Song lyrics can express powerful, passionate feelings; they can verbalize a feeling that you yourself could not put into words. Each song conveys a different message. They can be upbeat and carefree tunes, heart-wrenching break-up anthems, or angry and vulgar raps. Spencer Fort is an alternative singer and songwriter that coveys honest emotions through his lyrics. In his song, "To the Moon and Back," he uses both song lyrics and music to express his desire to ultimately live a full, rewarding life after he overcomes the obstacles he faces.
The lyrics alone carry this message that Spencer Fort is going to make his life worth something and that he will be able to look back at his life and smile in the end. The beginning of the song talks about a man up on the moon smiling down at Spencer. The man represents what Spencer wants to accomplish: Being able to look back at his life and smile down on it. The moon is the only consistent thing in his journey as a musician. As he states in the song, "I get older every day," different anxieties approach and challenge him because his job is so unpredictable as a singer just starting off in the music industry. He does not know where his career is going or where his next paycheck is coming from along with normal anxieties that any human goes through. .
As a performer, he's had a lot of anxieties on what his life is going to be in five or ten years, because it is a rather unstable industry. The line, "I want to make it to the moon and back," is purely stating that he desires to make it to the moon, which in itself is one of the most difficult thing to accomplish. That line is a parallel to him pursuing his career as singer in the music industry, because that is also a very difficult thing to do. The song is purely about just wanting to be happy with whatever happens in his life, but sort of being afraid of it. That is also why he tied in lines from all of his other songs in it, so " To the Moon and Back" can be presented as "here's what I have done up to this point in my career and I am proud of it.
