What Is the Light of Richie's Song?

An eclipse is a one object passing into the shadow of another object. A lunar eclipse is the moon moving into Earth's shadow in space. So solar eclipse is not really an eclipse. It's an occultation. But I don't fault anybody, it's not like Jim Cameron when he got on his case about the wrong sky. What was the light of Richie's song you guys were trying to figure out? "I won't even admit that we were trying to sing"