Bruno Mars: Talking to the Moon Meaning
Talking to the Moon Lyrics
Somewhere far away
I want you back
I want you back
My neighbours think
I'm crazy
But they don't understand
You're all I have
You're all I have
[Chorus:]
At night when the stars
light up my room
I...
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#1 top rated interpretation:As a mother who has lost my child at 15. I sometimes talk to the moon. Hoping and desperatly wishing she could hear me on the other side.when she was killed my neighbors did think I was crazy, cause I was. I did feel famous because everywhere I went they knew me or her story.but at night when I was alone. I talked to the moon hoping to reach her. Cause its bright and in the heavens. It was all I had to hope for. I miss my girl Amanda and to this day 14years later I talk to the moon hoping she is on the other side
talking to me too
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#2 top rated interpretation:I think it might be about somebody very special who either passed away or moved away. "On the other side" heaven on the other side of the moon. People think he had gone mad of how much he missed the person or believe s he is talking with them. I think this song is about hope that the other person is thinking about you.blove this song. So sad and meaningful x
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#3 top rated interpretation:I feel as if this is Bruno talking out to a loved one that has sadly passed away.
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Bruno wrote this for his mother who passed away. She started him in the music field when he was very young. He was very close to her and misses her alot.
This is not about lost love with a lover. Its about Bruno missing his mother and how much it hurts,and I can identify, I lost my Dad decades ago and still miss him greatly. He was a big part of my life. -
when someone misses someone they love but can’t do anything about it because it’s all over and they have no choice. however they still talk to the moon shows the feelings that are still there and how they have no one else to talk to after the person left.
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I believe he's speaking of a breakup he regrets, I feel he had time to miss them and realize how much they meant but perhaps too much time went by and he missed his chance, they moved on in life so he speaks to the moon in hopes they hear him and feel the same and reach out some how so they can reconnect, due to lost or deleted contact info, pride, stubbornness, ego etc. may have created a wedge and prevented them from contacting for so long.
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First time i heard Bruno sing this, my Dad came to mind right away. He died at age 54 months before my wedding.i was then 27 and now am 71....does this give anyone a clue how hatd it is to lose a family member you looked up to and were so close to?
Of all Bruno's song, I have to say, this is my favorite....i'm obsessed with it and the way he sings it....even more so.
Thanks Bruno!
Sorry about you losing your mom. I know it's hard.
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I talk to the moon sometimes... I talk to the moon to practice what I try to say to my best friend, because I love her more than anything in the entire world, and I want her to know that, but I don't think she does because I'm a girl.
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This song makes me feel so many emotions at once it's hard to concentrate. I love this song, and I can really relate to it. I think that it is about a person just wanting so badly to reconnect with his loved one.
I can relate to it because I try to talk to my mom by talking to the moon, because although she did some really bad things to me I still love her, although I don't know if I really want to be with her, I just want her to know that I still love her. -
I want my dad back I miss him I remember my time I had with him. Please dad I only can reach him trough calls though.
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This song made me think about my dog and what would happen if for some reason I don’t come back. It really breaks my heart thinking about something like that happening, she waiting for me.
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I think it’s about a long lost love. Like an ex. I don’t think it’s about a family member, lyrics seem more romantic than that.
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When focusing on Bruno's lyrics for “Talking to the moon” we can specifically pull apart barriers and mass meanings seeped into the depths of each word and line, He constantly re uses the lyric “ Talking to the moon Trying to get to you” as a means of saying he is destined to find the person he has longed for and lost over and over, and his only hope for reconnection is through the moon/atmosphere.
Many believe his lyrics have a truly significant pull on the feeling of loss and absence of somebody who he has once loved and is attempting to find his way back and regain that feeling.
'Cause when the sun goes down, someone's talking back Yeah, they're talking back, oh” Is another amazing line with such depth exuded into the character of this song. Talking accurately about the idea of the moon yet again, “someone's talking back Yeah” evokes the concept of how he believes when the sun goes down this so-called, significant other? Of his, does speak back to him when he calls upon communication, or so he believes.
Linking to the characteristics of this piece, “I want you back, I want you back” in my opinion is a powerful line repeated through Bruno's song, Illuminating the absence of somebody in his life he has lost and is willing to regain back in any way, leading him to consistently attach himself to the idea of “Talking to the moon” in great desire to receive any sort of contact in order to fill the hole in his heart.
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This song makes me think of my grandpa who died a year and a half ago, I never really knew him but from what my dad told me he was a pretty wierd guy and also lovable
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when i here this song i think of mmy brother he died when i was 3 i never got to know him i loved him to the moon he would always hug and play with me my mom said when i here the song i start to cry for 1 hour then my mom walks in and hugs me and tells me to calm down and go to sleep.
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In my opinion, I think this song is about a person missing a guy/gal who passed away that means a lot to him/her so he/she pretends to talk to her by talking to the moon(I think its because moon symbolizes emotional and physical or eternal love).
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I love this song so much. It's so sad, I almost cried. It has a very sad meaning, but I don't think it's as extreme as most people would think.
Some may think he is talking to a loved one who has passed on, and I think that is a very reasonable interpretation, with him talking about "the other side."
The reason I believe he's not talking to a dead friend or lover is because he says, "I know you're somewhere out there/Somewhere far away/I want you back/I want you back" and "I'm talking to the moon/Trying to get to you." This spoke to me that he is talking to a friend or lover that he hasn't seen for a while and is fruitlessly (sorry that was harsh) trying to talk to them through the moon. -
This song pertains to the feeling of longing to someone whom you have loved and lost. Moving on is so hard, it's like every second your are thinking of that person hoping to be in each others arm again. You don't have anyone to talk to, you talk to the wind, to the moon. Through it, you can say the feelings you have deep within...
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