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Echo and the Bunnymen - The Killing Moon Lyrics
This song is obviously about death. Not only about passing away, but about the death, as character (you may call it god, fate or, preferably, the KILLING MOON), ...
Pavement - The Killing Moon (Echo and the Bunnymen cover) Lyrics
This track is about is about questioning why the sky would choose to be blue if it had the choice to be anything else, “blue also meaning sad,” states frontman ...
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the moon here is used as a metaphor for death itself. Whos death? Jesus'. A single day is a single life, morning; birth, daytime; midlife, night; end of life.
The Killing Moon Meanings & Lyrics Discussion
Huelogy discusses the meanings of The Killing Moon lyrics: the moon here is used as a metaphor for death itself. Whos death? Jesus'. A single day is a single life, morning; birth, daytime; midlife, night; end of life. The moon comes out as life fades away. Not so much a hidden meaning as much as a cool allusion.
British Sea Power - Fear Of Drowning Lyrics
... song meanings. Add Your ... Also sounds like Echo & The Bunnymen's "The Killing Moon"... I just listened to that song. Also sounds like Echo & The Bunnymen's ...
Echo and the Bunnymen - Turquoise Days Lyrics
Defo one of their best tracks up their with Killing Moon but never revered or talked about, mabey because its about doing drugs? I'm looking for what drugs, why ...
Echo and the Bunnymen - The Cutter Lyrics
John Peel found a clever end-run to this: he'd hire the band members as "session musicians" to come in and record a "cover" of their own song, which then ...
Echo and the Bunnymen - Jimmy Brown Lyrics
Jimmy Brown Made of stone. Charlie Clown Lost his way home. Bring on the dancing horses. Headless and all alone. Shiver and say the words
Echo and the Bunnymen - The Puppet Lyrics
What I love about this song is that the chorus is so catchy and bouncy that you find yourself singing along happily: "I was the puppet!" Then after a couple of ...
Pavement Lyrics, Songs, Albums And More
Pavement Lyrics, Songs, Albums And More at SongMeanings! song lyrics, song meanings, albums, music and more ... The Killing Moon (Echo and the Bunnymen cover) ...
Echo and the Bunnymen - The Disease Lyrics
My life's the disease. That could always change. With comparative ease. Just given the chance. My life is the earth 'Twixt muscle and spade
Echo and the Bunnymen - Ocean Rain Lyrics
The music, the build-up, the atmosphere, the lyrics, the fantastic outro with Ian's high vocals screaming out and howling to the moon... This is one of the very ...
Echo and the Bunnymen - The Yo-Yo Man Lyrics
Froze to the bone in my igloo home counting the days till the ice turns green. You know when heaven and hell collides there are no in betweens,
Echo and the Bunnymen - Pictures on My Wall Lyrics
Can you hear it? The sound of. Something burning. Something changing. On the merry-go-round. Tonight The pictures on my wall. Are about to swing and fall
Echo and the Bunnymen - In the Margins Lyrics
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Echo and the Bunnymen - Happy Death Men Lyrics
The phrase "Polish and shine" seems to be only of the only clues to its meaning. My prejudice would lead me to think that Ian may have been speaking of ...
Echo and the Bunnymen - The Game Lyrics
A sense of duty was my one intention. And an ugly beauty was my own invention. Pride, a proud refusal. I refuse to need your approval
Echo and the Bunnymen - Heads Will Roll Lyrics
Partly politic. Heads will roll. Mostly politic. God must call 'Til the winning hand does belong to me. What if no one's calling. God then must be falling
Echo and the Bunnymen - Stormy Weather Lyrics
Hope you're feeling better now. Hope you got my letter, how. Is my stormy weather now? Is it gonna change? Can I be like everyone?
Echo and the Bunnymen - Read It in Books Lyrics
Before Ian McCulloch formed Echo & the Bunnymen, he was in a band with Julian Cope. He wrote this song in those days. So this song actually predates the ...
Echo and the Bunnymen - New Direction Lyrics
I see this song as a simultaneous rejection of Christian religion but also the celebration of self and the determination to see past the rules and regulations ...
Echo and the Bunnymen - Hurricane Lyrics
Are we gonna chase the storm? A silver blaze to Parthenon Spirit's looking for a home. Trying to keep the lights shining on. Everybody wants to. Everybody wants ...
