Bauhaus - Who Killed Mr. Moonlight? Lyrics






Consider green lakes
And the idiocy of clocks
Someone shot nostalgia in the back
Someone shot our innocence
And all our colors have run

A broken arrow in a bloody pool
The wound in the face
Of midnight proposals
Someone shot nostalgia in the back
Someone shot our innocence

In the shadow of his smile
In the shadow of his smile
In the shadow of his smile
In the shadow of his smile

All our dreams have melted down
We are hiding in the bushes
From dead men
Doing Douglas Fairbanks' stunts

All our stories burnt
Our films lost in the rushes
We can't paint any pictures
As the moon had all our brushes

Extracting wasps from stings in flight
Who killed Mr. Moonlight?
Extracting wasps from stings in flight
Who killed Mr. Moonlight?
Extracting wasps from stings in flight
Who killed Mr. Moonlight?
In the shadow of his smile
In the shadow of his smile
Who killed Mr. Moonlight?





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  1. S.... V....

    I have always had a deep, deep love for this song.

  2. M.... M....

    Good question.

  3. K.... E....

    This song is absolutely excellent well crafted Jazz Gothic poetry in motion,Trisomie 21 and Tuxedo Moon 🌙 intertwined.

  4. O.... T....

    I bet it was either Mr Dusk or Mr Sunrise ;)

  5. N.... V....

    Song.always takes me away from mundane life

  6. H.... O....

    This sounds hurts my soul...in the sorta good kinda way

  7. J.... L....

    Consider green lakes
    And the idocy of clocks
    Someone shot nostalgia in the back
    Someone shot our innocence

    A broken arrow in a bloody pool
    The in the face
    Of midnight proposals
    Someone shot nostalgia in the back
    Someone shot our innocence

    In the shadow of his smile
    In the shadow of his smile
    In the shadow of his smile
    In the shadow of his smile

    All our dreams have melted down
    We are hiding in the bushes
    From dead men
    Doing Douglas Fairbanks' stunts

    All our stories burnt
    Our films lost in the rushes
    We can't paint any pictures
    As the moon had all our brushes

    Extracting wasps from stings in flight
    Who killed Mr. Moonlight?
    Who killed Mr. Moonlight
    In the shadow of his smile
    Who killed Mr. Moonlight
    In the shadow of his smile

  8. K.... K....

    Absolutely beautiful, and David's piano playing is perfection💖

  9. S.... P....

    Someone shot nostalgia in the back..

  10. M.... ....

    Smokin cloves dressin in black makin out with goth girls back in the 80s.

  11. S.... F....

    I love Bauhaus. It reminds me of when I had an art studio in St Helens. UK. If art could be turned in to music, It would be bauhaus!! Great stuff

  12. D.... A....

    I just don't think this band got the credit they richly deserved. The songs sound as good and original as they did 30 years ago

  13. L.... W....

    I am. GAIUS. PETRONIUS....

  14. T.... J....

    uwielbiam, from poland

  15. T.... J....

    piosenka, która ma w sobie coś pięknego. piękny, zagadkowy klimat. Peter Murphy jest wielki

  16. G.... ....

    as of jan 30 2018, this is still valid.

  17. W.... E....

    this is still class

  18. C.... Y....

    Bauhaus que dire si ce n'est que ce fut l'un des meilleurs groupes de l'époque

  19. e.... ....

    could be as a theme in eyes wide shut

  20. G.... ....

    I am 48. This song was part of my life, always will be. I miss good music. I also enjoyed adam and the ants.but that has nothing to do with anything.

    G.... ....

    Gene Clark I’m going to be 52 this year, and I totally agree, I post all my favorite 80’s music on FB and nothing fits better than this to express how I feel today! “Someone shot nostalgia in the back...” 😢

    G.... ....

    Im soon to be 30, and this song touches parts of my sould no other songs can. I realise im a bit late to the party, but gosh, this is music at its absolute finest.

  21. b.... h....

    The Beatles
    cover the song Mr Moonlight John Lennon took lead vocals
    I always wondered if this has anything to do with Lennon

  22. R.... L....

    Amazing song . Love these guys .

  23. L.... C....

    creo que Noel Gallagher está basando su carrera en ésta banda jaja

  24. P.... ....

    If I remember correct David J is in vocals and not Peter Murphy in this track

    P.... ....

    Correct

  25. a.... a....

    this song fucked me up. I haven't heard it since my childhood.

  26. L.... M....

    amazing.

  27. l.... i....

    I love this song

    l.... i....

    luna iris es complicada de entender. No basta con que te guste. Si no comprendes su significado te pierdes toda su esencia

  28. G.... K....

    Ostsee organisiert nerven

  29. Z.... L....

    I'm one with this song

  30. P.... R....

    dEAD CHRISSY, IN HIS SHADOW      ; )

  31. X.... X....

    I always thought pm was a bit tired and da and the rest had picked up the slack on the vocals by this point? Happy to be corrected off to listen to bela and hollow hills :)

    X.... X....

