Talking To The Moon – English Lyrics

• By: Bruno Mars, Fall

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into the raw emotional landscape of Bruno Mars's early career with “Talking To The Moon,” a heartfelt R&B ballad. You can learn vocabulary and expressions of deep longing, vulnerability, and simple, conversational English used in the lyrics. The song's clear narrative and powerful, honest delivery make it a perfect, memorable piece for practicing emotional language comprehension.

[English]

I know you're somewhere out there, somewhere far away

I want you back, I want you back

My neighbors think I'm crazy, but they don't understand

You're all I had, you're all I had

At night, when the stars light up my room

I sit by myself

Talking to the moon

Tryna get to you

In hopes you're on the other side talking to me too

Or am I a fool who sits alone talking to the moon?

Oh

I'm feelin' like I'm famous, the talk of the town

They say I've gone mad, yeah, I've gone mad

But they don't know what I know, 'cause when the sun goes down

Someone's talking back, yeah, they're talking back, oh

At night, when the stars light up my room

I sit by myself

Talking to the moon

Tryna get to you

In hopes you're on the other side talking to me too

Or am I a fool who sits alone talking to the moon?

Ah, ah, ah

Do you ever hear me calling?

(Ah) oh-oh-oh (ah), oh-oh-oh (ah)

'Cause every night I'm talking to the moon

Still tryna get to you

In hopes you're on the other side talking to me too

Or am I a fool who sits alone talking to the moon?

Oh

I know you're somewhere out there, somewhere far away

I want you back, I want you back

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
talking /ˈtɔːkɪŋ/ A1	verb - to speak to someone
moon /muːn/ A1	noun - the natural satellite of Earth
stars /stɑːrz/ A1	noun - luminous celestial bodies
night /naɪt/ A1	noun - the period between sunset and sunrise
fool /fuːl/ A2	noun - a person who acts unwisely
sits /sɪts/ A1	verb - to be in a resting position
alone /əˈloʊn/ A1	adjective - without others
back /bæk/ A1	noun - the rear surface of the body verb - to return to a previous place
understand /ˌʌndərˈstænd/ A2	verb - to comprehend or grasp
crazy /ˈkreɪzi/ A2	adjective - mentally deranged or insane
hope /hoʊp/ A1	noun - a desire for something verb - to want something to happen
famous /ˈfeɪməs/ A2	adjective - well-known
mad /mæd/ A2	adjective - mentally ill or angry
light /laɪt/ A1	noun - brightness or illumination verb - to illuminate
room /ruːm/ A1	noun - a space within a building
hear /hɪr/ A1	verb - to perceive sound
calling /ˈkɔːlɪŋ/ A2	verb - to speak loudly to get attention

Key Grammar Structures

• I know you're somewhere out there, somewhere far away

  ➔ Present Simple Tense

  ➔ Used for general truths or facts: "I know" expresses a state that is always true.

• At night, when the stars light up my room

  ➔ Present Simple in Time Clauses

  ➔ In time clauses, present simple refers to future events: "when the stars light up" describes a habitual or future situation.

• My neighbors think I'm crazy, but they don't understand

  ➔ Stative Verbs in Present Simple

  ➔ Stative verbs like "think" and "understand" express permanent states, not actions: "think" shows opinion.

• Talking to the moon

  ➔ Gerund as Subject

  ➔ "Talking" is a gerund (verb + -ing) functioning as the subject of the sentence, describing an activity.

• I'm feelin' like I'm famous, the talk of the town

  ➔ Present Continuous for Temporary States

  ➔ "I'm feelin'" uses present continuous to indicate a temporary emotional state or ongoing feeling.

• They say I've gone mad

  ➔ Present Perfect for Completed Actions with Present Effects

  ➔ "I've gone" uses present perfect to show an action completed in the past with ongoing effects (madness persists).

• In hopes you're on the other side talking to me too

  ➔ Reduced Relative Clause

  ➔ "talking to me too" implies "that you are talking," a reduced relative clause modifying "you."

• Or am I a fool who sits alone talking to the moon?

  ➔ Question Formation with Auxiliary

  ➔ "Am I" inverts the subject with the auxiliary "am" for yes/no questions, followed by a relative clause.