The meaning of the lyrics of the song "Black Moon" by the artist "Wilco"

The lyrics of Wilco's "Black Moon" are filled with melancholy and a sense of time's inevitable passage. The lyrical hero feels stuck in the past, like an "old man" clinging to memories.

"She was dancing on the flames" is an image of passion and transience, which may have left the hero feeling depleted ("never stopped crawling across the black dunes" - a symbol of a difficult, exhausting journey).

"Black moon" can be interpreted as a symbol of darkness, the unknown, but also new beginnings. The hero is waiting for change, an "awakening" of himself or the one he is addressing, in a new cycle of life. He believes in the inevitability of old days returning, but in a new context.

"Fly away, outside the gates the desert keeps growing under the Black Moon" - a call to embrace change, let go of the past and move on, despite the fear of the unknown. The desert, a symbol of emptiness, can also become a field for new growth under the light of the "Black Moon."