Lyric discussion by K0NPHL1C7 

Cover art for The Moon lyrics by Glen Hansard & Markéta Irglová

One of my favorites for sure...

I cannot help but think he is referencing drug use/abuse. Perhaps "cutting the bond with the moon" means taking a break from reality. I mean..

"Burn the gauze in the spoon And suck the poison up And bleed"

That seems like a pretty clear reference to cooking....

i usually hate it when people are quick to assume that songs are about drugs. but i agree - that has to be a reference to heroin..

to quote another user on this site: "glen described this song as being about cutting ourselves off from our nature, that there's a domino effect from that where everything seems to go wrong for awhile -- it's about losing yourself for a couple of years in some other idea and coming out the other side and reflecting back. How it was a shit time but you've learned something from it"

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I also hate it when folks assume everything is about drugs… Why is that? I have no idea, but in this case it just seems to fit. I mean just that one lyric is pretty cut and dry.