Story Behind The Song
The song was inspired by a traditional Hindu holiday whereby a wife or lover fasts all day until they can see the moon and during that time they pray for the happiness, health, and safety of their family or lover. I used the moon as a symbol which paradoxically links two lovers who live on opposite sides of the world. When one can see the moon it is daytime where the other lives, so although this moon becomes a symbol of their distance it also becomes the things which can unify them in that distance since each night they will both see it. Orion is a constellation of an archer whos bow and arrows face East. A Diya (3rd verse) is the candle that is put on the window sill during the aforementioned Hindu holiday, in this case the fire doesn't know where to fly because although the woman clearly loves the man across the sea she is going to marry someone where she is, and she is not sure truly where her heart should lie or if it is possible to lie in both places at once....this is of course futile since love, like the wind, only truly blows in one direction at a time.
Song Description
About loving someone over long distances.
| Song Length |
3:16 |
Genre |
Pop - Lullaby, Folk - General |
| Tempo |
Medium (111 - 130) |
Lead Vocal |
Male Vocal |
| Subject |
Long |
Language |
English |
| Era |
2000 and later |
| |
Lyrics
Oh my lady, sweet lady, ring them bells for me
?Cause I am waiting to see you again from across this sea
Ooh you were a mother to the moon
And I am the light a million miles away
Rosemary?s in the window and she?s counting the stars
And like Orion with his arrow and his bow I?m reaching eastward trying to find you where you are
Ooh I?m not the only one for you
And like a boat with no oars I?m standing on these shores for you
Like a blanket of city lights your eyes shine like the 4th of July
And there?s a diya in your window babe but the fire don?t know which way to fly
Ooh and through the streetcars of this train
I saw a light and it was dyin? as Orion slowly faded away
(bridge)
Oh my lady, sweet lady, ring them bells for me
?Cause I?m still waiting beneath the darkness for you to set me free
Ooh and in the morning I?ll be gone
But every night with a moon I?ll be the light in your room ?til dawn