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Moaner Lyrics
hey kiss me
i kiss you
kiss me
i kiss you i know about you
i talk about you
i've been waiting for you
in everybody wants to know you
wrapped up in moon river then beyond the blinds
and the new white sliding into the city tunnel
beneath the feet of the people in the city roamin'
roamin'
roamin' in the city
crossway boy
crossway boy
downtown waterfront boy in the shadows
of the she's on the phone
again she's on the phone
again she's calling from America
she's calling from america
she's searchin'(?)
she's moshing and the girls are diving
and the girls are up to something animal
boything up on the roof again
boything to be down there there's every kind of act
make it down to the Delaware(?)
an up in your head
moaner
moaner
moaner
moaner rudy get the
get the
get the
get the night
the city loves you
city loves a boyfriend long walks with a boyfriend
city loves a boyfriend friends walking with the boyfriend
and the nights with the boyfriend
and the city loves you
loves you
loves you loves everyone
everyone is smiling
the smiling is pushing it around
pushing it around
like the shadows of evolution in the dark
super boys where time is all
and where time is everything
where time is started(?)
time to earth
earth wind and fire
and the sun in your hair
black metal walls are falling
i'm the hunger
i'm metal
i'm stainless
i'm milk in your plastic
i'm left alone in a full moon with the only thing
i can do is lie awake on the floor
at night the doors are i can't awake
i can't awake
ah ah ah ah
the water into you(?) to me constantly
constantly
without
without
without
without again
without again
your telephone number through a glass of water
the door between is opened(?)
the silence is different
love
love
love
love
walks with the boyfriend the city
loves the boyfriend friends walking
friends walking with the boyfriend the city loves
the boyfriend everybody loves
the boyfriend you left me alone
you left me alone with a full moon
full moon
full moon
full moon
full moon
boys
boys
boys down on the waterfront.
i kiss you
kiss me
i kiss you i know about you
i talk about you
i've been waiting for you
in everybody wants to know you
wrapped up in moon river then beyond the blinds
and the new white sliding into the city tunnel
beneath the feet of the people in the city roamin'
roamin'
roamin' in the city
crossway boy
crossway boy
downtown waterfront boy in the shadows
of the she's on the phone
again she's on the phone
again she's calling from America
she's calling from america
she's searchin'(?)
she's moshing and the girls are diving
and the girls are up to something animal
boything up on the roof again
boything to be down there there's every kind of act
make it down to the Delaware(?)
an up in your head
moaner
moaner
moaner
moaner rudy get the
get the
get the
get the night
the city loves you
city loves a boyfriend long walks with a boyfriend
city loves a boyfriend friends walking with the boyfriend
and the nights with the boyfriend
and the city loves you
loves you
loves you loves everyone
everyone is smiling
the smiling is pushing it around
pushing it around
like the shadows of evolution in the dark
super boys where time is all
and where time is everything
where time is started(?)
time to earth
earth wind and fire
and the sun in your hair
black metal walls are falling
i'm the hunger
i'm metal
i'm stainless
i'm milk in your plastic
i'm left alone in a full moon with the only thing
i can do is lie awake on the floor
at night the doors are i can't awake
i can't awake
ah ah ah ah
the water into you(?) to me constantly
constantly
without
without
without
without again
without again
your telephone number through a glass of water
the door between is opened(?)
the silence is different
love
love
love
love
walks with the boyfriend the city
loves the boyfriend friends walking
friends walking with the boyfriend the city loves
the boyfriend everybody loves
the boyfriend you left me alone
you left me alone with a full moon
full moon
full moon
full moon
full moon
boys
boys
boys down on the waterfront.
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This song was recorded for 'Batmand and Robin' and was used in a scene where Alicia Silverstone drag races with a motorcycle...God that movie sucks lol
'moaner' always struck me as a particularly angst-ridden song - the crushing feelings of devastation, hurt and anger that consume you when you discover a lover's passed you up for somebody better. you can try and run away from it - escape into the bright lights of the city "down on the waterfront", drop pills, drink until you pass out: but in the end, they just won't get out of your head. "make it down to the delaware and up in your head - moaner, moaner, moaner, moaner!" you're uncertain, "crossway boy" and hating yourself and hating them for what's happened. seeing them without you, in the company of someone else just breaks you: "long walks with the boyfriend and the city loves her boyfriend" is so bitter and hateful. it's the worst kind of pain.
the way the song builds up and completely collapses in on itself (almost reminiscent of an emotional breakdown?) as the lyrics progress is a fucking beautiful thing to experience with the speakers turned up as loud as you can stand. so intense. tracks like these make me wonder why people often assume dance music is just beeps and beats - fuck, no. karl hyde is almost undoubtedly one of the most skilful, original lyricists dance music has ever seen.
This is my all time favourite song. The intensity of it is like nothing else.
The song is beautiful and urgent. With Underworld lyrics I can't help wondering: are they full of encoded meanings or just ecstatic word salad and glossalalia?
Just an amazing song. Most of the time overlooked by Underworld fans.. but a true gem.
I love the way he yells "She's calling from America!" as if it's something really urgent.
As for the rest, I've no idea what (if anything) it's about. I think very few Underworld songs have a definite subject, and Karl's lyrics are chosen mostly for the way they sound. Either way, they're always excellent.
I think the song from Batman and Robin was "Moaner".
The live version of "Juanita / Kiteless" on the "Everything, Everything" DVD is simply stunning. I doubt that the lyrics mean anything, but I don't think they are supposed to!