When the moon fell in love with the sun
All was golden in the sky
All was golden when the day met the night

When the sun found the moon
She was drinking tea in a garden
Under the green umbrella trees
In the middle of summer

When the moon found the sun
He looked like he was barely hanging on
But her eyes saved his life
In the middle of summer

In the middle of summer
All was golden in the sky
All was golden when the day met the night
Summer
All was golden in the sky
All was golden when the day met the night
Summer, summer, summer
All was golden when the day met the night

So he said, "Would it be all right
If we just sat and talked for a little while
If in exchange for your time
I give you this smile?"

So she said, "That's okay
As long as you can make a promise
Not to break my little heart
Or leave me all alone in the summer."

Well, he was just hanging around
Then he fell in love
And he didn't know how
But he couldn't get out
Just hanging around
Then he fell in love

In the middle of summer
All was golden in the sky
All was golden when the day met the night
Summer
All was golden in the sky
All was golden when the day met the night
Summer, summer, summer

When the moon fell in love with the sun
All was golden in the sky
All was golden when the day met the night



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    General Comment:This song can obviously be interpreted in many ways, but I think it was a dream. I think Ryan had a dream about meeting the perfect girl, and how perfect it would be, and how the would just be lazing around, but then they would meet each other and fall in love. I think the screaming in the end is representing the sadness of being dragged into cruel reality.
    Flag 1Me1on March 06, 2013   Link
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    General Comment:it ruins a perfect song, so why is there at the end, a girl screaming 'help, get me out!'
    Flag libbyholroydon August 12, 2011   Link
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    General Comment:This song is obviously about Anju and Kafei, in the Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask.

    "When the moon fell in love with the sun
    All was golden in the sky
    All was golden when the day met the night"

    Their wedding masks were of the sun and the moon. Kafei, being male (just like the sun in the song), was the sun, with Anju being the moon. They fell in love, and then, they finally reunite just before the moon falls. If you save the world, the sky is all sunrise-y and gold-looking, and even if you reunite them but don't try to save the world, everything is engulfed in flames anyway, and it all looks pretty golden.

    "When the sun found the moon
    She was drinking tea in a garden
    Under the green umbrella trees
    In the middle of summer"

    You never really find out the exact story of how they met (all it says is that they were friends as children), so yeah. Not much to say about this stanza.

    "When the moon found the sun
    He looked like he was barely hanging on
    But her eyes saved his life
    In the middle of summer"

    When Anju and Kafei are reunited, Kafei shows up right before the beginning of the apocalypse, looking bedraggled, having just run there from the desert which, you know, would be pretty far away. So he probably would have been barely hanging on.

    "Well, he was just hanging around
    Then he fell in love
    And he didn't know how
    But he couldn't get out
    Just hanging around
    Then he fell in love"

    Self explanatory.

    The rest of the album, if you listen closely, could actually be applied almost entirely to different parts of the game. I think the only song we found that didn't really fit was Pas de Cheval.
    Sorry if this doesn't make any sense. My brother and I came up with it one day just to, you know, have a laugh. If you haven't played the game, I highly recommend doing so. It's actually quite nice. Very emotional and such.
    Flag emilypersonon April 01, 2011   Link
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    General Comment:This song is absolutely adorable, and the meaning is more than obvious so I won't even bother with that.
    But I'd like to address the whole "screaming at the end" thing...LOL I hope that pedophilia thing was a joke, because I'm 99% sure the screaming isn't meant to be eerie. It's just kind of a sound that comes with the summer, birds chirping and children laughing and screaming.
    Flag ferriswheelablazeon March 17, 2011   Link
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    General Comment:Some of you are so ridiculous. How is there possibly any question on who is who? The girl is the moon and boy is the sun.
    "When the sun found the moon
    She was drinking tea in a garden
    Under the green umbrella trees
    In the middle of summer" It states that when the sun found the moon SHE was drinking tea. He found her.

    For the sun it states that "he looked like he was barely hanging on" and later it says "Well, HE WAS JUST HANGING AROUND, Then he fell in love ,And he didn't know how But he couldn't get out Just hanging around Then he fell in love"

    It is completely obvious. Some of you need to learn a thing or two and try and use the brain cells you have.
    Flag Devidinox3on December 14, 2010   Link
  • 0
    Song Meaning:The perfect boy-meets-girl song.
    Flag ddemo131on November 11, 2010   Link
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    General Comment:this song is about pedophilia. if you listen closely to the screams at the end, a little girl shrieks "let me out, get back, let me out!" the song may seem all cheery and cute in the beginning, but then this unexpected twist comes at the end and throws everything off. even with knowing that it's about pedophilia, i like the song even more.
    Flagged mlfordon September 09, 2010   Link
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    General Comment:Ugh.

    Learn English, guys.
    The Moon is the girl; the Sun is the guy.

    "When the sun found the moon
    She was drinking tea in a garden"
    The second person would usually be referred to with a pronoun.

    And plus, I don't think the sun would be walking around in her garden drinking tea, looking for people.

    Likewise for the below part about when the moon found the sun.
    Flag Polygraphon June 04, 2010   Link
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    General Comment:Ugh.

    Learn English, guys.
    The Moon is the girl; the Sun is the guy.

    "When the sun found the moon
    She was drinking tea in a garden"
    The second person would usually be referred to with a pronoun.

    And plus, I don't think the sun would be walking around in her garden drinking tea, looking for people.

    Likewise for the below part about when the moon found the sun.
    Flag Polygraphon June 04, 2010   Link
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    General Comment:I wonder what's up with the woman screaming right at the end of the song? I turned the volume up all the way and it sounds like she's saying "Let me out, get back, let me out" and it's a bit creepy. I can't help but wonder if it was just put there as a sort of random 'last note nightmare' or if it has some sort of significance to the song... I personally choose not to think of it as related to the song, because the rest is so cute, but does anyone know if the band's said anything about it?
    Aside from that, it's simple enough: it's (apparently) an adorable song about a guy and girl falling in love. Or about the sun and moon falling in love, the thought of which makes my heart fill with warm, sugary feelings. It's cheesy, but I think it's the charming kind of cheesy.
    Flag Psychedelicationon January 17, 2010   Link

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