Under blue Moon I saw you So soon you'll take me Up in your arms Too late to beg you or cancel it Though I know it must be the killing time Unwillingly mine Fate Up against your will Through the thick and thin He will wait until You give yourself to him In starlit nights I saw you So cruelly you kissed me Your lips a magic world Your sky all hung with jewels The killing Moon Will come too soon Fate Up against your will Through the thick and thin He will wait until You give yourself to him Under blue Moon I saw you So soon you'll take me Up in your arms Too late to beg you or cancel it Though I know it must be the killing time Unwillingly mine Fate Up against your will Through the thick and thin He will wait until You give yourself to him Fate Up against your will Through the thick and thin He will wait until You give yourself to him You give yourself to him Fate Up against your will Through the thick and thin He will wait until You give yourself to him You give yourself to him Fate Up against your will Through the thick and thin He will wait until You give yourself to him Fate Up against your will Through the thick and thin He will wait until You give yourself to him
Under blue Moon I saw you So soon you'll take me Up in your arms Too late to beg you or cancel it Though I know it must be the killing time Unwillingly mine Fate Up against your will Through the thick and thin He will wait until You give yourself to him In starlit nights I saw you So cruelly you kissed me Your lips a magic world Your sky all hung with jewels The killing Moon Will come too soon Fate Up against your will Through the thick and thin He will wait until You give yourself to him Under blue Moon I saw you So soon you'll take me Up in your arms Too late to beg you or cancel it Though I know it must be the killing time Unwillingly mine Fate Up against your will Through the thick and thin He will wait until You give yourself to him Fate Up against your will Through the thick and thin He will wait until You give yourself to him You give yourself to him Fate Up against your will Through the thick and thin He will wait until You give yourself to him You give yourself to him Fate Up against your will Through the thick and thin He will wait until You give yourself to him Fate Up against your will Through the thick and thin He will wait until You give yourself to him
Os versos foram escritos e cantados pelo vocalista Ian McCulloch, que teve a frase "fate up against your will" (destino contra a sua vontade) em mente ao acordar certa manhã, anotou-a e o restante da música se encaixou a partir dali.
A faixa alcançou a nona posição na parada UK Singles Chart, consolidando-se como um dos maiores hits do Echo & the Bunnymen.
O diretor Richard Kelly incluiu a música na sequência de abertura do filme cult Donnie Darko (2001) como uma substituição de última hora, pois não conseguiu os direitos de uso da música "Never Tear Us Apart" do INXS.
Na versão do diretor de Donnie Darko, "The Killing Moon" foi utilizada conforme o plano original, tocando durante a festa do Halloween no final do filme, enquanto a versão original do filme a usava no início.
A canção aparece no filme Gia (1998) e também em Grosse Pointe Blank, especificamente na cena em que Martin Blank deixa a cabine de rádio de Debbie Newberry após uma curta entrevista.
Além de Donnie Darko, a trilha sonora foi utilizada na cena em que o protagonista avista sua nova vizinha pela primeira vez no filme The Girl Next Door.
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