I remember
Ooh, how the darkness doubled
I recall
Lightning struck itself
I was listening
Listening to the rain
I was hearing
Hearing something else
Life in the hive puckered up my nights
A kiss of death, the embrace of life
Ooh, there I stand 'neath the Marquee Moon
Just waiting
I spoke to a man down at the tracks
And I ask him
How he don't go mad
He said, "Look here, junior, don't you be so happy
And for heaven's sake, don't you be so sad"
Life in the hive puckered up my night
The kiss of death, the embrace of life
Ooh, there I stand 'neath the Marquee Moon
Hesitating
Well, the Cadillac
It pulled out of the graveyard
Pulled up to me
All they said, "Get in, get in"
Then the Cadillac
It puttered back into the graveyard
Me, I got out again
Life in the hive puckered up my night
A kiss of death, the embrace of life
Over there I stand 'neath the Marquee Moon
But I ain't waiting, uh-uh
I remember
How the darkness doubled
I recall
Lightning struck itself
I was listening
Listening to the rain
I was hearing
Hearing something else
Ooh, how the darkness doubled
I recall
Lightning struck itself
I was listening
Listening to the rain
I was hearing
Hearing something else
Life in the hive puckered up my nights
A kiss of death, the embrace of life
Ooh, there I stand 'neath the Marquee Moon
Just waiting
I spoke to a man down at the tracks
And I ask him
How he don't go mad
He said, "Look here, junior, don't you be so happy
And for heaven's sake, don't you be so sad"
Life in the hive puckered up my night
The kiss of death, the embrace of life
Ooh, there I stand 'neath the Marquee Moon
Hesitating
Well, the Cadillac
It pulled out of the graveyard
Pulled up to me
All they said, "Get in, get in"
Then the Cadillac
It puttered back into the graveyard
Me, I got out again
Life in the hive puckered up my night
A kiss of death, the embrace of life
Over there I stand 'neath the Marquee Moon
But I ain't waiting, uh-uh
I remember
How the darkness doubled
I recall
Lightning struck itself
I was listening
Listening to the rain
I was hearing
Hearing something else
Lyrics submitted by tubesocks, edited by yugedralya
Marquee Moon Lyrics as written by Tom Verlaine
Lyrics © Rocking Gorillas Music Ltda
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This song is about following your calling.
The marquee moon is literally a marquee (probably a location where there was an opportunity to perform). The singer notes that they are there from choosing one opportunity over another. However, the opportunity falls through (“puckered up my night”) do to his inaction "the darkness doubled" – both opportunities appear to be lost, "lighting struck itself" the opportunity he chose made him loose both opportunities.
The Cadillac and the graveyard are metaphors for ignoring his dream and to live and work in the expected manner, what people are telling him he should do. This is not something the singer is interested in, he driven by his dream. He hears something else when listening to the rain (he hears his dream, not the advice to abandon it).
The man down at the tracks tells him to navigate life, don’t over rate success and don’t dwell on failure.
The loss of tonight’s opportunity won’t deter him. He isn’t going to wait for another opportunity to come to him, he will pursue the opportunity.