    Matt Voyle I think Peter Murphy was sick at the time with pneumonia and the band went and started recording the next album without him, thinking he would do the vocals when he was out of the hospital. But in this song, (and slice of life), they kept the original initial recordings with David J. And Ash singing the songs, respectively for reasons of their own. Everybody likes to hear themselves sing, I guess.

  32. m.... ....

    Extracting wasps from stings in flight , who killed Mr Moonlight .....

  33. S.... I....

    One of my most favorite songs in all of my forevers. I feel this going round and round on my turn table.

  34. a.... b....

    incredible

  35. M.... R....

    loved it with all my heart💘

  36. A.... E....

    Consider green lakes 
    And the idocy of clocks 
    Someone shot nostalgia in the back 
    Someone shot our innocence 

    A broken arrow in a bloody pool 
    The wound in the face 
    Of midnight proposals 
    Someone shot nostalgia in the back 
    Someone shot our innocence 

    In the shadow of his smile 
    In the shadow of his smile 
    In the shadow of his smile 
    In the shadow of his smile 

    All our dreams have melted down 
    We are hiding in the bushes 
    From dead men 
    Doing Douglas Fairbanks' stunts 

    All our stories burnt 
    Our films lost in the rushes 
    We can't paint any pictures 
    As the moon had all our brushes 

    Extracting wasps from stings in flight 
    Who killed Mr. Moonlight? 
    Who killed Mr. Moonlight 
    In the shadow of his smile 
    Who killed Mr. Moonlight 
    In the shadow of his smile

  37. A.... d....

    i was just listening to Gorgoroth and this came, i don't get why.

    A.... d....

    Fuck yeah Gorgoroth slays

    A.... d....

    Andres Iraci funny I did the same

    A.... d....

    I just finished listening to Quintessence by Darkthrone before this.

  38. L.... W....

    This album, Burning from the Inside, needs to be heard as a 'whole'.It is almost operatic in compilation.

    L.... W....

    Lloyd W. G. Holm yes

    L.... W....

    exactly right

  39. �.... ....

    Consider green lakes
    And the idocy of clocks
    Someone shot nostalgia in the back
    Someone shot our innocence

    A broken arrow in a bloody pool
    The wound in the face
    Of midnight proposals
    Someone shot nostalgia in the back
    Someone shot our innocence

    In the shadow of his smile
    In the shadow of his smile
    In the shadow of his smile
    In the shadow of his smile

    All our dreams have melted down
    We are hiding in the bushes
    From dead men
    Doing Douglas Fairbanks' stunts

    All our stories burnt
    Our films lost in the rushes
    We can't paint any pictures
    As the moon had all our brushes

    Extracting wasps from stings in flight
    Who killed Mr. Moonlight?
    Who killed Mr. Moonlight
    In the shadow of his smile
    Who killed Mr. Moonlight
    In the shadow of his smile

    �.... ....

    poetry
    "someone shot our innocence
    all our colors run"

  40. D.... O....

    ...and after all it was the same bastard who drove my love to tears, to have some salt for my wounds

  41. P.... S....

    the idiocy of clocks.... should we run?

  42. L.... J....

    We can't paint any pictures, as the Moon had all our brushes.

    L.... J....

    Alexandria Skinless shut your ads up I'm the king pin in this bitch king kong ain't got nothing on me

    L.... J....

    AB Aponte ah some one should alert your handler youre awake. i dont feel like argueing w the mentally disabled.

    L.... J....

    Alexandria Skinless why don't you fix that make up and then talk you can't criticize someone looking like Ronald McDonald

    L.... J....

    AB Aponte wow very original

    L.... J....

    Alexandria Skinless to be honest you sound like an ex that I have in North Long Beach cuz that Avatar looks f****** retarded

  43. I.... ....

    Hermuncle - it should say

  44. I.... ....

    As her uncle wrote here: Remembering, probably the worst kind of suffering. Better the memories - the pain. Sweet sorrow. Unbearable. Got to turn it off tune it out.

  45. s.... ....

    this is such a beautiful song :)

  46. J.... C....

    I love this

  47. S.... ....

    The lyrics don't make much sense, but I can gather together a theme of sorts from them.

  48. F.... P....

    Un pezzo che conserva nel tempo la sua incredibile e struggente bellezza...

    F.... P....

    +Fosca P. molto bene.

    F.... P....

    Assoluto.

  49. R.... S....

    This song makes me bawl

  50. m.... r....

    love love love

  51. M.... k....

    LOVE THE PETER VOICEAND LOVE HIM, COURSE

    M.... k....

    YES I WRONG HERE SOUND VERY SIMILAR DAVID J VOICE TO THE PETER VOICE ,I'M SORRY FOR REPLAYING LATE

    M.... k....

