¡THE KILLING MOON!

 According to Ian McCulloch Killing Moon is more than just a song. It´s a psalm, almost hymnal. Released on January 20 1984, Echo and the Bunnymen post- punk masterpiece The Killing Moon from their seminal record Ocean Rain has been often put under the microscope in a desperate attempt to discern the complex and perplexing lyrics. Perhaps the song is about everything, from birth death to eternity and God, whatever that is, and the eternal battle between fate and the human will. I guess it´s impossible to escape that conclusion, the same conclusion his composer reached a long hell time ago. But for me, the song reminds me of my colossal failure as a human being because I can still picture myself in that room, completely on my own, tasting the beauty of the lyrics, grasping the universal. The sad moors. The mysterious path leading to the death of the valley. It goes without saying that I got tense every time I hear those magic and haunting lyrics:

in startlit 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

Maybe it is the gloomy atmosphere. Maybe it is the wine. Maybe I am caught up in my own pain. But it is late and I have consented my memory to bring those bitter memories. So, I am the only one to be blamed for feeling blue. The thing is that I am widely verse in the dealing with strange thoughts, but in this case, in this particular moment, this song does not help because it does not matter how many times, I hear the Killing Moon by Echo and The Bunnymen, it always has and it always will give me goosebumps. 

 After listening to the Killing Moon, the despair is always there with me. It´s like this song drags my past into the light when I would prefer to keep it in the darkness. But I still love it because it got a timeless quality.  Anyway, I would like to believe that one day I will overcome the pain of knowing that the killing time is unwillingly mine. 

Sergio Calle Llorens