It's Only a Paper Moon

Whimsical Realities: Unveiling the Meaning Behind 'It's Only a Paper Moon'
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Lyrics

I never feel a thing is real

I don't experience genuine emotions

When I'm away from you

Feelings of reality are absent when I'm not with you

Out of your embrace

Outside of your loving embrace

The world's a temporary parking place

The world seems like a temporary resting place


Mmm, mm, mm, mm

Melodic humming or contemplation

A bubble for a minute

A momentary joy or delight

Mmm, mm, mm, mm

Continuation of melodic humming or contemplation

You smile, the bubble has a rainbow in it

Your smile adds a positive and colorful aspect to that joy


Say, it's only a paper moon

Expressing that what follows is an illusion or not entirely real

Sailing over a cardboard sea

Imagining a paper moon floating above a cardboard sea

But it wouldn't be make-believe

The paper moon wouldn't be imaginary if you had faith in me

If you believed in me

If you believed in me, the make-believe becomes real


Yes, it's only a canvas sky

Describing the sky as a canvas

Hanging over a muslin tree

An image of a canvas sky hanging over a muslin tree

But it wouldn't be make-believe

The canvas sky wouldn't be make-believe with your belief

If you believed in me

If you believed in me, the unreal becomes real


Without your love

Without your love, life is like a lively but disordered procession

It's a honky-tonk parade

Without your love, it's a musical performance in a cheap entertainment venue

Without your love

Without your love, it's a tune played in a coin-operated game

It's a melody played in a penny arcade


It's a Barnum and Bailey world

Acknowledging its artificial and deceptive nature

Just as phony as it can be

The artificiality wouldn't be make-believe with your trust in me

But it wouldn't be make-believe

If you believed in me, the illusion becomes reality

If you believed in me

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