the menace got out
She gathered the corners and called it her gown
She said...

Please find my harborcoat, can't go outside without it
Find my harborcoat, can't go outside without it

 

harborcoat / r.e.m.
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