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Echo & the Bunnymen - The Killing Moon
Identifier
026690
Type of Spiritual Experience
Background
McCulloch: 'The Killing Moon came in stages. I had the chords and the verse and melody, then one day I woke up and it was sunny, and I sat bolt upright - if you can sit bolt upright - with the words to the chorus, which I hadn’t known any of before. I think it was the Lord himself saying, “It would be fantastic if you said these words:
Fate/ Up against your will/ Through the thick and thin/ He will wait until/ You give yourself to him.”
That is up there with “To be or not to be.”
For a long time the Him in the chorus was me, and then I realised, it isn’t me at all - it’s Him, the higher power. It’s basically my "How Great Thou Art."
I’ve said a lot of times that it’s the greatest song ever written, and the reason is, is that it’s more than a song. It’s about everything. It’s not about football or f______ celery, but it’s about most other things.
A description of the experience
The Killing Moon
Echo & the Bunnymen
Under a blue moon I saw You
So soon You'll take me
Up in Your arms
Too late to beg you or cancel it
Though I know it must be the killing time
Unwillingly mine
Fate
Up against Your Will
Through the thick and thin
He will wait until
You give yourself to Him
In starlit nights I saw You
So cruelly You kissed me
Your lips a magic world
Your sky all hung with jewels
The killing moon
Will come too soon
Fate
Up against Your Will
Through the thick and thin
He will wait until
You give yourself to Him
Under a blue moon I saw You
So soon You'll take me
Up in Your arms
Too late to beg you or cancel it
Though I know it must be the killing time
Unwillingly mine
Fate
Up against Your Will
Through the thick and thin
He will wait until
You give yourself to Him
Fate
Up against Your Will
Through the thick and thin
He will wait until
You give yourself to Him
You give yourself to Him
Fate
Up against Your Will
Through the thick and thin
He will wait until
You give yourself to Him
You give yourself to Him
Fate
Up against Your Will
Through the thick and thin
He will wait until
You give yourself to Him
Fate
Up against Your Will
Through the thick and thin
He will wait until
You give yourself to Him
You give yourself to Him
La la la la la
Songwriters: Ian Stephen Mcculloch / Leslie Thomas Pattinson / Peter Louis Vincent De Freitas / William Alfred Sergeant