Calling the Moon

Ian's interpretation is illuminating! "The trees appeared as if they'd never been gone" is my favorite line. The first verse is a chilling introduction to moonlight. Ian sees Dar as a traveler and truth seeker -and I agree- but I also see her as the artist. Dar wanted to be a playwright, so, the allusion to Tennessee Williams (they share the same last name) is probably correct. The moon finds not Dar's own version of her beauty but the introspective crumbling walls and moth eaten robes of the artist. When Dar says "I know what its worth to tug at the sees and illumine the earth," she is speaking of the influence of the artist. The shift of point of view from Dar to the moon, who says -"Oh, make sense of me night. I can see so much from this cold height...but their (humans) anger keeps on rising and they don't understand." The frustration belongs to the moon and to the artist.

I actually really like this song, and I know not many people do because, of course, i am the only one to comment on it, but i really think its pretty, and often i think about it when i walk alone at night.

by far the best song of dar. great song, great lyrics. i love it

I love that she writes beautiful pagan songs.

I love the line

"As Tennessee wandered in moth-eaten robes"

It's such a specific image, I almost thought it was a reference to something--maybe Tennessee Williams? But I'm not sure how. Or maybe she was in Tennessee when she wrote the song and is personifying the state. Any ideas?

This song moves me on a deep level as well. It somehow "goes all the way in."

Of course this is only speculation, but it feels as though the moon serves as a sort of witness to Dar. It's always there, constantly overlooking but never judging. It's the perfect way for one to measure where one is, to take stock of one's current headspace, whilst remembering numerous other headspaces, under the same moon.

Dar seems to describe the struggle for self-growth, on one hand yearning for answers from afar and being reminded that answers must come from within. So in that sense the moon is a powerful "mirror;" yet it is only a reflection, not a source of wisdom.

She has been down the path of "vanity," only to discover that that is the path of a false self, not so unlike the smoke and mirrors of "the empire." So the power of the moon is that it doesn't discriminate -- it always "takes [one] back again;" but it also "shines on crumbling walls." So this definition of "acceptance" is that the moon accepts literally everything.

Finally, Dar acknowledges that the moon is not merely a passive beacon. Part of what draws her (and so many) to her is her great influence: tugging at the oceans and reflecting the sun's light to the earth.

So it's no wonder that she wonders what else the moon might be capable of. She seems to be channeling a prayer of supplication humans have been asking of the moon for millenia -- "Make sense of me!"

My final thought actually ends with a question: Dar refers to the moon in the feminine. Culturally speaking, this tends to speak to archetypes of nurturance, teaching, introspection, and an emphasis on taking care of relationships. Those ideas seem to fit with the other themes in the song. But what do others think.

To any readers of this verbose post: first, thank you for enduring it. Second, I will likely select this song as the "soundtrack" for a new musical-photo project, which I will share on Vimeo and YouTube. If you have any interpretive ideas as to how you would approach such a thing, please reply here. If I include your input, I will be most happy to include you in the credits! Cheers, Many Thanks, Ian