Always The Moon - Jonathan Coulton

[TherealJSB23]

i think this is my favorite JoCo song, Still Alive is a close second though.

[scientolofag]

I cried...

[Smurfy0151]

@scientolofag

me too

[monkmanism]

2 people ate the apple



[Jaglyser]

That tides come in, and go out is caused by the moons gravity effect on the water.

[sethzard]

This is a beautiful song, it was even better when he did it unplugged in the union chapel.

[RagingLampoon]

This song is so many kinds of beautiful.

[hanyodossta]

The last verse always hits me right in the heart. Hard not to tear up a bit.

[MrTehkey]

Does anyone know why I can find these songs without lyrics? I'd love to put his music in the background of my videos - after making a donation and giving credit to JoCo of course =)

[SuperL473]

SPAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACE­!

[gklandgr]

My favorite song of all time. When you've been betrayed by the people who are supposed to be closest to you, this takes on a new meaning.

[capetorial]

tide comes in, tide goes out, science cant explain that

thumbs up if you know what im talking about

[Saren157]

@capetorial Sorry, I don't.

[capetorial]

@Saren157 youtube the phrase "tide comes in tides goes out" and youll know and laugh

[bobthecrushr]

this song gives me chills

[KarikoUniko]

I'm Your Moon would've been a better contestant.

[pludrpladr]

Jonathan Coolton :D

[IsaacSloan]

Great song I love it.

[hanyodossta]

This song is incredibly profound. "Cruel, Cruel Moon" is not. IMO this is a much better song, though there are lots of other Paul and Strom songs that I love.

[MrDiamondhead10]

This song is not better than Cruel,Cruel Moon Paul and Storm was robbed

they should have won

[Sylinic]

@MrDiamondhead10 Yeah theirs was WAY better, jesus this is bad.

[knepie]

@Sylinic You have the right to your opinion but, If you have nothing nice to say please say nothing at all!

[Sylinic]

@knepie Yeah, I suppose. And I love John, his music is the definition of epic. However, the other song was better.

[hanyodossta]

Profound.  And it only gets better the more you listen to it.

[Shadow632478]

JoCo best song writer evar



[shadowmere4]

i think that the earth is a living being and it predicted its own destruction so created humanity to prevent it from being destroyed. that sounded a little like avatar didnt it

[Thelegoterrapin]

its 'you picked it out of spite' not HE. Eve picked the apple.

[Robotoh]

@Thelegoterrapin BY GEORGE HE'S RIGHT!

[MartianSpore]

This song makes me think about the day when the moon will have escaped earth's orbit and it will screw up the earth's climate.

[DrBurglewergle]

@MartianSpore Will that happen before or after we are already dead from the death of Sol?

[MartianSpore]

IIRC, the moon moves about 1.5 inches away from the earth each year, which is about 118k miles in 5 billion years(the approximate time the sun has left). The moon is currently 238k miles from the earth.

Whether the moon's weakened gravitational pull changes Earth's climate before we are obliterated by the sun is hard to say.

[babysmur69]

@MartianSpore the bigger problem than the fact that this MAY actually happen is the people who waste their time trying to convince other people to waste their time to consider solving this problem then actually waiting until it is sure and then deciding what to do.

[Devilot109]

@MartianSpore

Except for the part where the song clearly establishes that even after those events, the moon is still present (It ends with "There is always the moon."). The last verse is apparently about global warming and the sun dying... and gravity vanishing somehow, which is why the tides stopped.

[MartianSpore]

Unless of course the song is using childlike repetition of a falsehood because it is "scared" or something of the like. For example, a child whose mother has died, repeats "mommy's okay, mommy's okay" in order to calm themselves.

[DrBurglewergle]

This argument is too intelligent for Youtube, go away.

[DocDoom1995]

@DrBurglewergle anything is to intelligent for youtube haha

[DrBurglewergle]

Actually I think humans will damn themselves before they see witness of the Earth dieing naturally.

[homieqmacdaddy]

Definently not his best song. I mean have your opinions but this isnt even in his top 20 best songs.

[TheFireflyOnFire]

I used to not like it, but now I think it's pretty good.

[Dogmantra2]

This is totally how I felt. I used to hate it, but then I woke up one day with it stuck in my head, gave it a couple more listens, now it's my joint favourite song.

[druvirus]

@Dogmantra2 It's a song that grows on you. You pass by listening to it between Shop Vac and Creepy Doll .. and then it slowly claws into your brain until it settles and it's an AMAZING song.

[darkjumpy]

@druvirus Totally. In the years I've been listening to JoCo, I slowly shifted from the funny songs to the deeper ones such as When You Go and this one. Amazing how he seems to have something for everyone.

[TopRomanSoup]

Most likely the best JoCo song

[sulsaboy]

xD i love paul and storms captain wifes lanment

[robgonzo]

I love the way this sounds live with Paul & Storm doing the harmonies.

[CousinoMusic]

Voting for this song was easy for me (although I think Space Doggity is still the best song to come out of Song Fu). It's kind of a shame that he had to drop out, but it's certainly for the better.

[o0flowerfairy0o]

I just love this song sooo much! Almost as much as Creepy Doll!

:)

[Amb52792]

Haha I love Creepy Doll. :]

[lordobsidian7a]

anyone have "Big Dick Farts a Polka" by JoCo?

[clockreads828]

I love Space Doggity! Actually, it's a lot better than Space Oddity on which it is based. Have you ever seen a picture of Laika? She was adorable!

And what did anyone learn from Sputnik 2? Nothing. No knowledge on the effects of a zero-gravity environment on an organism was gained from the death of Laika.

[hyrulianshinobi333]

the russians were real jerks about that one. save your astronauts or don't send them at all