This song has an unlikely genesis. Coming from circumstances where its author was in an exotic place (Paris), yet managed to find inspiration on the television instead:
I wrote ‘Paint The Moon’ while I was watching an episode of The Twilight Zone on French TV called ‘The Midnight Sun’. I was very p...
[Verse 1]
I had a dream last night, a nightmare to be exact
We couldn't take the heat
And the sweat dripped from our backs
I didn't go, I waited for the midnight sun
I didn't want to leave you
'Cause I don't have anyone
[Chorus]
Don't paint the sun anymore
Paint the moon, and the stars in an autumn sky
Paint me cool blue waters, with shades of gray
Just don't let me live my life this way
Without you
[Bridge]
Let it go, let it go
Let it fall down from the sky
And leave this world behind
Let it go, let it go
Let it fall down from the sky
And leave this world behind
[Verse 2]
I saw you suffering, so I knelt down by your side
I saw that you were fading
That you were leaving your own mind
I gave you water just to soothe your failing heart
And take away the fear
Of what we both know we will find
[Chorus]
Don't paint the sun anymore
Paint the moon, and the stars in an autumn sky
Paint me cool blue waters, with shades of gray
Just don't let me live my life this way
[Outro]
Without you
Without you
Without you
Without you
Without you
Paint The Moon was written by John Grant.
The Czars released Paint The Moon on Thu Jan 01 2004.