I pictured a rainbow You held it in your hands
I had flashes But you saw the plan
I wandered out in the world for years While you just stayed in your room
I saw the crescent You saw the whole of the moon
The whole of the moon Hmm, you were there in the turnstiles,
with the wind at your heels You stretched for the stars and you know how
it feels to reach too high Too far
Too soon You saw the whole of the moon
I was grounded While you filled the skies
I was dumbfounded by truth You cut through lies
I saw the rain dirty valley You saw Brigadoon
I saw the crescent You saw the whole of the moon
I spoke about wings You just flew
I wondered, I guessed and I tried You just knew
I sighed But you swooned
I saw the crescent But you saw the whole of the moon
the whole of the moon the whole of the moon
with a torch in your pocket and the wind at your heels
You climbed on the ladder and you know how it feels to get too high
Too far Too soon
You saw the whole of the moon The whole of the moon, hey yeah!
Unicorns and cannonballs, palaces and piers Trumpets, towers and tenements
Wide oceans full of tears Flags, rags ferryboats
Scimitars and scarves Every precious dream and vision
Underneath the stars, yes, you climbed on the ladder
With the wind in your sails You came like a comet
Blazing your trail too high Too far
Too soon You saw the whole of the moon