    +Jane Currie FIRST, GOOD ANSWER OK, i m not disrespecting to you , I was wrong BECAUSE THE VOICE OF DAVID J IN THIS SONG IS VERY SIMILAR TO THE VOICE OF PETER, that was it,

    M.... k....

    +Jane Currie Troll says what?

    If you're serious, and can't differentiate L&R from 1D, then you have no ability to comment on music of any type.

    But I don't think anybody is that stupid, so I'll just chalk your comments on some poor lonely soul with nothing better to do on a Friday night - which is sad enough in itself.

    M.... k....

    This track is song by David J, not Peter Murphy... Peter only sang on about half the tracks on Bauhaus' final album, as he was ill and the band made the decision to move ahead with recording in his absence.

  52. K.... W....

    Still gives me shivers. One of my all time favorites. The drama, the passion, the joy and the sorrow. I will forever feel it all.

    K.... W....

    I feel exactly the same <3

    K.... W....

    It is important to listen to the 'Burning from the Inside' as almost operatic.
    The compilation (album) forms a whole.
    There are thematic and musical similarities to Mussorgsky with Night on Bald Mountain

  53. M.... B....

    This is my brother's favorite Bauhaus song. Reading it and listening to it again reminds me of why...

  54. T.... ....

    beautiful song

  55. g.... t....

    κωστας - νικητας 

  56. T.... J....

    this song is my best one for all time

  57. S.... H....

    The organ is amazing

  58. o.... ....

    Wonder, Remember ?

    o.... ....

    You're everywhere.

  59. D.... ....

    This will forever remind me of the one who got away.

  60. J.... C....

    Closer to Tones On Tail than Bauhuas I suppose... still brilliant though.

    J.... C....

    @***** Of course he does and Tones on Tail was without David J too and he's the one singing on this so it can't really be thought of as them. More Love and Rockets but sounds less like them than Tones on Tail.

    J.... C....

    @***** minus J and with Glen Campling, so not exactly Love and Rockets either. But completely unique but continuous sound from 3 great bands. except the new bauhaus, and later L&R which is shit :)

    J.... C....

    IMO, Slice of Life was the first ToT song

  61. c.... ....

    souvenirs souvenirssss waow c'est pas Dieu possible...
    Thank's for uploading...

  62. E.... M....

    How beautiful.

  63. K.... W....

    красивый <3

  64. m.... ....

    love the LP

  65. S.... ....

    A piano classic.

  66. H.... ....

    Remembering; probably the worst kind of suffering.

  67. b.... ....

    One of many great tunes!

  68. A.... V....

    it's just... magic.

  69. T.... ....

    ehhhhhh.... the album crackle will always be their best.

  70. G.... d....

    I am from Brazil...
    And I love BAUHAUS!!!
    Good...
    Thaks...

  71. r.... p....

    sublime

  72. k.... ....

    I love how the song changes

  73. o.... ....

    muy buena..

  74. r.... ....

    so pretty.

  75. R.... O....

    a bit strange for them.i like it.more prog than goth

  76. M.... ....

    Odd. I am in OC, so who knows. I just never heard it then. None of my friends ever used "goth".

  77. C.... C....

    That was the term in Hollywood and LA

  78. M.... ....

    I never heard that one here, either. I am sure a lot of the terms were regional, since nobody really knew WHAT to make of it then.

  79. C.... C....

    It was GLoom Rock--that is the early 80s term

  80. I.... I....

    It was still goth in 1988... I was 19 back then

  81. M.... ....

    we kill mr moonlight

  82. P.... ....

    dArkNeSs . . . BeAuTiFuL . . . DaRkNeSs . . .

  83. I.... I....

    lol cool! reminds me a bit when I would listen to the band NAKED LUNCH in LA in the basement of church not too far from tower record HQ. Their manager was some russian accent woman. The drummer was awsome!

  84. M.... ....

    Hey now! LOL. Not much rougher than 30, really. But taste is ageless and so is good music. I love things that came out decades before I was born and things that came out this month.

  85. M.... ....

    I didn't even hear the term goth until Marylin Manson came out. It was called other things back then. Where I am from, alternative or "death rock" were popular terms.

  86. M.... N....

    Is there such thing as a favorite Bauhaus song?

  87. C.... M....

    My favorite Bauhaus song.

  88. r.... d....

    So fucking obsessed

  89. A.... ....

    C'est merveilleux.

  90. D.... S....

    I ADORE this song.

  91. N.... ....

    Que d'emotion

  92. S.... e....

    respect and thanks for sharing that!

  93. Z.... ....

    Awesome ! I would have been a fucking groupie.

  94. C.... M....

    My favorite Bauhaus song

  95. C.... E....

    Someone shot nostalgia in the back
    Someone shot our innocence
    And all of our colors have run...