Contributors:

Jonathan Chaffer

Matthew Gallant

Justin Ong

Rob Palkowski

seago

This is one of the rare TMBG songs that lends itself to one fairly definite interpretation. First, we analyze the chorus, which is a nice bit of poetry. The singer analyzes the causal relationship of how he will get to the moon. The sequence is getting out of bed, going out the door, getting in the taxi, driving to the airport, flying to the rocket, and getting in and blasting off. So we see that the singer is currently in bed, singing about what he will do.

First verse: the singer is boasting that he will be gone soon. Don't bother calling the room, because he will be away on his trip.

Second verse: the singer receives a get-well card (the cartoon nurse is something you'd expect to see on such a (Shoebox?) greeting). He claims he does not need the card, because he is fine. He knows others will not believe this, but he will prove them wrong.

The bridge of the song is a little harder to interpret. Perhaps the man sweeping the room is another of the singer's fantasies.

Finally, in the last chorus, the rest of the song is reevaluated. It becomes clear that the singer is indeed ill (crawling, coughing, limping). This makes previous lines make sense: he has to "check out" of his room because he is in a hospital. The entire song is about his delusions of health.

The title may come from a Tintin comic book called "Objectif Lune." The story of this comic book does not seem to mesh well with the content of the song, however.