We close our eyes
The perfect life
is all we need
You open up when you had me in your hands
Slipping far away with the world at your command
You sing me to sleep and then you hit me awake
It's a perfect life, a perfect life
I only want to be here when you're by my side
Oh I believe now, I'll love you 'til I die
You will sing me to sleep, you will hit me awake
in the perfect life, the perfect life
Oh
We close our eyes
The perfect life, life
is all we need
Little Mike he, steps everywhere
Knives in his pockets and bullets in his hair
He has nothing to live for, nothing left to say
He's locking all the doors to keep the older wolves at bay
Spoons and foil are all he needs.
A bed and some china
A lighter and some speed
It will sing you to sleep, it will hit you awake
In the perfect life, a perfect life.
(Guitar solo)
Oh
We close our eyes
The perfect life, life
is all we need
Oh
It goes all night
The perfect life, life
is all we need
Oh
We close our eyes
The perfect life, life
is all we need
Oh
We close our mind
The perfect life, life
is all we need
The perfect life, the perfect life, the perfect life
all we need

Richard Melville Hall (born September 11, 1965), known professionally as Moby, is an American musician, songwriter, singer, producer, and animal rights activist. He has sold 20 million records worldwide. AllMusic considers him to be "among the most important dance music figures of the early 1990s, helping bring dance music to a mainstream audience both in the United States and the United Kingdom".
After taking up guitar and piano at age nine, he played in several underground punk rock bands through the 1980s before turning to electronic dance music. In 1989, he moved to New York City and became a prolific figure as a DJ, producer and remixer. His 1991 single "Go" was his mainstream breakthrough, especially in Europe, where it peaked within the top ten of the charts in the Netherlands and the United Kingdom. Between 1992 and 1997 he scored eight top 10 hits on the Billboard Dance Club Songs chart including "Move (You Make Me Feel So Good)", "Feeling So Real", and "James Bond Theme (Moby Re-Version)". Throughout the decade he also produced music under various pseudonyms, released the critically acclaimed Everything Is Wrong (1995), and composed music for films. His punk-oriented album Animal Rights (1996) alienated much of his fan base.
Moby found commercial and critical success with his fifth album Play (1999) which, after receiving little recognition, became an unexpected global hit in 2000 after each track was licensed to films, television shows, and commercials. It remains his highest selling album with 12 million copies sold. Its seventh single, "South Side", featuring Gwen Stefani, remains his only one to appear on the US Billboard Hot 100, reaching No. 14. Moby followed Play with albums of varied styles including electronic, dance, rock, and downtempo music, starting with 18 (2002), Hotel (2005), and Last Night (2008). His later albums saw him explore ambient music, including the almost four-hour release Long Ambients 1: Calm. Sleep. (2016). Moby continues to record and release albums; his twenty-first studio album, Resound NYC, was released in May 2023.
In addition to his music career, Moby is known for his veganism and support for animal rights and humanitarian aid. He was the owner of TeaNY, a vegan cafe in Manhattan, and Little Pine, a vegan restaurant in Los Angeles, and organized the vegan music and food festival Circle V. He is the author of four books, including a collection of his photography and two memoirs: Porcelain: A Memoir (2016) and Then It Fell Apart (2019).
Well, no, in fact, his work will outlast us all. You'll see.
I mean, you won't actually.
Feel free, he is one of the most tedious on RP. Sadly makes me change station.
EVEN the highest rated tracks here (think Floyd, Jimi, Beatles, Bach, Beethoven) have negative posts and folks saying some version of "this doesn't belong on RP" - whatever BillG sees fit to play fits PERFECTLY here.
Or to use a line from comedian Mitch Hedberg (RIP) "You can't satisfy all of the people all of the time, and last night, all of those people were at my show."
This one's still an 8 for me!
Long Live RP and Bill and Rebecca's playlist decisions!!
We close our eyes
The perfect lie
is all we need
Indonesian Monkey Chant and Mongolian throat singing sounds dated, by a thousand years or so but it still captivates when heard ...
Less of Moby please Bill. Does anyone really like his music?
Yes.
A bed and some china
A lighter and some speed
It will sing you to sleep, it will hit you awake
In the perfect life, a perfect life.
Damn, bro. Heavy.
I believe you have completely misunderstood the ironic meaning and purpose of this song. A casual reading of the lyrics could correct that, possibly.
Great lyrics, but an uninspired 3-chord melody. I think he could have done better. And I am a Moby-liker.
The point is to keep it simple. It's a chant. Chant works like that.
Less of Moby please Bill. Does anyone really like his music?
I do and if you don't get your own radio station
Chuckle, chuckle. As a former 1st trumpet in high school and college marching bands, I agree with your assessments.
Look, I feel you. I can't stand Neil Young, but I know I'm never going to escape him on RP, so I just go with it, make my snarky comment, then skip. Bill's doing his best appealing to a wide range here.
Y'all could just buy your own music, and listen to exactly what you want. But go for internet radio, you have to take the rough with the smooth. There's always the skip button.
Less of Moby please Bill. Does anyone really like his music?
Look, I feel you. I can't stand Neil Young, but I know I'm never going to escape him on RP, so I just go with it, make my snarky comment, then skip. Bill's doing his best appealing to a wide range here.
Less of Moby please Bill. Does anyone really like his music?
I do and that is all that really matters.