Nina Simone: Everyone's Gone to the Moon Meaning

Everyone's Gone to the Moon Lyrics

Streets full of people all alone.
Rows full of houses never home.
Church full of singing but it's out of tune.
Everyone's gone to the moon.

Eyes full of sorrow never wet.
Hands full of money all in debt.
Sun disappears in the middle of...

1. anonymous

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   Oct 4th 2017 !⃝

   About the out of mind programmed beginnings and It's aftermath that left some people out of place and feeling cynical. By The Space Race Missions to the MOON that hijacked the majority minds of the younger people in order to bring Them there for ''MOON WORSHIP HOAXES''. SET UP by the Government and Nassa. This gave the majority of people, especially the younger ones a lot of hope to empower Their faith in Them[meaning the government and the Nassa Project with the likes of certain people on The Left like They were God that wanted to take the real power away from The One and only begotten Son, God[Jesus Christ], by which only gave us blind faith to follow Them to the Moon that unfortunately left many people behind and feeling cynical by all of their lies to get us there.
2. zoe.butler.5836

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   Oct 16th 2014 !⃝

   My interpretation is JK sitting with a rhyming dictionary in his hand taking the Micky out of Dylan Thomas and cynically trying to write a song that would make money. I like it, by the way, but I still think King was having a laugh.
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   Jul 27th 2014 !⃝

   This song is end times prophecy.
4. anonymous

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   Nov 6th 2006 !⃝

   I have two ideas as to the song's subject matter
   
   1 one of my theories is that this song is about war
   streets full of people, all alone -- soldiers in platoons but all feeling lonely for their loved ones back home
   roads full of houses, never home -- the barracks the soldiers live in
   church full of singing, out of tune -- a military chapel
   everyone's gone to the moon -- the soldiers are so far away they might as well be on the moon
   
   eyes full of sorrow, never wet -- the soldiers cannot cry for their fallen friends in battle or for loved ones left behind, because they were commanded to "toughen up" and "be men"
   hands full of money, all in debt -- they're making money but they are "paying their dues" to uncle sam
   sun coming out in the middle of june
   everyone's gone to the moon
   
   long time ago life has begun
   everyone went to the sun
   
   hearts full of motors, painted green -- the soldiers forced to care only about where they are going in their tanks and jeeps
   mouths full of chocolate-covered cream -- the soldiers receiving gifts of candy (boxed chocolate assortments) from loved ones back home
   arms that can only lift a spoon -- a reference to wounded soldiers or disabled war heroes
   everyone's gone to the moon
   
   everyone's gone to the moon
   everyone's gone to the moon
   
   2 -- another theory is that the song could be about the state of being unpartnered
   
   streets full of people, all alone -- hordes of single people wanting to be partnered
   roads full of houses, never home -- these single souls feel their house isn't a home without a partner
   church full of singing out of tune -- unpartnered people attending weddings of friends and family, feeling worse about being unpartnered
   everyone's gone to the moon -- all eligible prospects might as well be on the moon
   
   eyes full of sorrow, never wet -- sad but resigned to the status quo
   hands full of money all in debt -- making money just to pay rent to a landlord, because they feel (erroneously) that one should be married or at least living with someone before they own property
   sun coming out in the middle of june
   everyone's gone to the moon
   
   long time ago
   life has begun
   everyone went to the sun
   
   the next verse could be a reference to children/childhood, and an unpartnered soul longing either for a child of his/her own or for the days before puberty hit and life was about toys, friends, and candy
   hearts full of motors painted green -- a child's joy in playing with colorful mechanical toys
   mouths full of chocolate-covered cream -- a child's joy in eating candy
   arms that can only lift a spoon -- the limited physical power of a very young child
   
   everyone's gone to the moon

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