Talking to the Moon Lyrics

[Pre-Chorus]
At night when the stars light up my room
I sit by myself

[Chorus]
Talking to the moon
Tryna get to you
In hopes you're on the other side talking to me, too
Or am I a fool who sits alone talking to the moon?

[Bridge]
Oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh
Do you ever hear me calling?
Oh-oh (Oh-oh-oh), oh-oh (Oh-oh-oh), oh-oh

[Chorus]
'Cause every night, I'm talking to the moon
Still tryna get to you
In hopes you're on the other side talking to me, too
Or am I a fool who sits alone talking to the moon?
Oh

[Outro]
I know you're somewhere out there
Somewhere far away

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Originally included on Bruno’s debut studio EP release It’s Better If You Don’t Understand, “Talking to the Moon” is a jazz power ballad with a stripped-down production — its instrumental is essentially composed of the sounds of drums and piano. This song is essentially about Bruno’s long-distance relationship with a girl.

Bruno confessed that “Talking to the Moon” is his favorite song from the record, commenting it on Sound on Sound:

“Talking To The Moon” is one of my favourite songs on the album. We only had the first verse and the horns, but we knew that it was great. We then had three different bridges and we spent a lot of time trying to find out which one was the best. Jeff Bhasker is a fantastic musician, and he helped write that track. I think we tried to arrange and produce this in four different ways, mostly trying to figure out what kind of drums to put on.

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The Smeezingtons member Ari Levine:

“Talking To The Moon” is one of my favourite songs on the album. We only had the first verse and the horns, but we knew that it was great. We then had three different bridges and we spent a lot of time trying to find out which one was the best. Jeff Bhasker is a fantastic musician, and he helped write that track. I think we tried to arrange and produce this in four different ways, mostly trying to figure out what kind of drums to put on.

–via SoundsOnSound (2011)

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Release Date
October 4, 2010
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