Here are the full lyrics to "The Whole of the Moon" by The Waterboys: I pictured a rainbow you held in your hands
I had flashes but you saw the plan
I wondered out in the world for years
While you just stayed in your room
I saw the crescent, you saw the whole of the moon!
The whole of the moon! You were there at the turnstiles with the wind at your heels
You stretched for the stars and you know how it feels
To reach too high, too far, too soon
You saw the whole of the moon! I was grounded while you filled the skies
I was dumbfounded by truths you cut through lies
I saw the rain-dirty valley, you saw Brigadoon
I saw the crescent, you saw the whole of the moon! I spoke about wings, you just flew
I wondered, I guessed, and I tried, you just knew
I sighed but you swooned
I saw the crescent, you saw the whole of the moon!
The whole of the moon! With a torch in your pocket and the wind at your heels
You climbed on the ladder and you know how it feels
To reach too high, too far, too soon
You saw the whole of the moon!
The whole of the moon! Unicorns and cannonballs, palaces and piers
Trumpets, towers, and tenements
Wide oceans full of tears
Flags, rags, ferry boats, scimitars and scarves
Every precious dream and vision underneath the stars... You climbed on the ladder with the wind in your sails
You came like a comet blazing your trail
Too high, too far, too soon
You saw the whole of the moon!
The whole of the moon!