Whole of the Moon

Even though you do hear the same songs (how many times do I really need to hear "She Sells Sanctuary" which I can't even pronounce properly, much less sing) on Sirius, you do occasionally hear things that don't get a hell of a lot of radio play.

So I bring you a song I never heard before I started listening to satellite (too young)...pay attention now, the lyrics are deadly:

"The Whole of the Moon (Mike Scott)

I pictured a rainbow
You held it in your hand
I had flashes
You saw the plan
I wandered out in the world for years
While you just stayed in your room
I saw the crescent
You saw the whole of the moon
The whole of the moon
You were there in the turnstiles
With the wind at your heels
You stretched for the stars
And you know how it feels
To reach too high
Too far
Too soon
You saw the whole of the moon
I was grounded
While you filled the skies
I was dumbfounded by truth
You cut through lies
I saw the rain dirty valley
You saw "Brigadoon"
I saw the crescent
You saw the whole of the moon
I spoke about wings
You just flew
I wondered, I guessed and I tried
You just knew
I sighed
And you swooned
I saw the crescent
You saw the whole of the moon
The whole of the moon
The whole of the moon
The torch in your pocket
And the wind on your heels
You climbed on a ladder
And you know how it feels
To get too high
Too far
Too soon
You saw the whole of the moon
The whole of the moon
Popcorn and cannonballs
All the season's fears
Trumpets, towers, and tenaments
Wide oceans full of tears
Flags, rags, ferryboats
Senators and scars
Every precious dream and vision
Underneath the stars
Yes, you climbed on a ladder
With the wind in your sails
You came like a comet
Blazing your trail
Too high
Too far
Too soon
You saw the whole of the moon
-- The Waterboys, "The Whole of the Moon "

Wikipedia would like to say this is a tribute to C.S. Lewis. Not sure about that - you know wiki is collaboratively written by, well, anyone so the validity of what people written is vouched for by any old asshole with a keyboard and the ability to pretend to be literate. At any rate, I love this song. I'd never heard of them: does anyone have a couple of MP3's they can send me, before I hare off and buy their entire discography only to find that I hate it?

What can I say? it speaks to me.

When it rains on the asphalt, you see steam rising from the blacktop and I see souls escaping from the earth.

Now you know why I like this song.