Mikael Åkerfeldt (Singer, Guitarist, Songwitter and Lyricist) has said that this song has no meaning, and it was just “satanic nonsense”.
The lyrics for “Under the Weeping Moon” were “some kind of satanic worship of the moon. It doesn’t really deal with anything”, according to Åkerfeldt, and on the...
[Verse 1]
Once again I've cried
Unto the moon
That burning flame
That has guided me
Through all these years, ay
The lake from which you flow
[Verse 2]
With eyes of fire
Once unlit but now alive
This energy, sparkling
Like a morning star
The morning star
[Bridge]
Riding the fires of
The northern gold
I've searched the eye
I laugh under the weeping moon
[Interlude]
[Verse 3]
I am the watcher in the skies
Nor the emeralds know my mark
Glisten to mark their presence
Set the enigma ablaze
Searching...
Finding...
[Outro]
Burn the winter landmarks
That said I was there
Burn the spirit of cold
That travel through my soul
Under the Weeping Moon was written by Mikael Åkerfeldt & Peter Lindgren.
Under the Weeping Moon was produced by Opeth.
Opeth released Under the Weeping Moon on Mon May 01 1995.