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Justin Hayward has said many times it was a about a love affair with some chick that she ended but he didn’t want to end...
“I’d like to hear what people think the lyrics of Nights In White Satin are about.”
Never really thought about it before, and I actually used to think it was Knights in White Satin. That said, it sounds to me like a person who has missed out on the love of his life.
Hayward himself has said that he began to write it after a girlfriend broke up with him, in which case white satin would refer to sheets, I suppose. That sort of ordinary explanation doesn’t quite live up to the very memorable, atmospheric and yes moody sound of the song, which really defined the Moody Blues. “Nights In White Satin” was really the genesis of the band’s musical style.
As the rest of the album describes “a day” in your life, the Nights in White Satin is death (sleeping at the end of your day) in your white satin-lined casket ...
He was confused whether he wanted sex or love with his white satin babe.