The Day
Moby Lyrics
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(Looky looky yonder)
(Looky looky yonder)
(Looky looky yonder)
(Where the sun done gone)
He was searching
Blindly night and day
Breaking beauty
Just to stay awake
His heart was like a stone
Ooh, ooh his heart was like a stone
And on the last day
He walked out in the sun
He only just discovered the sun
On the last day
And on the last day
When all his work was done
He only just discovered the sun
On the last day
Ooh, ooh
Ooh, ooh
All this rapture
Right here all along
In scraps he tore away
All this color
In his final breath
Exhaled the dark and gray
Ooh, ooh
Exhaled the dark and gray
And on the last day
He walked out in the sun
He only just discovered the sun
On the last day
And on the last day
When all his work was done
He only just discovered the sun
On the last day
(Looky looky yonder)
(Looky looky yonder)
(Looky looky yonder)
(Looky looky yonder)
(Where the sun done gone)
The lyrics to Moby's song The Day tell the story of a man's search for something more in life. He spends his days and nights blindly searching for something, breaking beauty just to stay awake. His heart is described as being like a stone, suggesting that he is unfeeling and detached. However, on the last day of his life, he walks out in the sun and discovers its beauty for the first time. He realizes that all the rapture he had been searching for was right there all along and all the color in life was available to him in his final breath. He exhales the dark and gray, possibly symbolizing his release from his dark and unfulfilling existence, and walks out into the sunlight, having finally discovered the beauty of life.
The lyrics of The Day are rich in metaphors and symbolism. The man's search for something more in life and subsequent discovery of the sun represents a journey of self-discovery and fulfillment. The darkness and grayness of his existence are contrasted with the light and color of the sun, and the final exhale suggests a release from his old life and a new beginning.
Line by Line Meaning
Looky looky yonder
The singer is drawing attention to something in the distance that they have noticed
Looky looky yonder
The singer repeats themselves to emphasize the importance of what they've seen
Looky looky yonder
The singer is still fixated on what they've seen, and wants to continue drawing attention to it
Looky looky yonder
The artist is determined to make sure others see what they've seen
Where the sun done gone
The artist is asking a rhetorical question - where has the light gone?
He was searching
The singer in the song was in search of something important
Blindly night and day
The singer was searching in a persistent and unguided way
This life, there must be more
The artist is feeling unsatisfied with their current reality
Breaking beauty
The artist is willing to sacrifice something good to achieve their goal
Just to stay awake
The artist is possibly struggling with insomnia, or is using the distraction of their search to stay awake during a difficult time
His heart was like a stone
The singer has become emotionally hardened and numb in their search
Ooh, ooh his heart was like a stone
The artist is emphasizing the hopelessness of the artist's situation
And on the last day
The climax of the story is about to occur
He walked out in the sun
The singer has made a realization or change and is literally exposed to a new reality
He only just discovered the sun
The singer has metaphorically discovered a new enlightenment or understanding
When all his work was done
The artist has reached a point where they have functionally completed or resigned from their search
All this rapture
The new thing the artist has discovered is exciting and beautiful
Right here all along
The singer realizes that the thing they were searching for was always within reach and tangible
In scraps he tore away
The singer has had to slowly discover their new understanding from the pieces of their old perception
All this color
The new understanding is vivid and transforms the artist's perception
In his final breath
The artist's old perceptions and emotions are metaphorically dying out as they come to their epiphany
Exhaled the dark and gray
The artist is letting go of their old negative and defeating mindset
Lyrics © BMG Rights Management, Universal Music Publishing Group
Written by: Holly Hafermann, Richard Melville Hall
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Lyrics
I try to know when to leave
She sits in the bedroom and grieves
There's a sequence that starts all again
She can't get up anymore with the pain
The combination of these drugs
Has left her hopeless and lost
She wants to count the ways
But she can't count again
I will be right here
Till all the pain
Just disappears
I will always stay
Till all this light
Just kills the day
I strangle my words
Once, I tried a thousand times
Slaughtered like Gods
When the silver shines so hard
I tried to poison my life
Always dreaming on the edge of the knife
She always looked backwards
And I can sit here for even ten minutes or more
I will be right here
Till all the pain
Just disappears
I will always stay
Till all this light
Just kills the day
Oh hold on
Oh hold on
Oh hold on
Just try again, again
I will be right here
Till all the pain
Just disappears
I will always stay
Till all this light
Just kills the day
Oh hold on
Oh hold on
Oh hold on
Just try again
Oskar Ek
One of the greatest songs ever made.
MrNelsonguy
What a great artist... he plays guitar, bass, keyborad and drums, he produces and write his songs himself and he sings and is a dj, his songs are simply DOPE ♥
Everton Lira
It is outrageous that the media has forgotten about as bright as an artist Moby. While media attention is given to artists like Lady Gaga and company, a talented artist is left behind. It needs to be revised the concept of what is really an artist. Congratulations, Moby!
Darumax
Amo esta canción, la tengo como despertador en las mañanas jaja
Misael Vj
@Jo no sabía ese dato, igual la música es buena
Jo
John GX esta es una copia de bleu noir de Mylène Farmer, como se le ocurrió a moby hacer esto cuando ya le había dado la melodía a la reina del pop francés, su fracaso lo merece
Marcnesium
Please do never stop with your music, Moby!!!
Ricardo Torre Isla
... every time I listen this beautiful song, my tears start to drop out!!! ... omg ... why this pain inside!!? ... big love to those who are no longer with us !!! ... pura vida :-) (Y)
Critter-ID
true, true... so am I - crying adult man... it comes from around soul deepness
Sandor Fomin
This video is a masterpiece. Some people are simply gifted with artistic talent, off course there is effort also, but effort + talent breeds this. Moby is one of the greatest of our time.