Like the Moon Lyrics
She says, "it's your eyes"
She sees everything
She knows me too well
And she looks like the day
She says, "it's the light"
Something in the way she says "goodbye"
And she looks like the moon
So close and, yet, so far
She says everything
She knows me too well
And I can call you "friend"
And I can be the world
Silent chatter held
I won't be around
And I can be a friend
But I won't be around
Silent chatter, bound
Just don't push me out!
And she looks like the moon
She says, "it's your eyes"
She says everything
She knows me too well
But I won't be around
Silent chatter, bound
Just don't push me out...
We don't have to speak tonight
Just don't say "goodbye"
Making a home in my body
Letting it grow in my body
Taking these chains from my body
Letting it go from my body
Letting it go from my body
Taking these chains from my body
Is harder than you know
Oh!
And she looks like the moon
She says, "it's your eyes"
She says everything
She knows me too well
And she looks like the day
She says, "it's the light"
Something in the way she says, "goodbye"
About
In an interview, singer/lyricist Samuel T. Herring explained:
Like The Moon” is a reference to—well, it’s kind of like what it says in the chorus—“And I can be the world, silent chatter held, I won’t be around.” It’s this idea that there’s this person that revolves around you or is orbiting around you, but you can’t be in their world. And maybe somewhere in there, there is that alien idea of a distant place that you can’t get to or want to get to.
It is the eighth track from Future Islands' fourth LP, Singles.
Q&A
Find answers to frequently asked questions about the song and explore its deeper meaning
STH: It’s just the way it comes out in my writing. Like I was saying before, they’re universal things. The movement of seasons, the moon as a figure that’s so bright but so far away …
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