Karen O - The Moon Song

"The Moon Song" by Karen O. From Spike Jonze's film, "Her".

[kendallwilson]

I met someone online four years ago, who lived in another country, and we drove ourselves miserable trying to know each other and share our lives with each other as much and any way possible without even having met. Tried to take each other everywhere we went through a cellphone or a computer... Now we're married. We saw this movie together in the theatre and it was like going back in time... Very anxiously.

[clifford]

this movie talks about love, pure love
beyond any physical form
masterpiece indeed

[michaelkennedy]

How the fuck did this lose to Let It Go at the oscars? This song is great. Her is one of the most well crafted movies ever made. A perfect score/soundtrack, superb acting, great cinematography, great script and a very emotional love story.

[Jonathan]

I'm lying on the moon
My dear, I'll be there soon
It's a quiet starry place
Time's we're swallowed up
In space, we're here a million miles away

There's things I wish I knew
There's no thing I'd keep from you
It's a dark and shiny place
But with you my dear
I'm safe and we're a million miles away

We're lying on the moon
It's a perfect afternoon
Your shadow follows me all day
Making sure that I'm okay and
We're a million miles away

[elevenfrogs]

I find it so idiotic how people judge this movie based on what they think they know about it. I've heard claims of it being a "stupid movie where some guy falls in love with siri" when looking at it from the outside, that is what it appears to be. When I saw it in theaters, I realized how much deeper of a meaning this movie has.

[tatjana]

I am reading all your comments and I'm thinking how people are so similar and are able to feel the same/or similar emotions while listening to this song and it's such a shame we are in different parts of the world and  we cannot comfort each other ...I also feel somehow sad, lonely and melancholic when I'm listening to this song, but at the same time happy because I know that I am not the only one who feels that way...

[hannahjoycheng]

Reminds me how many random human beings you'll meet throughout your life. How these human beings have such an impact on us. We're just all so... lost.

[colorsred]

This movie was one hell of a ride from beginning to end. It was gorgeous

[psycheperception]

i sang this song for my gf when we went hiking near a beautiful lake in Nepal.with every strum of my guitar, her eyes were filled with tears and c cried. deep down we knew that we couldnt be together. this song is so beautiful

[leticia]

The movie Her is almost unbearable to me. Amongst many other things, it reminds me of my incapability of facing true, concrete relationships, which are full of disappointments, and in which love commonly ends, which leads to me living in a world of fantasy to keep me from looking directly at these problems. It also reminds me of how I could have had a relationship with someone that was trully fit for me, but I chose to continue in my confort zone and lived this relationship only in my mind. Today, I suffer from depression because I can't allow myself to make decisions that may alter my reality, but maybe will make me happy.

[nicholaschen]

I was in a long distance relationship for four years. We'd talk everyday and spend every night telling each other what our days had been like. I knew everything about her and she knew everything about me. We were incredibly in love, planning for everything we'd do when we were able to finally be together. There were tough times when the distance was almost too much to bear, but the thought of our future together would keep us going. Every night we'd go to sleep smiling at the idea of being one day closer together.
A couple months ago we were finally able to go on our first real date together.




Five days later she left me for someone else and we haven't talked since. My heart is still hers.


She used to sing this song to me when we'd FaceTime because she knew it was one of my favorites and because of what it and the movie meant.
Sometimes I listen to this song and try to remember what things were like. What we were like.
I'll never hear her sing it again.

[adaamran]

I watched it yesterday....such a beautiful movie, i can relate to the loneliness....cried like a baby...

[ComradeUnited]

One of the most beautiful songs I have heard in recent years.

[formoftherapy]

I wish there was a full Scar Jo version. There's just something about the rasp of her voice that captured me.

[femon]

The most interesting thing about this film is how closely you end up mirroring the connection between Sam and Theodore. That scene when she first leaves him and he runs to the subway staircase - that sense of crushing anxiety when you feel like the one thing you need to survive might consciously leave you - I haven't had that feeling since the last time I was brutally dumped. It was honestly frightening. My heart was pounding so hard and it felt like I couldn't breathe. Seeing Theodore running like that and falling but not giving a shit because he was addicted to that feeling of being loved and being special and being understood, and that sense of urgent danger at the mere thought of it being taken away, man I hadn't felt that pure fear in a long long time.

[autumnmoroney]

"Falling in love is a crazy thing to do. It's kind of like a form of socially acceptable insanity."

[starfalco]

I think I might actually tear up if I watch Her a second time. Damn, it was such a great movie.

[SuperMrcool]

I love this movie so much. it brings a spark of joy but at the same time a huge amount of sadness... i relate to this movie so much... i met my girlfriend in high school. ever since we started dating she would always mention how she wanted to study abroad and discover new places. i always supported her but secretly wished that she would never go... but she did... we have been in this long distance relationship for 3 years now (we have been dating for 5 years) and i only see her twice per year and these past three years have been the hardest for me to endure. when she is not with me, i fall into what it seems an endless depression and melancholy. I'm a very antisocial person so i never go out, i don't really have a lot of friends. sometimes i wish i could make friends as easy as others do... for me she is my only friend and when she is not with me, i feel like loneliness surrounds me on a daily basis especially when i get home and there is no one there.. just me in a empty room... we are both now on our last year of college and are planning to get married on summer. even though we are so close to finishing, it feels so distant... not sure if anyone will read this and i don't really care.. i just wanted to freely vent my emotions somewhere.

[mattatkins]

Instant tears. This song along with the movie "Hers" made me more appreciative of my relationship and I have never felt more in love

[JoyGrenade]

It sounds very much like the guitar was recorded straight into the built-in mic on a computer. What a clever effect, especially for this film.