I watch you spin from afar
I drink you in and breath you out
I'm camouflaged by the time-line
I'm camouflaged when the sun shines

Two ships passing in the night
Two lips pressing ground the tides

[Chorus]
I believe the world it spins for you
We will never be, I am the moon
I believe the world it spins for you
We will never be, I am the moon

I long to be a part
I isolate my heart
You've drawn me into your world
Now I too spin limbless

One hand clapping, where's the wind
I stand spanning at your distant wings

[Chorus]

I believe the world it spins for you
We will never be, I am the moon



Lyrics submitted by xnoisecorex

Track duration: 05:00

"Moon" as written by Andy Burrows, Peter Dixon

Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, CHRYSALIS MUSIC GROUP, Universal Music Publishing Group, EMI Music Publishing

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    General Comment:I'm not too big of a Sia fan, but god how I adore her love songs. The lyrics are pretty simple and short, but so deep and interpretative. Her chorus is so sweet and its a feeling everyone's felt before when dealing with an unrequited love; but never had I heard it put so beautifully.
    Flag KimberleeJamezon January 17, 2011   Link
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    General Comment:this song is so beautiful.
    Flag jewdifulon May 22, 2010   Link
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    General Comment:I've been listening to this song since the album came out a while back. It is absolutely, hands down, my favorite song by her to date. I think it's very much about unrequited love. She wants this person so badly, but she can't have him. She doesn't necessarily know him that well, she just wants them to be together, even though she knows it's not possible. It's so delicately and beautifully sung, which just adds to the emotions.

    Heartbreaking, but brilliant nonetheless.
    Flag mayabcdon May 13, 2010   Link
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    General Comment:I agree with trust_no1 .

    "I believe the world, it spins for you
    We will never be, I am the moon
    I believe the world, it spins for you
    We will never be, I am the moon"

    the chorus is so beautiful but sooo sad. she's basically saying that he is the sun and she is the moon and it's impossible for them to be together. "The world spins for you" , the world spins for the sun, and for her the sun is him.

    "I long to be apart
    I isolate my heart
    You've drawn me into your world
    Now I, too, spin limbless"

    I think this part means that she longs to be apart because everytime she sees him, she dies inside because she knows that she cant be with him and that's also why she isolates her heart, but it's useless because he has drawn her into his world and now she spins limbless..

    yeah sorry if u dont understand something or there's mispelled words :P , my english is not great
    just ask me ;)


    I think Sia is an amazing artist, she should be more famous, more people should know her songs, they really are amazing. They always leave a message for us in some way. This song has really touched me. Im kinda going through the exact situation. And her voice is soooo amazing, i could listen to it for like hours and hours.
    Flag MidNightSun5on May 05, 2009   Link
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    General Comment:THIS SONG IS FUCKING AWESOME..
    Flag annie31on April 27, 2009   Link
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    General Comment:I'm reading that a lot of people are saying the song is about a girl who loves a guy who doesnt notice her. But to me it seems as if he WANTS to be with her and she WANTS to be with him desperately but something is keeping her from him. She "isolates her heart"/ "LONGS to be apart". And now that they are apart, she still watches him and wonders what it would be like. She believes the world spins for him but she cannot be with him. She longs to but she can't and she knows this. It's almost like she let him go and knows it's for the best because they cannot be together. Haha IDK!! That's my interpretation for some reason..
    "Two ships passing in the night".
    And if she can only be with him sometimes, then she cannot be with him at all. It would be unfair to the both of them.
    Or this could be about a past relationship where she let him go, but still watches him knowing it wouldnt have worked.
    Flag annie31on April 27, 2009   Link
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    General Comment:i agree that she's in love with someone, but i think that because she feels so camouflaged, like it's never going to happen as she feels so distant "I stand spanning at your distant wings," that she doesn't want to feel how she is feeling as she cannot find anyone else to compare,
    "I long to be apart"
    I isolate my heart
    You've drawn me into your world
    Now I, too, spin limbless, and thus feels totally hopeless and doesn't like it.


    One hand clapping, where's the wind?
    Flag fatfac3on January 14, 2009   Link
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    General Comment:"I drink you in and breathe you out"
    Flag wereTHRIVINGon September 07, 2008   Link
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    General Comment:best lyrics ever...so simple, yet so metaphorically deep on so many levels..love sia

    "I'm camouflaged by the timeline"

    The person that she adores is unaware of her and her feelings/she is hidden because they are both at different points in their lives (just like how the moon and the earth are on a different orbit/timeline around the sun)

    "I'm camouflaged when the sun shines"

    The person that she adores is unaware of her/she is hidden whenever that person is experiencing joyful moments (celebrating a birthday, at a party, laughing with friends, etc.) (just like when the sun shines on the earth, the moon is hidden. the happiness=when the sun is shining on the earth, there is life.. flowers bloom, plants grow, people absorb energy, etc.)

    "two ships passing in the night"
    "two lips pressing ground the tides"

    the only time that we are "together" or "connected" or "side-by-side" is in the night, when are thoughts transcend and we have similar thoughts. ie when we think of the deeper things in life, our goals, our past, our future, love itself, etc. and in these moments, it is like our phantom lips touch in this case the two people are represented by the two ships, two lone ships traveling through the sea (depth of the ocean and lone atmosphere rep. the deep introspective thoughts)(just like the moon and the sun watch two ships that pass each other in the ocean at night, the moon's gravitational pull creates the tides that sway and push the boats forward, it's almost like the moon is brushing against the earth's surface as its gravitational pull does this, hence "two lips pressing ground the tides")

    i may be putting more into this than what was intended by the writer but, these are my most fav. lines of the song and mean this much to me every time i hear it..it makes my heart cringe whenever i hear these lines sung, especially since sia has a ridiculously amazing voice;)
    Flag trust_no1on May 22, 2007   Link
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    General Comment:Beautiful song.
    Flag imponderableon April 07, 2007   Link

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