Wednesday, April 2, 2008

when the day met the night.

When I was little, I used to make up stories about how the world started, including one about when the moon and sun first met. It was midsummer, the time of the month when the moon rises earlier in the day and the sun meets it when it's about to set. They fell in love, of course, and had star babies.
The moon was a chill person, content to relax, while the sun was a bit of a busy bee, a little hyperactive.
Some kids from Vegas wrote a song about this. Good to know I wasn't the only child making up stories about things science had yet to teach me.

When the sun found the moon
She was drinking tea in a garden
Under the green umbrella trees
In the middle of summer

When the moon found the sun
He looked like he was barely hanging on
But her eyes saved his life
In the middle of summer


Good stuff. The whole story can be found in the song "When the day met the night" on Panic at the disco's new album.

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