Saturday 24 January 2015

UNRAVEL LYRICS: Feist - My Moon My Man


My moon, my man
So changeable and
Such a lovable lamb to me

So she refers her man as her moon, probably a metaphor for a light in a dark, but he's also changeable thus makes him a lovable lamb to her. Someone who easily adapts? Or maybe he changes himself to be what she desires and obeys anything she said. A male submissive?

My care, my coat
Leave on a high note
There's nowhere to go but on

She takes her cares and her coat then she leaves? But then she says that there's nowhere to go but on.... on what? Don't leave me hanging.

Heart on my sleeve
Not where it should be
The song's out of key again

Her heart is on her sleeve. Not where it should be, which is clear because heart belongs on your chest. But maybe she's saying that her heart is on her sleeve which is a metaphor for arms and arms do the works so "heart on my sleeve = heart on my act"? Yep. The interpretation is out of key again.

My moon's white face
What they're gonna face?
It's the calendar page again

She's talking about period. Obviously.

Take it slow, take it easy on me
Shed some light
Shed some light on me, please

Now she's asking him to shed some light on her. Perhaps, her life is so dull or maybe she had committed crime before thus making her life's dark. If that's the case then it matches the line "my moon, my man"; her man giving her lights again. But she's asking him to take it slow. Something with her past, maybe?

My moon and me
Not as good as we've been
It's the dirtiest clean I know

If she's consistent and the moon still refers to her man then she's probably saying that they're on couple's rough times and they've seen better days together. Maybe they're on the edge of a breakup. The line "dirtiest clean" is a contradictory and it might be also refers to her and her moon; her being dark and gloomy and her moon being the light and lovable happy lamb. Maybe we can conclude that this couple is a peculiar couple with so many differences they lost count.

My care, my coat
Leave on a high note
There's nowhere to go
There's nowhere to go

Again, she's leaving on a high note with her care and her coat, yet there is nowhere to go. I'm guessing that she was alone and lost with dark past then he came and bringing love and light into her life. Now she's leaving again with nowhere to go. Yep. Breakup.

My moon
My moon, my man

This particular line feels like she's remembering her lover one last time. Her moon, her man.

Conclusion: This is a breakup novelly song starring a troubled heroine and cute hero. The love story didn't go well.
Rating: 3.25 stars.


About Unravel Lyrics: written interpretation of song lyrics by your humble host of blog Dilla Nanditya. Probably not the best place to find real meaning of the song.

No comments:

Post a Comment