Send Me the Moon

Sara Bareilles

Holding my breath
Last one I've got left
I see you

Deliver my heart with the
Pieces and parts of me - that
Every last day seemed to carry away
A life time
Watch from the ground
As the gold fluttered down from the sky

Sweet sun
Send me the moon
Empty the skies out
Bringing me one step closer to you
Send it soon
And I will breathe in, breathe out
'Til you come in and out
Of you
Of you

Inches away from you
Scared what I'll take from you, darling
I can live with your ghost
If you say that's the most that I'll get

Darkness to light
Moved from day into night to be near you
Still here I stand
I am sinking like sand in your sea

Sweet sun
Send me the moon
Empty the skies out
Bringing me one step closer to you
Send it soon
And I will breathe in, breathe out
'Til you come in and out
Of you

You already do

Never you mind where the evening should find us
Together
Distance can't take what is hidden here
Safe in my chest

I'll wait for the day when
We finally say now or never
'Til then I'll be here wanting more
As I settle for atmosphere

Sweet sun
Send me the moon
Empty the skies out
Bringing me one step closer to you
Send it soon
And I will breathe in, breathe out
'Til you come in and out
Of you
Of you


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    I thought I could not be more in love with the song's poetic essence, but the musical sweetness makes me giddy enough to question that. The central image deals with a concrete "fact" (that being the powerful, mammoth 'sun') projecting an interaction (such as the moon) to an observer on the ground.

    Amid this ethereality, the observer focuses on the state of waiting, where patience and artistry is vital for survival.

    The pivotal moment for the poem is brought by the realization that the sun already projects into the observer's life. Thus the next lines: "Never you mind whether evening should find us together, / Distance can't take what is hidden here safe in my chest."

    Love.

    azneel128on January 15, 2011   Link

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