"Undertow", mahakarya R.E.M., adalah sebuah lagu yang mendalam dan penuh pemikiran yang mengeksplorasi tema kesepian, keputusasaan, dan penerimaan diri. Liriknya yang menggugah membimbing pendengar melalui perjalanan emosional yang menyayat hati, mengungkap perjuangan seorang individu yang terjebak dalam pusaran bawah yang menghancurkan. Lagu ini menjadi simbol kesadaran diri dan ketabahan, mendorong kita untuk menghadapi kebenaran sulit tentang diri kita sendiri dan kenyataan di sekitar kita.
Undertow Lyrics
R.E.M.
I know what I wanted.
I know what I wanted.
I know how I wanted this to be.
You go down to the water.
Drink down of the water.
Walk up off the water, leave it be.
This is not my dream sister.
It is cold in heaven and I'm not sprouting wings.
I'm drowning...me.
I'm drowning...me, yeah.
Brother can you see those birds?
They don't look to heaven.
They don't need religion they can see.
They go down to the water,
Drink down on the water,
Fly up off the water, leave it be.
This is not my time sister,
It is cold in heaven
And no one's coming after me.
I'm drowning (breathing ourselves) me (breathing ourselves).
I'm drowning (breathing ourselves) me (breathing ourselves) yeah.
You know I am tired.
Cold and bony tired.
Nothing's gonna save me, I can see.
I can't say I'm fearful, I can't say I'm not afraid.
But I am not resisting, I can see.
I don't need a heaven, I don't need religion.
I am in the place where I should be.
I am breathing water, I am breathing water.
You know a body's got to breathe.
I'm drowning (breathing ourselves) me (breathing ourselves).
I'm drowning (breathing ourselves) me (breathing ourselves).
I'm drowning (breathing ourselves) me (breathing ourselves).
I know what I wanted.
I know how I wanted this to be.
You go down to the water.
Drink down of the water.
Walk up off the water, leave it be.
This is not my dream sister.
It is cold in heaven and I'm not sprouting wings.
I'm drowning...me.
I'm drowning...me, yeah.
Brother can you see those birds?
They don't look to heaven.
They don't need religion they can see.
They go down to the water,
Drink down on the water,
Fly up off the water, leave it be.
This is not my time sister,
It is cold in heaven
And no one's coming after me.
I'm drowning (breathing ourselves) me (breathing ourselves).
I'm drowning (breathing ourselves) me (breathing ourselves) yeah.
You know I am tired.
Cold and bony tired.
Nothing's gonna save me, I can see.
I can't say I'm fearful, I can't say I'm not afraid.
But I am not resisting, I can see.
I don't need a heaven, I don't need religion.
I am in the place where I should be.
I am breathing water, I am breathing water.
You know a body's got to breathe.
I'm drowning (breathing ourselves) me (breathing ourselves).
I'm drowning (breathing ourselves) me (breathing ourselves).
I'm drowning (breathing ourselves) me (breathing ourselves).
