Lyrics for Me And The Moon as interpreted by prayingmantis84

Me And The Moon Lyrics
Its a good year for a murder
She's praying to Jesus, she's pulling the trigger
There's no tears, cause he's not here
She washes her hands, and she fixes the dinner
But soon they'll be coming, to rush her away
No one's so sure if her crime had a reason

Reasons like seasons
They constantly change
And the seasons of last year
Like reasons have floated away
Away with this spilt milk
Away with this dirty dish water, away
Seventeen years, and all that he gave was a daughter

"It's me and the moon," she says
I got no trouble with that
But i am a butterfly, you wouldn't let me die
"It's me and the moon," she says

And it's over, but just started
The blood stained the carpet
Her heart like a crystal
She's lucid and departed
A life left behind, she can find in her mind gone away

Away with these nightmares
Away with suburbia
Shakedown away
You marry a role and
You give up your soul til you break down

"It's me and the moon," she says
I got no trouble with that,
But I am a butterfly, you wouldn't let me die
"It's me and the moon," she says

But what do you say we go for a ride?
What do you say we get high?
But I'm so tired of days that feel like the night

"It's me and the moon," she says
And I got no trouble with that,
But I am a butterfly, you wouldn't let me die

I am a butterfly,
I am a butterfly,
I am a butterfly

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brokenneedles066
04-09-2004

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OMG I can't believe no on has commented on this song! It's such an amazing song and proves you can have a beautifu song with the vocalist and the piano to back him up.
THis song tells a story about a woman who kills her husband because she tinks he is the reason her life has gone nowhere. With his death she can create a new life that's not an ordinary day to day same thing. Kinda morbid if you think about it but it's beautifuly sung and not without hope. "I am a butterfly, you wouldn't let me die"

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Whit_P
04-10-2004

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When I was listening to North for the first time, this was the one song that stood out to me. Everything about it is beautiful. It's so neat because the song is about such a harsh and serious subject, but it has this calm feel to it. It is really emotional though and Something Corporate did a great job with it. Definetly my favourate song by them. Everything just comes together and in my opinion, no other song really compares to it.

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eastcoaster
04-11-2004

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I'll admit that I listened to this song about 1298723.2 times before I realized this song was about a lady killing her husband. ha- and what's the first verse? It's a good year for murder.

But thats what is amazing about something corporate, they play the most beautiful song about a dark subject. and, oh, how i love:

Reasons like seasons
They constantly change
And the seasons of last year
Like reasons have floated away

just listen to andrew sing that shit. :D

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BrandNewBoardshorts
04-25-2004

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The heart is sometimes wiser than the intellect

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savvyseven24
04-26-2004

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omg this is one of my favorite SoCo songs ever!! it has so much meaning......i totally agree w/ eastcoaster. it hink that is awesome how they can make the music so calm ab a serious subject like murder.........way 2 go SoCo!!

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Rocklovinggirl
05-03-2004

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anyone know what they mean is this song by:
Im just a butterfly but you wouldnt let me die??
I mean in context to the song.

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slouchyslacker
05-05-2004

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when i saw something corporate live, andrew said he didnt know what this song was about...

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andysgurl14
05-06-2004

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the first thing i thought was "wow! this song has some really pretty cords in it." but when i first heard the words, i was a little creeped out by the first line. you hear all this pretty music, then it goes to talking about murdering people. don't get me wrong, when i heard the whole song, i liked it.....but i mean, can you truely say that the whole "it's a good year for a murder", and "blood stained the carpet" didn't catch you off-guard just a little?

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dramadork925
05-07-2004

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This song is about a woman who hates her husband enough to kill him for never letter her live and the butterfly symbolizes freedom and beauty which she never got to experience seeing as seh was too busy being a wife and a mother to this man who didn't appreciate her and her child with him.

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crashnburn5436
05-07-2004

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Reminds me of these books I read a few years ago, The Face on The Milk Carton? Anyone know of it? Dont ask me why, Im just odd. Anyways, I love this song. I'd love to see a music video. dramadork925, thanks for noting that the butterfly symbolizes freedom. wow. i never thought of that.

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savestheday3785
05-09-2004

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on a side note, when i saw something corporate in concert andrew said this was his favorite song they've done, also said he didn't know what it meant, i think he's full of shit, prob just would take too long to explain it, or he was stoned. anyway, soco says they have some inspiration from radiohead, you can definitely see it in lyrics such as "Away with this spilt milk, Away with this dirty dish water".... really surprised with the lack of comments on this song, one of my favorites for sure, but i love them all.

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anna118k
05-11-2004

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Favorite sone from North.
i think it's pretty obvious this song is about suicide. This woman, extremely unhappy with her marriage/relatinoship. All she got was a daughter after 17 years. She's all alone, just with the moon. If you read through the lyrics, it makes sense.

As for the butterfly analogy. I think in this song, it just represents that after she is dead, she has no worries, she is happiest. and along with happiness comes beauty. Alive, and entrapped in the cocoon of her marriage, she was unhappy, alone and miserable. She's released from that after she pulls the trigger. She's a butterfly.

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a_girl_called_rain
05-11-2004

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i can't really what this means, although i think she murders her husband...that's just what i get from it anyways. it's a beautiful song and i love SoCo... i sometimes listened to it while i slept and this song is just so beautiful, it's perfect to listen to in the weird time between being asleep and awake.

