Re: Blue
moon in your eye
Posted by Brekke
on March 01, 2003 In Reply to: Re: Blue moon
in your eye posted by ESC on March 01, 2003
: : : : I may
have asked this before. What does "blue moon in your eye" mean as used in The
Sophranos (HBO) theme song? (For a long time I thought the line was "boom boom
in your eye" as in gunshot.)
: : : : Woke Up This Morning
: : : : Song by
A3
: : : : You woke up this morning
: : : : Got yourself a gun,
: : :
: Mama always said you'd be
: : : : The Chosen One.
: : : : She said: You're
one in a million
: : : : You've got to burn to shine,
: : : : But you were
born under a bad sign,
: : : : With a blue moon in your eyes.
: : : If you
ask me, it's just a pretty dumb lyric. "Blue moon" means "a long period of time",
as in "once in a blue moon". So one could speculate that "a blue moon in your
eye" means that "you" are special, one in a million, that kind of thing, but I'm
thinking that it's just an example of superficially evocative but ultimately goofy
poetry.
: : I take it back; I didn't read the entire lyrics. "Blue moon in your
eye" does mean that "you're" special, once in a generation, "one in a million"--the
author says exactly that.
: Could be some kind of eye freckle?
Here's a theory
that's no more far-fetched than anything else ...since "blue moon", as I understand
it, refers to the second full moon in a calendar month, (which occurs infrequently,
hence "once in a blue moon"), could there be some superstition about it being
bad luck to be born the night of the blue moon?
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