According to a Jack Johnson interview with The Independent this song is all about our tendency to always want more than what we have.
We were sitting around the fire looking at the stars with binoculars and I was showing the kids how, if you look at Jupiter on a clear night, you can see four of its...
[Verse 1]
Is one moon enough
If I can see
With my cheap telescope?
Bet my neighbor has two or three
Down soon enough
What does it mean
If every time I look up, I see them
Laughing down on me?
[Chorus 1]
Take that moon or break across the sea
Everything I want's just out of reach
[Verse 2]
Is one moon enough?
Well, it used to be
When I could see with my own naked eye
She was smiling down on me
Is one ever enough?
How could it ever be if my neighbor has more than me
And my moon
Just out of reach?
[Chorus 2]
Take that moon or break across the sea
Everything I want keeps further from me
Hmm, hmm, hmm
[Bridge]
Moon down soon enough
Now I can see a million moons that think of
Me and my moons
It's always following me
[Chorus 3]
Take that moon or break across the sea
Everything I want is just out of reach (hmm, hmm)
Why's that moon always following me? (hmm, hmm)
Everything I want's just out of reach (hmm, hmm)
Hmm, hmm, hmm
Is One Moon Enough? was written by Jack Johnson.
Is One Moon Enough? was produced by Jack Johnson & Robbie Lackritz.
Jack Johnson released Is One Moon Enough? on Fri Sep 08 2017.