In early 2003, Costa's homemade demo reached No Doubt guitarist Tom Dumont, who offered to record more demos for Costa in his home studio. Those first recordings led to two EPs that Costa and Dumont distributed themselves. These were later combined and mixed by Phil Ek in order to form Costa's first full-length CD entitled Songs We Sing.
Costa spent the summer of 2005 opening on Jack Johnson's summer tour. He has since toured with Modest Mouse, Oasis, Ryan Adams & The Cardinals, G. Love & Special Sauce, and Death Cab for Cutie. Costa joined Jack Johnson for his 2006 European tour. He has also contributed to the Jack Johnson and Friends Curious George soundtrack; his track is entitled "Lullaby". This song was taken from his The Elasmosaurus EP. Costa has also toured extensively in Australia, New Zealand, Europe, Asia and South America.
The video for Costa's first single "Cold December" was released February 2, 2006. On July 31, 2007, he released a song titled "If You Took To Me" as part of the environmentally minded polar bear documentary Arctic Tale and its soundtrack.
On October 7, 2007, Costa released the first single, "Mr. Pitiful," from his record Unfamiliar Faces. The song "Mr. Pitiful" was used during a scene with Paul Rudd in the movie I Love You, Man, the redband trailer for the film Youth in Revolt starring Michael Cera, and the movie Marmaduke. The song is featured during the opening credits of The Answer Man (film). Apple also used an instrumental cut of this song for the worldwide iPhone 3GS ads.
Mobile Chateau, Costa's next album, was released on September 21, 2010, via Brushfire Records. His 2013 self-titled album was recorded at Pheasant Studios in Santa Ana, CA, as Costa's first solo production.
Behind The Moon
Matt Costa Lyrics
Jump to: Overall Meaning ↴ Line by Line Meaning ↴
I'll be in your life again so baby, baby just say maybe
Now here I come
To dance around the sun
I've been oh so blue
Stuck behind the moon
Now let me in
And let me hold you like the way
I used to do
All the stars point me to you and lately they just drive me crazy
A universe can be so cruel so baby, baby be my lady
Now here I come
To dance around the sun
I've been oh so blue
Stuck behind the moon
Now let me in
Back where we begin
And let me hold you like the way
I used to do
I would shine just like a million suns if you'd just love me baby
I'll be in your life again so baby, baby just say maybe
Now here I come
To dance around the sun
I've been oh so blue
Stuck behind the moon
Now let me in
Back where we begin
And let me hold you like the way
Now let me hold you like the way
Now let me hold you like the way
Now let me hold you like the way
I used to do
I used to do
I used to do
I used to do
The lyrics to Matt Costa’s “Behind the Moon” speak to the longing for a lost love as the singer describes himself as feeling “oh so blue/stuck behind the moon.” The singer wants to be back in the life of his lost love and says he would “shine just like a million suns” if he were loved again. Throughout the song, there is a sense of pleading as the singer implores his love to “just say maybe” and allow him to hold her “like the way I used to do.”
The repeated line “Now here I come/To dance around the sun” seems to suggest a new beginning or a fresh start, as if the singer is emerging from behind the moon and into the light. The use of cosmic imagery – stars, sun, universe – lends a dreamlike quality to the song, as if the singer is floating through space searching for his lost love.
Overall, the lyrics to “Behind the Moon” capture the feeling of yearning for a relationship that has been lost, and the hope for a second chance.
Line by Line Meaning
I would shine just like a million suns if you'd just love me baby
The singer feels if the person they love would love them back, they would feel incredibly happy and shine bright like the sun.
I'll be in your life again so baby, baby just say maybe
The singer is pleading with the person they love to give them a chance to be part of their life again, even if it's just a possibility.
Now here I come
The singer is making a bold entrance to show that they mean business.
To dance around the sun
The singer is expressing a sense of optimism and a desire to be carefree and happy.
I've been oh so blue
The singer has been feeling sad and down lately.
Stuck behind the moon
The singer feels like they've been kept away from the person they love.
Now let me in
The singer is asking for permission to be let back into the person's life.
Back where we begin
The singer wants to go back to the beginning of their relationship with the person they love.
And let me hold you like the way
The singer wants to hold the person they love in the same way they used to.
All the stars point me to you and lately they just drive me crazy
The singer feels like the universe is sending them signs to be with the person they love, but their absence is driving the singer crazy.
A universe can be so cruel so baby, baby be my lady
The singer is acknowledging that the world can be harsh, but they want the person they love to be by their side and be their partner.
Lyrics © O/B/O APRA AMCOS
Written by: MATTHEW ALBERT COSTA
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
@jasonleon857
I would shine just like a million suns if you'd just love me baby
I'll be in your life again so baby, baby just say maybe
Now here I come
To dance around the sun
I've been oh so blue
Stuck behind the moon
Now let me in
Back where we begin
And let me hold you like the way
I used to do
All the stars point me to you and lately they just drive me crazy
A universe can be so cruel so baby, baby be my lady
Now here I come
To dance around the sun
I've been oh so blue
Stuck behind the moon
Now let me in
Back where we begin
And let me hold you like the way
I used to do
I would shine just like a million suns if you'd just love me baby
I'll be in your life again so baby, baby just say maybe
Now here I come
To dance around the sun
I've been oh so blue
Stuck behind the moon
Now let me in
Back where we begin
And let me hold you like the way
Now let me hold you like the way...
Now let me hold you like the way...
Now let me hold you like the way...
I used to do
I used to do
I used to do
I used to do
@zzghost8593
I've skated so many times to this song
@xaviermiller9499
My nostalgia holy shit bro. I remember getting this in '07 and I find myself every 2-3 years opening that Element case to listen to this song and I can remember each and every frame from this.
@kylebirch7258
My mom played this for me
@brandonklopfenstein1633
I played this to my mom from a skate video and she used to play it on a cd she burned for car rides
@Rerunz
It was a quicksilver promo
@Rerunz
Rip dylan rieder
@Rerunz
@@brandonklopfenstein1633yup dylan rieder used it in his part rip dylan rieder
@hugorodriguez1817
Skate forever ;) XD como deseo volver a sentir y vivir esa magia de esos años, ya nada será igual, solo quedan los recuerdos, esa bella calidez en el corazón ... se han ido los años, pero no los sueños .. El Mop - Forever Pank ..
@alcantarainterior8078
Hugo Rodríguez si brou a la raza humana se le enfrió el corazón en estos tiempos; Solo quedan esos recuerdos de aquel entonces que no vuelve
@ash.s.bobroman
First in 5 years