Beneath the Moon [Dennis DeYoung]

Beneath The Moon
Written by Dennis DeYoung
Lead Vocals by Dennis DeYoung

Quasimodo
Marie if I whisper this secret to you
Do you swear before God to be honest and true
And never tell a living soul

You see something so wonderful's happened to me
It's hard to explain but I'm finally free
Don't wake me if this is a dream
I desperately need to believe

For never before have I felt so alive
To hell with this hump and this hideous eye
My heart's taken wing
And I can finally sing
Now that water's been given to me ...

[Spoken] Oh Marie you're the only one I can talk to
The only one I trust...

For you've been my friend and my only companion
You've been my voice to the world
Whenever I needed someone I could talk to
You always listened so well
So as I caress you the heavens will rumble
And everyone will hear your mighty bell

Tonight beneath the moon
One million dreams reach out to a star
Tonight I'll say a prayer
And tell the world I've found love in my heart
Tonight beneath the moon

Do you remember those nights by this window
I'd stare at the city below
Feeling abandoned unloved and unwanted
Dear God how I felt all alone

But each time I'd touch you your voice reassured me and all at once
I'd feel that I'd come home

Tonight beneath the moon
One million dreams reach out to a star
Tonight I'll say a prayer
And I'll thank God I've found love in my heart
Tonight beneath the moon

Interpretation

In the Hunchback of Notre Dame, the hunchback bell-ringer Quasimodo tells the stone gargoyle Marie (names for St. Mary, the patron saint of Notre Dame), his silent confidante, of his love for Esmerelda.  He knows that the gargoyle, as just a stone carving, will never tell another his secrets. The beautiful gypsy touched him and did not recoil as so many others had before.  If only he could shed his deformities and be a normal man, his dreams could come true. For now, though, he will say a prayer of thanks to God for letting him feel love in his heart.