Daysleeper Lyrics

Lyric discussion by broddr 

Cover art for Daysleeper lyrics by R.E.M.

Having been a regular nightshift worker for a looong time, I think it is about how people who work nights tend to get divorced from reality.

You get used to not being a part of normal life because everything is reversed.

How it is so difficult to sleep in the daytime when the rest of the world is carrying on as normal and nobody thinks about people who work nights. You can never really get any decent sleep.

Exactly. Having been an overnight worker for a supermarket, it's exactly how it feels. Anyone that's worked that kind of schedule can relate. To me, the "headache grey" was the feeling I got near the end of my shift until my head safely hit my pillow at 8 AM.