Thanks to thedouglas for referring me to the following liner note on DotBT: "Moon Over Bourbon Street was inspired by 'Interview with a Vampire' by Anne Rice"
Please look to this line for the were-wolf fans:
Oh you'll never see my shade (because he is not out during the day)
or hear the sound of my feet (he's flying or at least very light)
While there's a moon over Bourbon Street
You'll only see me walking by the light of the moon (obviously walking and not a were-wolf)
The "moon" stuff is a little confusing, but it is only because Vampires would like the moon vs the sun.
I use this song in my class with "I am Aquainted with the Night" by Robert Frost, which has a line in it "I have stood still and stopped the sound of feet" and has a very eerie sound to it if you have just listened to "Moon over Bourbon Street". Sting was an English teacher and I'd like to think he may have had this poem in mind as well, when he wrote the song, as the images are very similiar, and the poem is standard fair for English classes. Either way, you will enjoy the Frost poem, as much as the Sting lyrics, as I feel that this is where modern poetry has taken a foot hold...
Thanks to thedouglas for referring me to the following liner note on DotBT: "Moon Over Bourbon Street was inspired by 'Interview with a Vampire' by Anne Rice"
Please look to this line for the were-wolf fans:
Oh you'll never see my shade (because he is not out during the day) or hear the sound of my feet (he's flying or at least very light) While there's a moon over Bourbon Street
You'll only see me walking by the light of the moon (obviously walking and not a were-wolf)
The "moon" stuff is a little confusing, but it is only because Vampires would like the moon vs the sun.
I use this song in my class with "I am Aquainted with the Night" by Robert Frost, which has a line in it "I have stood still and stopped the sound of feet" and has a very eerie sound to it if you have just listened to "Moon over Bourbon Street". Sting was an English teacher and I'd like to think he may have had this poem in mind as well, when he wrote the song, as the images are very similiar, and the poem is standard fair for English classes. Either way, you will enjoy the Frost poem, as much as the Sting lyrics, as I feel that this is where modern poetry has taken a foot hold...