The Waterboys: The Whole Of The Moon Meaning
Song Released: 1985
The Whole Of The Moon Lyrics
I pictured a rainbow
You held it in your hands
I had flashes
But you saw the plan
I wandered out in the world for years
While you just stayed in your room
I saw the crescent
You saw the whole of the moon
The whole of...
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I always thought it was about drugs. The one who stays in his room and sees things (acid) in the end they have burnt out too high too far too soon hinting at death, this was happening to a lot of young people at the time it was written.
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Not only the self criticism but negative comparison with others. Not satisfied with praising others it balances the self perceived low achievement against the considerably greater success of another person. It is admiring of them by comparing one's own lesser achievements. So is it about self or some one else? It is self.
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My perception is that some folks journey is within. While others explore seeking to find answers, adventure and self. In the end they discover that the answers are with you all the time.
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I think these are some of the greatest song lyrics, as how they compare ordinary thought with visionary excellence. On another level it could be the ordinary with excellence in anything, sport, parenting, living life. The song is supposed to be referring to Prince.
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This interpretation has been marked as poor. view anyway
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Every one knows someone who is in the song whatever you see or do they have done it .you have a black dog he has a blacker one .you fart he shits himself .
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Proust and poetry..he saw it all from his bed.
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I think it's possibly about a man singing about his friend, both addicted to a drug, however his friend going to far and dying?
just a thought.
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