Venus De Milo in half-baked shell
Understood the nature of love very well
She said, "a good love is delicious
You can't get enough too soon
It makes you so crazy you want to swallow the moon"

Oh, oh Jupiter
Oh, oh be still my little heart
Oh, oh love is a flame neither timid nor tame
Take these stars from my crown
Let the years fall down
Lay me out in firelight
Let my skin feel the night
Fasten me to your side
Say it will be soon
You make me so crazy, baby
Could swallow the moon

My hands are two travelers they've crossed oceans and lands
But they are too small on the continent of your skin
Wandering, wandering
I could spend my life
Traveling the length of your body each night

Oh, oh Jupiter
Oh, oh be still my little heart
Oh, oh love is a flame neither timid nor tame
Take these stars
Lay me out in firelight
Let my skin feel the night
Fasten me to your side and say it will be soon
You make me so crazy, baby
Swallow the moon
Swallow the moon

Oh, oh Jupiter
Oh, oh be still my little heart
Oh, oh love is a flame neither timid nor tame
Take these stars
Swallow the moon
Swallow, swallow, swallow, swallow
Swallow the moon


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Jupiter (Swallow the Moon) Lyrics as written by Jewel Kilcher

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    I have to say I strongly prefer the original album version. The timing is waltz-like, and lends a dance quality to the tune that I think is incredibly fitting.

    What do Venus and Jupiter have to do with eeach other? In this context, I don't think they do. Jewel said at one time that the painting 'Venus' by Modigliani was her inspiration for the song. The painting was a reaction to (and mocking of) Botticelli's 'Birth of Venus', and the style of that painting, which was a romanticized and unrealistic portrait of a woman.

    The song is from a woman who does not want to be idealized and worshipped (take these stars from my crown).

    Her use of Jupiter as her lover makes sense as he was the god of the sky, and the Ides (the midpoint of the month, with a full moon) was sacred to Jupiter, because on that day heavenly light shone day and night.

    But the rest of the song, I always felt, was sexual. 'Lay me out in firelight, let my skin feel the night' is an obvious line, but I always looked at 'swallowing the moon' a beautiful picture of a woman in orgasm.

    kathy10154on December 09, 2016   Link

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