Shaky Ground
Moonlit Desolation: Navigating Life's Unstable Terrain with Steve Forbert
Lyrics
Moon shines on the end of my street;
Moonlight illuminates the end of my street;
Moon shines where the demonoids meet.
Moonlight shines where troubling or demonic forces gather.
Moon shines on the battlefront town;
Moonlight illuminates a town on the frontlines of a conflict;
Moon shines where the buildings burnt down.
Moonlight shines on areas where buildings have been destroyed by fire.
I can't cry and I don't look back,
The singer expresses an emotional detachment, an inability to cry or dwell on the past.
I can't cry and I don't look back,
-Back...
-Moon shines on the reservoir tide;
Moonlight shines on the reservoir tide;
Moon shines on the silver lake side.
Moonlight illuminates the side of a silver lake.
Moon shines on the telescope dome;
Moonlight shines on a telescope dome;
Moon shines on the billionaire's home.
Moonlight illuminates the home of a billionaire.
I can't cry and I don't look back,
Reiteration of emotional numbness and an unwillingness to look back on the past.
I can't cry and I don't look back,
-Back...
-Moon shines on the swingin' white gate;
Moonlight shines on a swingin' white gate;
Moon shines while the limousine waits.
Moonlight shines while a limousine waits.
Moon shines on the rockin' horse head;
Moonlight shines on a rockin' horse head;
Moon shines on the sheets of my bed.
Moonlight shines on the sheets of the singer's bed.
I can't cry and I don't look back,
Continued expression of emotional detachment and refusal to look back.
I can't cry and I don't look back,
-Back...
-I'm just standin' on shaky ground,
The singer is standing on shaky ground, emotionally unstable, ever since being rejected or abandoned.
Ever since you put me down,
-Standin' on shaky ground,
-Ever since you put me down,
-Standin' on shaky ground,
-Ever since you put me down,
-Standin' on shaky ground,
-Ever since you put me down.
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