I thought I knew who you were
But I didn't know myself
Didn't see the things hidden
In my hollowness
Didn't peep round the curtain
Of your exterior
And the crack turned into an edge
That opens between
Listen to the wind singing in the grass, my love
As you lay yourself down to rest
Listen to the cry of the river in autumn cold, my dear
Before I close the gates deep down inside

You were
Moon of my nights
Moon of my nights

Those secrets that I revealed
Buried in icy bosom
Those words that I've spoken
Taken by the dawn
The strings that were connected
Separated parts left
Read are the rhymes of story
Of the endless poet

Listen to the wind singing in the grass, my love
As you lay yourself down to rest
Listen to the cry of the river in autumn cold, my dear
Before I close gates deep down inside

You were the moon of my nights
And you know you were the moon of my nights
Moon of my nights

You were
Moon of my nights
Moon of my nights
Moon of my nights
Moon of my nights


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Moon of My Nights Lyrics as written by Janne Tapani Kusmin Antti Kokko

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    My Interpretation

    Personally, I think this song is about the singer going through heartbreak, taken aback by how wrong he was about his lover. She was his love, the moon of his nights. She wasn't anything like he thought, in the end.

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