Echo and the Bunnymen - Baby Rain Lyrics
Lost again. Still waiting for the voices. That don't call my name. Had too many choices. And I missed my aim. No pearls inside the oysters. Just a world
Echo and the Bunnymen - The Back Of Love Lyrics
I'm on the chopping block. Chopping off my stopping thought. Self doubt and selfism. Were the cheapest things I ever bought. When you say it's love
Echo and the Bunnymen - Crystal Days Lyrics
Here am I Whole at last with a golden view. Looking for hope. And I hope it's you. Splitting my heart. Cracked right in two. The pleasure of pain endured
Echo and the Bunnymen - Rescue Lyrics
How can there only be one comment?! This is arguably one of the Bunnymen's best. This a great song off of a great album.
Echo and the Bunnymen - Bring On The Dancing Horses Lyrics
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Echo and the Bunnymen - History Chimes Lyrics
Bells High on a hill. History chimes. And you want a new beginning. Tell me. In biro or quill. Your purpose and mine. Prove that our world is spinning
Echo and the Bunnymen - With A Hip Lyrics
But to me, it's an autistic song. I have Asperger Syndrome myself, a form of autism. And somehow the emotions in the first lines express something recognisable: ...
Echo and the Bunnymen - Nocturnal Me Lyrics
In an ice-capped fire. Of burning wood. In our world of wire. Ignite our dreams. Of starry skies. And you and me. As realised. Our bigger themes
Echo and the Bunnymen - Porcupine Lyrics
Will we become misshapen? A change of heart. Will force the nail. Nailed to the door. To all avail. There are no divisions. Between things about to collide
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The Killing Moon by Echo & the Bunnymen - Songfacts
The Killing Moon by Echo & the Bunnymen song meaning, lyric interpretation, video and chart position
Ian McCulloch of Echo & The Bunnymen : Songwriter Interviews
Echo & The Bunnymen frontman Ian McCulloch explores "The Killing Moon" and talks about his "cryptic without being contentious" lyrics.
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Ian Broudie of The Lightning Seeds on "Pure," his work with Echo & The Bunnymen, and his 2022 album, See You In The Stars.
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Bring On The Dancing Horses by Echo & the Bunnymen - Songfacts
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Genius Meanings
Echo & the Bunnymen – The Killing Moon
Often regarded as Echo and the Bunnymen’s greatest song, this 1984 single hit #9 on the UK charts. The song was also featured in the 2001 film Donnie Darko.
Pavement – The Killing Moon
Under blue moon I saw you / So soon you'll take me / Up in your arms / Too late to beg you or cancel it / Though I know it must be the killing time / Unwillingly mine / Fate / Up
Echo & the Bunnymen – The Killing Moon (All Night version)
[Verse] / Under blue moon I saw you / So soon you'll take me / Up in your arms, too late to beg you / Or cancel it, though I know it must be / The killing time / Unwillingly mine
Something For Kate – The Killing Moon
Under blue moon, I saw you / So soon, you will take me / Up in your arms, too late to beg you / Or cancel it, though I know it must be / The killing time / Unwillingly mine / Fate
Roman Remains – The Killing Moon
[Verse 1] / Under blue moon, I saw you / So soon you'll take me / Up in your arms, too late to beg you / Or cancel it, though I know it must be / The killing time, unwillingly mine
Mob Rich – The Killing Moon
[Verse 1] / Under blue moon, I saw you / So soon you'll take me / Up in your arms, too late to beg you / Or cancel it, though I know it must be / The killing time, unwillingly mine
Nouvelle Vague – The Killing Moon
[Verse 1] / Under blue moon, I saw you / So soon you'll take me / Up in your arms, too late to beg you / Or cancel it, though I know it must be / The killing time / Unwillingly
Echo & the Bunnymen – Ocean Rain
[Verse] / All at sea again / And now my hurricanes have brought down this ocean rain / To bathe me again / My ship's a-sail / Can you hear its tender frame / Screaming from beneath
Echo & the Bunnymen – Nocturnal Me
A brutal and menacing song, rife with equally evil orchestration. Its meaning is wide open to interpretation, but for me, there are three possibilities. 1. Its deeply, darkly
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SongTell Meaning
Meaning of "The Killing Moon" by Echo & the Bunnymen
The song is about being caught in a situation that cannot be avoided. The narrator is aware that they must face the consequences of their choices, even tho...
Meaning of "The Killing Moon (All Night version)" by Echo & the Bunnymen
"The Killing Moon (All Night Version)" by Echo & the Bunnymen is a poetic and mysterious song that explores themes of fate, desire, and surrender. The repe...
Genius Albums
Ocean Rain by Echo & the Bunnymen
Fourth album from post-punk Liverpool natives Echo and the Bunnymen released on the 4th of May 1984. Despite earning mixed reviews at the time, it has now gone down as one of their