This song is timeless, and nearly 20 years after its creation, still possesses the mystique it did the first time i heard it ~1994. To me, at first blush, all those years ago, it had some kind of homo-erotic allure. The line "so that the others may do" tells of something which must be done for others to follow suit. It felt like like some kind of roxy-glam-pop invitation to sexual liberation.
Upon further introspection I think the song may not have an intrinsic meaning, but simply represents a sort of "holding open the door" for people who otherwise might be affronted by this song/band's unusual style. I know, as a sort of armchair rock-historian, that there have been few bands so daring and so true to the sound that wanted to emerge from within, whether the creator wanted it or not. This band handled it with elegance and grace seldom, if ever, seen.
All night
All night
All night ('Til the break of dawn)
All night ('Til the break of dawn)
There I was, nearly November
Moon shone bright, barely a sliver
While across my mind ran all the things that I never
Now I like to think that I'm nobody's prisoner
I wasn't sure, but I sure was a listener
When I thought I heard (All night), I thought I heard the moon whisper
Whispering (All night)
Ooh, you will be (All night)
Ooh, you will be (All night)
Ooh, you will be mine (All night)
Now I don't trouble my mind
I don't trouble my mind with signs in the sky
That don't mean sometimes I don't wonder why
While across my mind (All night) ran memories faded
Heard a voice, I couldn't place it
Whispering (All night), whispering words so blatant
Whispering (All night)
Ooh, you will be
Ooh, you will be (All night)
Ooh, you will be mine
And I answered (All night)
Maybe one day (All night)
Maybe one day (All night)
Maybe one day, but not this time (All night)
Whispering (All night)
Maybe one day (All night)
Maybe one day (All night)
Maybe one day, but not this time (All night, I'ma sing my song)
(All night)
Maybe one day (All night)
Maybe one day (All night)
Maybe one day, but not this time (All night)
All night 'til the break of dawn
Goddammit, I'ma sing my song
All night 'til the break of dawn
Goddammit, I'ma sing my song
All night
All night
All night
All night
All night
All night
All night
All night ('Til the break of dawn)
All night ('Til the break of dawn)
There I was, nearly November
Moon shone bright, barely a sliver
While across my mind ran all the things that I never
Now I like to think that I'm nobody's prisoner
I wasn't sure, but I sure was a listener
When I thought I heard (All night), I thought I heard the moon whisper
Whispering (All night)
Ooh, you will be (All night)
Ooh, you will be (All night)
Ooh, you will be mine (All night)
Now I don't trouble my mind
I don't trouble my mind with signs in the sky
That don't mean sometimes I don't wonder why
While across my mind (All night) ran memories faded
Heard a voice, I couldn't place it
Whispering (All night), whispering words so blatant
Whispering (All night)
Ooh, you will be
Ooh, you will be (All night)
Ooh, you will be mine
And I answered (All night)
Maybe one day (All night)
Maybe one day (All night)
Maybe one day, but not this time (All night)
Whispering (All night)
Maybe one day (All night)
Maybe one day (All night)
Maybe one day, but not this time (All night, I'ma sing my song)
(All night)
Maybe one day (All night)
Maybe one day (All night)
Maybe one day, but not this time (All night)
All night 'til the break of dawn
Goddammit, I'ma sing my song
All night 'til the break of dawn
Goddammit, I'ma sing my song
All night
All night
All night
All night
All night
All night
Lyrics submitted by pcfist, edited by MCSMeister
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