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.blur of colors.
05-17-2004

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Suicide. She couldn't take the pain he was giving her anymore. She begs for forgiveness from God. Loneliness is a major part. The moon watches her and she feels somewhat safe with it by her side. Now she can finally rest. Break away from all of it.

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flyingattreelevel
05-23-2004

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first...this is the most beutiful song ever i love this song soo much even if it is about murder..lol and blurofcolors its not suicide..she kills her husband..not her self..but again this song is awsome..its my favorite song on the north cd

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NIKKIE
05-25-2004

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i believe its about suicide .

everything left this person and they feel they just cant go on . sounds like the singer knew this person and around the end it goes back to him..hmm such a haunting song .

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ThinkingOfTheSummer
05-27-2004

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Andrew said that the way he came up with this song was he wrote the music for it first. As he was playing it on his piano, he thought the first line really should be "it's a good year for a murder". The whole song develops to be about a woman who can no longer take her husband's neglect and uncaring attitude towards her. The only way she can get out of this unfeeling void she is trapped in, or so she thinks, is to kill him. The line "Seventeen years and all that he gave was a daughter" is saying, I think, that in all the time when they were together he never did anything for her. He never cared for her, he never really talked to her as an equal, he never loved her, etc.

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Nothing To Lose
06-02-2004

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I agree with thinkingofthesummer, this song is about a woman who is desperatly trying to get free of her husband who just pushes her aside and neglects her. she is meant to be beautiful and free " i am butterfly" but he won't let her be that. when i hear this song i just see a woman sobbing in the kitchen because of how she feels about herself because of what her husband does and says to her. "Away with this spilt milk Away with this dirty dish water, away" she is fed up with it she makes the decision to kill him. she has so many reasons to do it that and can't pick just one. "Reasons like seasons They constantly change" she is okay with the fact that she killed her husband. and she is finally satisfied with being alone "its me and the moon" this is such a beautiful emotional song. i absolutly love it. SoCo did awesome with this one. i listen to this one oever and over and over. beautiful.

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PaintsMeBlue
06-11-2004

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Oh, I love this song. A friend made me a CD a while back with two Something Corporate songs, and I fell in love immediately. So, I bought North, and Me and the Moon is by far one of my favorite SoCo songs. It's so, so pretty, even though there's a somewhat haunting message in it. SoCo is great like that.

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Lindsay007Gurl
06-15-2004

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Something Corporate is an amazing band! The first time you listen to this song u think that the woman kills herself, but listen to it more closely...."there's no fear cuz he's not here" and "she washes her hands and fixes the dinner"...she kills her husband...you can't fix dinner when you're dead, lol....plus she wouldn't be rushed away because of her crime if she killed herself, because obviously whatever she did was successful so if she was dead she wouldn't be rushed away....she's being taken to jail....It's an awesome song with a great sound and true musical value. (Plus Andrew's so freakin hott...not that that matters but come on!)

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Dayner822
06-15-2004

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The first time I heard the song I thought it was obviously murder. I found this site and then my feelings were kind of mixed on the subject. Then I saw Lindsay007Gurl's post and thought she made a lot of sense. Listening to the song a few times after that I decided it was about murder, in my own opinion. It's true that you can't fix dinner when you're dead, suicide doesn't really fit with this song. But anyway you interperet it, it's still gonna be an amazing song by an absolutely incredible band.

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ups_and_downs
06-25-2004

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Well it seems she killed her husband.It's me and the moon," she says I got no trouble with that
But i am a butterfly, you wouldn't let me die
"It's me and the moon," she says

It seems like shes always been alone because he never cared or what not. And the you wouldnt let me die. I think she wanted to die and this guy who didnt care kept pushing her and makeing her feel worse. Like why are you gonna back down are you that worthless. And all that.

This part just doesnt fit at all and seems out of place But what do you say we go for a ride?
What do you say we get high?
But I'm so tired of days that feel like the night.


But this song is great and its a song i listen to when i go to bed and i put on repeat. Its truely great.

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Comalies
07-01-2004

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I would just like to clear up with everyone that this song is most definitly NOT ABOUT SUICIDE! I read an interview with Andrew, He says, and I quote, " This song is about a woman who kills her husband after many years of not being fullfilled in her relationship and not being where she wants to be in life. She's targeting this man as the reason why she didn't become the things she thought she would become when she was young." If you want more details, it's on the MTV website somewhere...

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nikkitine
09-18-2004

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I dont really get her murdering her husband.
heres my opinion:

"Its a good year for murder"
to me that comes out as: its now the time she actually realizes how her life in general is dead. her surroundings are nothing but still life and she just wants to get out, maybe 'kill the feeling'

"But i am a butterfly, and you won't let me die"
okay this is the most beautiful line ever. this is basically meaning [as said before] she wants the freedom she obviously cant have, and like a butterfly in the net of a 5 year old, shes captured and her fate lies in someone elses hands, as well as her life, and the way she lives it, and she thinks death would be a better resort.

i dont know, thats the wonderful thing about soco. you can deffiniately take things the way you want them with their songs. its about the way your vision takes you. just my view about it, and the way i can describe it in my mind, i deffinately relate. its about how you have SO MUCH laying on your back and so much responsability and everyone comes before you and you keep waiting for your turn but it never comes. just my look on it. awesome song.

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maybe_im_stupid
10-22-2004

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I'm confuzed when it comes to "It's me and the moon" she says. But the rest of it sounds like this wife who killed her husband.

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