The lunatic is on the grass
The lunatic is on the grass
Remembering games and daisy chains and laughs
Got to keep the loonies on the path

The lunatic is in the hall
The lunatics are in my hall
The paper holds their folded faces to the floor
And every day the paper boy brings more

And if the dam breaks open many years too soon
And if there is no room upon the hill
And if your head explodes with dark forbodings too
I'll see you on the dark side of the moon

The lunatic is in my head
The lunatic is in my head
You raise the blade, you make the change
You rearrange me ' till I'm sane

You lock the door
And throw away the key
There's someone in my head but it's not me

And if the cloud bursts thunder in your ear
You shout and no one seems to hear
And if the band you're in starts playing different tunes
I'll see you on the dark side of the moon


Lyrics submitted by Demau Senae, edited by mellowcat

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    the beauty of the album is its openness to interruption. it means whatever you want it to mean.

    as for the final lyric, which actually is "and everything under the sun is in tune, but the sun is eclipse by the moon"

    i look at it like... "everything under the sun" is humanity, us, people, earthlings.. "is in tune" we were all rationalized "but the sun is eclipse by the moon" the moon, to me, in the album, metaphorically represents insanity. we are all insane.

    briefly, thats my view, but im most likely not thinking of it the same way as anyone else, once again. open to interruption.

    though it sums up the album so beautifully, its hard to imagine any other line would suffice

    k2zepprideron January 13, 2010   Link

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