YELLOW MOON

Mad Mohab
Mad Mohab Posts: 310
edited December 2013 in Words and Music...Communication
I feel this one is magical, phenomenal, a gem...in other words, I'm a huge fan. This one on vinyl....can't wait!
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  • foodboy
    foodboy Posts: 988
    this new album is quite good. especially once you hear it a few times. love pendulum too.
  • PJSEMPRE
    PJSEMPRE Posts: 687
    I love this part:

    An echo that rings
    A bullet unchained
    One life, one grave
    Joins the parade

    The sky grows dark
    With fallen stars
    Who'd come so far
    A headstone engraved
    The colors turn gray
    The black and white fades
    Let's say knowledge is a tree, yeah.
    It's growing up just like me.
  • rollings
    rollings unknown Posts: 7,127
    I don't remember the last time I heard a song this beautiful.
  • justam
    justam Posts: 21,415
    I fell asleep hearing this in my head last night.
    I actually woke up this morning still singing it internally.

    I love this song!!! :)
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  • Annafalk
    Annafalk Sweden Posts: 4,004
    It's really a beautiful song :)
  • TJ25487
    TJ25487 Posts: 1,501
    This song kicks my ass it is so good. Very atmospheric. It feels like Off He Goes and Lowlight had a baby?
  • shetellsherself
    shetellsherself New Jersey Posts: 8,835
    beautiful song and really HUGE live. it just fills up the room and knocks you over. One of my favs from LB
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  • k9s4Bern
    k9s4Bern Posts: 30
    As well, one of my favorites from Lightning Bolt. The beginning words are the most powerful for me:

    Here, far away,
    One could feel the Earth vibrate

    Moon, changing shaping and shade
    As we all do under its gaze

    Damn! So beautiful, solid - When I first heard this, it was so apparent that the music was Jeff's - his music is tangible when I hear it - which may seem strange - but it's like light on fingertips, moving with each heartbeat.

    Lyrics - again, so strikingly appropriate - the brilliance of Eddie - I think a lot about his grasp of and usage of language - it fascinates me, his ability. As a high school English teacher, I cannot help but wonder if he wrote like this as a student. He is truly gifted.

    An amazing song - powerful.
  • TJ25487
    TJ25487 Posts: 1,501
    k9s4Bern wrote:
    As well, one of my favorites from Lightning Bolt. The beginning words are the most powerful for me:

    Here, far away,
    One could feel the Earth vibrate

    Moon, changing shaping and shade
    As we all do under its gaze

    Damn! So beautiful, solid - When I first heard this, it was so apparent that the music was Jeff's - his music is tangible when I hear it - which may seem strange - but it's like light on fingertips, moving with each heartbeat.

    Lyrics - again, so strikingly appropriate - the brilliance of Eddie - I think a lot about his grasp of and usage of language - it fascinates me, his ability. As a high school English teacher, I cannot help but wonder if he wrote like this as a student. He is truly gifted.

    An amazing song - powerful.

    Yes yes yes. Perfect description. The beginning pulls you in quick and doesn't let you go. I liken this song most to Parting Ways as it slowly builds, gets inside your head and then slams you to the ground with its grinding chorus.
  • aceblazer1
    aceblazer1 Posts: 32
    Yellow Moon is haunting....gorgeous song!
  • BigRedMosquito
    BigRedMosquito Posts: 27
    TJ25487 wrote:
    This song kicks my ass it is so good. Very atmospheric. It feels like Off He Goes and Lowlight had a baby?

    Right on!!
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  • BabaLover
    BabaLover Posts: 455
    What is everyone's take on what the message is? It seemed straight forward but I have that reference to the revolver moon,which is in the song artwork, in my head and wonder if the song refers to that at all. The lyrics do talk about a bullet unchained.

    Really do love this song and glad I was able to hear it live at the concert. I'm a big fan of songs that Jeff wrote.
    To and fro the pendulum throws

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  • Force Of Nature
    Force Of Nature York, England Posts: 1,141
    Its a beautiful song but the lyrics sound quite dark to me.
    Sounds like someone who is fed up on life and has gone off on their own to reassess their life and meaning and ultimately commit suicide.
  • phungi
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    Given the album is dedicated to Uncle Neil, and the obvious reference to "Yellow moon on the rise" in the song "Helpless" there is a clear connection... There is no obvious meaning to "Yellow Moon" in nautical, weather, or other terms, so we have to take this song at face-value: mourning over or reference to loss of life, perhaps random or senseless loss of life. Since 'Helpless' references a small town, I think this song is about the tragedy in Newtown CT.
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  • Versus13
    Versus13 Vancouver, BC Posts: 197
    Love this song! Kinda reminds me of Lowlight with the unusual time signature. Great job of this song in Pittsburgh!! :D
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  • slightofjeff
    slightofjeff Posts: 7,762
    phungi said:

    Since 'Helpless' references a small town, I think this song is about the tragedy in Newtown CT.

    I agree with this. I think it might be about the shooter. "One life, one grave, joins the parade." .... I heard, but cannot verify, that it Native American culture a yellow moon signifies that someone has died.
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  • TJ25487
    TJ25487 Posts: 1,501
    slightofjeff said:

    phungi said:

    Since 'Helpless' references a small town, I think this song is about the tragedy in Newtown CT.

    I agree with this. I think it might be about the shooter. "One life, one grave, joins the parade." .... I heard, but cannot verify, that it Native American culture a yellow moon signifies that someone has died.
    It would be even more haunting if this were true?
  • TJ25487
    TJ25487 Posts: 1,501
    Ok, I searched the web looking for meanings of Yellow Moon but did not find anything good but there was a song meaning website and someone posted that Ed mentioned at the Worcester Mass show that the song was about the Boston Bombings.
  • slightofjeff
    slightofjeff Posts: 7,762
    No, that's not what Ed said. Ed said they were mixing the song in studio when they heard about the Boston Bombings. The song (words and music) had already been completed at that time.
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  • rgambs
    rgambs Posts: 13,576
    most of it is about the moon, there are deeper meanings of course, but people don't seem to realize that to an avid nature lover, as Eddie is of course, mountains and waves and the moon do not need symbology to give them power, they exert their own influence on the brain. when ed talks about a wave, sometimes he's just talking about a wave.
    I don't mean this in any offense, or to curtail the discussion, as like I said, it does have deeper meaning, I only want to add what nobody mentioned, and that is that the moon is actually the centerpiece of the song..
    if you have a profound relationship with nature you will be more able to appreciate eddies lyrics. you can take offense to that if you like ;)
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