The Killing Moon

"The Killing Moon" by Echo and the Bunnymen from their album Ocean Rain, 1984.

Under a blue moon I saw you 
So soon you'll take me 
Up in your arms 
Too late to beg you or cancel it 
Though I know it must be the killing time 
Unwillingly mine

Fellow 80's kids will call me predictable for choosing this to celebrate the allegedly once-in-a-lifetime astronomical event tonight, the Super Blue Blood Moon Eclipse. I don't mind -- this piece is mysterious enough, and mildly jarring, for me to contemplate on things like why for almost a month now there seems to be a celestial conspiracy to not let me take a short vacation... like a short stop in Baguio for the weather, to replace my worn out walis tambo, and er... *bleep*