Nick Currie (born February 11, 1960 in Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland, UK)… Read Full Bio ↴Nick Currie (born February 11, 1960 in Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland, UK), more popularly known under the artist name Momus (after the Greek god of mockery), is a songwriter, writer, blogger and artist. Most of his songs are self-referential or postmodern.

For more than twenty years he has been releasing, to only marginal commercial and critical success, playful and transgressive albums on labels in the United Kingdom, the United States, and Japan. In his lyrics and his other writing he makes seemingly random use of decontextualized pieces of continental (mostly French) philosophy, and has built up a personal world he says is "dominated by values like diversity, orientalism, and a respect for otherness." He is also known in certain circles outside the U.S. as a producer. He is fascinated by identity, Japan, the avant-garde, time travel and sex. Live Momus shows are rare but when he does perform he often sings the crowd favourite 'maf' from the Stars Forever LP.
He wears a patch over his right eye because he lost the use of it after contracting acanthamoeba keratitis from a contact lens case washed with Greek tap water.

Nick Currie currently resides in Osaka, Japan.

Don't Stop the Night
Momus Lyrics

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(Don't stop the night)

(Don't stop the night)
Don't stop the night, we rush to this flat
And again for the first time strip off our wet clothes
(Don't stop the night)
(Stop the night)
Stop the night, the sixth sense of lovers

Instinctively tells us another is close
(Don't stop the night)

Don't stop the night, we peel back the sheets
And glimpse the life history lying underneath in stark relief
(Don't stop the night)
(Stop the night)
Stop the night, of the creak in the boards
The creak that forebodes the voyeur (Don't Stop) and the Christmas thief
(Don't stop the night)

(Don't stop)
Make the night we first made love come again
(Don't stop)

(Don't stop the night)
Don't stop the night, you whisper the tale
Of your crazy old flame with his heart palpitations and crisp physique
(Don't stop the night)
(Stop the night)
Stop the night, of this pain in my neck
That wrecks any chance of a semi-acceptable (Don't stop) sex technique
(Don't stop the night)
(Don't stop)

(Don't stop)
Make the night we first made love come again
(Don't stop)

Look who's here through the wardrobe door (Don't stop)
Little boy lost down memory lane - ex-lover

(Don't stop the night)
Stop the night, the skeleton came (Don't stop)
Out of the closet and under the light (Don't stop the night) looking very much alive
(Don't stop the night)
(Don't stop)
(Stop, stop)
Stop the night, naked and pink, (Don't stop) negotiating a (Stop) hot malt milk
(Don't stop the night)
We're praying the old lady who keeps a spare key (Stop) will suddenly arrive

(Don't stop)
Make the night we first made love come again
(Stop, don't stop)

(Don't stop the night)
(Don't stop the night)
(Don't stop the night)
(Stop the night)
(Don't stop the night)

(Stop the night)
(Don't stop the night)

Overall Meaning

Momus's song Don't Stop the Night is a sensual and provocative dialogue between two lovers who seem to be in the middle of an intimate encounter. The lyrics are explicitly sexual, with images of wet clothes being peeled off, sheets being pulled back, and painful sex techniques being tried. The chorus urges not to stop the night, to make the night they first made love come again, and to keep going despite the skeleton that comes out of the closet and the pain in their neck.

The song has a dream-like quality, with surreal touches such as a little boy lost down memory lane and an old lady who keeps a spare key. The lovers seem to be in a state of heightened arousal, experiencing the creak in the boards as a foreboding of a voyeur or a Christmas thief. The sixth sense of lovers instinctively tells them when another is close, and they whisper tales of crazy old flames with heart palpitations and crisp physiques.

Line by Line Meaning

(Don't stop the night)
Let's keep going, don't let the night end just yet

Don't stop the night, we rush to this flat And again for the first time strip off our wet clothes
We hurry to this place and once again feel that rush of excitement as we undress each other for the first time

(Stop the night) Stop the night, the sixth sense of lovers Instinctively tells us another is close
Wait, something feels off - our intuition as lovers tells us that someone else is nearby

Don't stop the night, we peel back the sheets And glimpse the life history lying underneath in stark relief
Let's keep going, we reveal more about each other as we remove the sheets and see the marks and history on our bodies

(Stop the night) Stop the night, of the creak in the boards The creak that forebodes the voyeur (Don't Stop) and the Christmas thief
Wait, did you hear that creak? It could be a burglar or someone spying on us - let's stop and check

(Don't stop)
Let's keep going

Make the night we first made love come again
Let's relive that magical first moment when we made love

(Don't stop the night) Don't stop the night, you whisper the tale Of your crazy old flame with his heart palpitations and crisp physique
Don't stop the night, please whisper in my ear about your past lover with the strong, fit body and intense heartbeats

(Stop the night) Stop the night, of this pain in my neck That wrecks any chance of a semi-acceptable (Don't stop) sex technique
Stop the night, my neck hurts and it's ruining our love-making, but let's not give up yet

(Don't stop)
Don't give up now, let's keep going

Look who's here through the wardrobe door (Don't stop) Little boy lost down memory lane - ex-lover
Hey, I see someone peeking through the closet - it's my ex-lover from the past

(Don't stop the night) Stop the night, the skeleton came (Don't stop) Out of the closet and under the light (Don't stop the night) looking very much alive
Wait, that person stepped out of the closet and they look alive and well - let's pause to deal with this situation

(Stop, stop) Stop the night, naked and pink, (Don't stop) negotiating a (Stop) hot malt milk
Stop right there, we need to take a break and have a negotiation about getting some hot malt milk

(Don't stop the night) We're praying the old lady who keeps a spare key (Stop) will suddenly arrive
Please don't stop the night, we're hoping that the kind old lady with a spare key will arrive soon

(Don't stop) Make the night we first made love come again
Let's try to recreate that perfect night when we first made love

(Stop, don't stop)
Should we stop or keep going? Let's decide

(Don't stop the night) (Don't stop the night) (Don't stop the night) (Stop the night) (Don't stop the night) (Stop the night) (Don't stop the night)
Let's not let this night end just yet, but we also need to be mindful of any interruptions or distractions that might come up

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