| The Kills – Blue Moon Lyrics | 13 years ago |
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This song is a great example of an effective use of imagery. Nearly every line uses an image of some sort (trees, heart, swamp, pearly gates, etc.), but it doesn’t feel overdone or cumbersome. Rather, it allows the message of the song to be conveyed more poignantly than a more conventional story might allow. The shining blue moon is, of course, the leitmotif — a fixed object, shared by everyone, representing incorruptible purity, whether it’s in the context of a relationship with another person or with nature itself. It’s introduced in the opening verse and revisited in the last, while for most of the rest of the song we’re battered with ambiguous and somewhat adversarial images representing the flow of antagonistic and distracting occurrences that life throws at us, keeping us from the pure. The structure of this song is really the medium that allows the lyrics to resonate. The image of the shining moon canvasses the entire song by being so strongly defined initially. The choruses (if you call them that) switch to a third person perspective and bring an evasive protagonist into the mix, living through these adversary events. The neatness of the song structure as well as the pace are clear emphasises of Jamie and Allison’s — only two percussion sequences with no interludes, two chord progressions, and no repetitive chorus. I used to listen to this song during my winter up north, getting into my vehicle in the bitter cold first thing in the morning, the shining moon often dominating the sky. It was really a small taste of calm and clarity before meeting the barrage of challenges that lie ahead that day. |
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