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Talking to the Moon Lyrics
I know you're somewhere out there
Somewhere far away
I want you back
I want you back
My neighbors think I'm crazy
But they don't understand
You're all I had
You're all I had
At night when the stars
Light up my room
I sit by myself
Talking to the moon
Tryna get to you
In hopes you're on
The other side
Talking to me too
Or am I a fool
Who sits alone
Talking to the moon
I’m sorry
Don’t leave me
I want you here with me
I know that you’re love is gone
I'm feeling like I'm famous
The talk of the town
They say I've gone mad
Yeah, I've gone mad
But they don't know what I know
'Cause when the sun goes down
Someone's talking back
Yeah, they're talking back, oh
At night when the stars
Light up my room
I sit by myself
Talking to the moon
Tryna get to you
In hopes you're on
The other side
Talking to me too
Or am I a fool
Who sits alone
Talking to the moon
(Ah, ah, ah)
Do you ever hear me calling?
(Ah) Oh-oh-oh
(Ah) Oh-oh-oh
(Ah)
'Cause every night
I'm talking to the moon
Still tryna get to you
In hopes you're on
The other side
Talking to me too
Or am I a fool
Who sits alone
Talking to the moon, oh
I know you're somewhere out there
Somewhere far away
Somewhere far away
I want you back
I want you back
My neighbors think I'm crazy
But they don't understand
You're all I had
You're all I had
Light up my room
I sit by myself
Talking to the moon
Tryna get to you
In hopes you're on
The other side
Talking to me too
Or am I a fool
Who sits alone
Talking to the moon
Don’t leave me
I want you here with me
I know that you’re love is gone
The talk of the town
They say I've gone mad
Yeah, I've gone mad
But they don't know what I know
'Cause when the sun goes down
Someone's talking back
Yeah, they're talking back, oh
Light up my room
I sit by myself
Talking to the moon
Tryna get to you
In hopes you're on
The other side
Talking to me too
Or am I a fool
Who sits alone
Talking to the moon
(Ah) Oh-oh-oh
(Ah) Oh-oh-oh
(Ah)
'Cause every night
I'm talking to the moon
Still tryna get to you
The other side
Talking to me too
Or am I a fool
Who sits alone
Talking to the moon, oh
Somewhere far away
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Lyrics © Bmg Rights Management, Universal Music Publishing Group, Sony/atv Music Publishing Llc, Royalty Network, Songtrust Ave, Hipgnosis Songs Group, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
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Jeffrey Nath Bhasker, Albert Garrett Winkler, Ari Levine, Peter Gene Hernandez, Philip Martin Ii Lawrence
Submitted by
ix007 On May 17, 2010
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Unlike most people, I believe Bruno Mars wrote this song about his dream girl. Like some great guys out there, Bruno wants a girl that will make him happy and be with him forever. He is looking for this perfect girl but he can't find her "I know your somewhere out there, somewhere far away".
Well mrsbrunomars how can he say "i want you back" if he's looking for sumone he's never met?
Well mrsbrunomars how can he say "i want you back" if he's looking for sumone he's never met?
maybe he lost that dream of ever finding that perfecct girl for him, and he wants that dream back.
maybe he lost that dream of ever finding that perfecct girl for him, and he wants that dream back.
I believe it is about a girl who he loved and she meant everything to him. It may or may not have ended on a bad note,but she moved away, or they lost touch completely. He was the one to break up and it was a mistake and so he has been regretting it ever since. He never got the chance to say sorry for hurting her, and now lives everyday of his life hoping that somehow she could hear him. Anyway, thats what I think of it, its truely a beautiful song, written from the heart. This is why Bruno Mars is different from many other Artists who write love songs :).
it's about a dog sitting at home waiting for his master to come home! this song is about a dogs deep yearning for it's master to come home. My dog would sit there waiting for me to come home every day, waiting foe me to take him on a walk!!!
it's about a dog sitting at home waiting for his master to come home! this song is about a dogs deep yearning for it's master to come home. My dog would sit there waiting for me to come home every day, waiting foe me to take him on a walk!!!
"neighbors think i am crazy" - dog is howling intrepidly- 'talking to the moon', so of course the neighbors think he/she is crazy
"neighbors think i am crazy" - dog is howling intrepidly- 'talking to the moon', so of course the neighbors think he/she is crazy
I think that Bruno wrote his song about death. "The neighbors think I'm crazy, but they don't understand. You're all I have." or "In hopes you're on the other side, talking to me too".
@Natalie12345 This is a very sad perspective, but makes a lot of sense.
@Natalie12345 This is a very sad perspective, but makes a lot of sense.
First let me say this is such a beautiful song! I am in love with Bruno Mars's voice!
For me this song is about someone who's love is separated by distance which keeps them apart. And whether their being apart is due to distance (ie. long distance relationship) or just because they've separated and no longer see each other, it's about that moment when the night is clear and you look up at the stars and the moon. You think of someone you love and you hope that they're looking up at the sky and thinking about you too. Because you know if they are, then they're that much closer to you.
I totally agree with ^cariwc. The whole long distance concept fits in well.. I love this song. :)
I totally agree with ^cariwc. The whole long distance concept fits in well.. I love this song. :)
^^This is like my theme song. I live in the US and my boyfriend lives in Scotland, so every time I hear this song I think of him.
^^This is like my theme song. I live in the US and my boyfriend lives in Scotland, so every time I hear this song I think of him.
I agree with the dream girl theory I think he's saying that whether people believe him or not he's not going to give up on finding love and he believes that there is a girl somewhere in the world who believes the same and though they may not have each other they take comfort in talking to the moon hoping there words someday get to each other and that the other talks back
I think this song is about his beloved has died, that he is talking to the moon in hope she can still hear him and know that he loves him. I think this is such a sad song, sad and beautiful.
I first heard this song around this time last year, right after I had met this guy on vacation (2,000 miles from home). he and I only had a few weeks together so it was very short lived, but the lyrics fit perfectly once I left.
Now, however, I've had a change of heart. I lost my best friend in the world (he was my high school sweetheart as well) just last weekend. and every single word fits how I feel. I literally stare up at the sky and talk to him, and just pray and pray he hears me and is talking back, even though I can't hear him. it's a small town so that's about all everyone talks about, and I have more than gone mad on several occasions.
My interpretation is that he lost someone extremely close to him, whether it be a best friend, a girlfriend, or even a sibling. you could all be right as well though, it could be about a break-up or an ended long distance relationship.
This one is for my man, Greg, who recently lost his beloved dog, Max, just shy of celebrating 13 years together! My heart aches for you Greg, knowing you believed Max was all you had, The loneliness you have endured makes it hard to breathe baby! I have been alone too, but as a child I learned how to deny my needs and please those around me so I didn't feel loneliness like you have. I can't imagine trying to live one single day without hope, it's unthinkable to me. Well, guess it's up to us now to be there, without question, for each other. We deserve it after all. Marry Me
@Daboiz marry me don't you sound a little desperate
@Daboiz marry me don't you sound a little desperate
I think this song is so beautiful. It's about a guy longing for a girl he once had. Now all he has is the moon. He stares at in longing for her, talking to the moon in hopes she'll hear him and want him back! I love this song, Bruno Mars is very talented.
I'm gonna go a completely different path with this one. I think this song may be about the death of someone close to him, as in they are on the other side of the moon in Heaven.