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Inconstant Moon {her eight phases)

by Mermaid Guitar

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1.
Casting her borrowed light over me Constant in her inconstancy Oh moon -- so beautiful, so free Oh moon -- bestow your gift unto me Powerful priestess Unfaithful mistress Terrible goddess Wielding mysterious power over land and the sea She waxes and wanes with her appetite Which of her faces will she wear tonight? Oh moon -- such mystery, such grace Oh moon -- I pray that the clouds don't hide your face Powerful potion Narcotic emotion My faithful devotion Rewarded a thousand times over with her loyalty Ravage the seas Storms will cast me side Seeking her face and her light I will keep searching, my eye on the sky Till I find moonlight
2.
As the night comes down get your party dress on The tighter the better We can talk we can chat about this and that Conversational love letter Didn't think I could feel so fuckin' good I feel immortal Dizzy in the head, I said 'Let's go to bed' You laughed, 'I don't do normal' Thrill me, amaze me Drive me crazy CHORUS Clearly you're crazy, Corazon But you're the sanest person that I've ever known Somebody tell me why a simple, ordinary guy From a far-flung isle Thinks you're courageous, outrageous This lunacy's just not my style C'mon, c'mon the time to think has gone My world's sh-sh-shaken Don't be so serious, let's get delirious I fell my soul awaken The moon is rising Tantalising CHORUS ***..xX Spanish bit Xx..*** Obviamente estas loca Pero eres la persona más sana que he conocido
3.
Broke my heart again Beaten, broken and bashed Leaves me every time With a soul burned down to ash So keep the world obstructed Impenetrable walls constructed But you walked right in effortlessly Lit your spark of love in me CHORUS Burn me down, love me Raise me up Phoenix love We never expected this Fire, desire, true love's complications If I could have known how you would wreck me Burn me down, resurrect me Transformation CHORUS Burn me down and doom me (Naked in the flames) Flames of love consume me (Rise up, let it burn)
4.
Boy and girl meet online and they talk and talk And their imagination runs wild An idea, abstract, forms an expectation Till the chatting stops, selfie swaps --> CONSECRATION CHORUS Something spiritual (ahhh) Irresistable (ahh) Intoxicating (ahh) It's amazing how my heart did race first time I saw your face Transcendental image formed upon my eyes An icon framed upon my wall and idolised An act of faith to show your face, your whole We're ancient tribes believing photographs of us will steal our souls CHORUS And in that moment something new begins My world reduced to the surface of her skin And in that moment, though we are far apart Direct connection through your eyes to your heart Boy and girl meet online and they fall in loooooovvve
5.
Waves wash over me Tidal compulsion Her light transforms me I am the ocean CHORUS Like an animal a predatory horned owl The moon, the moon she makes me... Like an animal she makes me wanna (ugh!) howl The moon, the moon I was sleeping Her power undeniable I wake believing This urge is primal CHORUS
6.
Trapped by fate, a victim of your own mind Evil things that other people do Give in to the pointless seething anger Bang your head 'gainst the wall of blame for all the good that'll do you It was my fault: I infuriate Your fault or a random act of fate? CHORUS Try and make some sense of it. But you can't. Try to make the best of it. Just not yet. Shot rips through the silent moonlit night sky Screaming, piercing, murderous and blind Meant for someone else, one in a million Leaves me wondering how you could leave me behind A bullet with your name on it A bullet with someone to blame for it CHORUS Planetary motion... ...a droplet in the Ocean... At the mercy of the raging tides Tortured to exhaustion Bound to the wheel of Fortune Helpless, paralyzed Love is blind, they say, her aim uncaring Sure enough you felt that piercing dart Delightful pain so deep and so redeeming But who controls your mind, your soul, your heart? It was my fault It was your fault A bullet... A bullet with your name on it CHORUS
7.
Deep in the night In the waning moon's cool light-beam Tear on my cheek has dried I wake from the strangest dream Half-float to the kitchen My senses still comatose Heart lifts as I see you there My beautiful rose in the Moonlight, shines bright on your petals Delicate metals in the Moonlight, shines bright Transmutes me as it lights up your beauty New rose, pure serene and fair (oh yeah) Your heavenly scent fills the room Waited your whole life to bloom Sit at the counter A melody hums itself and fingers drum Aromatic notes swim round me And I wait for the song to come Moon continues her journey Reflects her light on your scarlet hues Colours so deep, so strong Inspired by my muse in the... CHORUS Words are art Ink comes from our hearts
8.
Sky begins to lighten As we head down to the sea Silhouette horizon Flax and cabbage trees You can hear me, feel me You can know me Sand between our fingers Bloodshot in our eyes The moon's a waning crescent Pale in the sunrise You can hear me, feel me You can know me Walk down to the sea caves Rocks carved by centuries Through ocean's deep devotion We glimpse eternity Yeaahhh... You can hear this, our tune As we wait for the new moon
9.
Powerful priestess Unfaithful mistress Terrible goddess Wielding mysterious power over land and the sea Powerful potion Narcotic emotion My faithful devotion Rewarded a thousand times over with her loyalty

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♪ The moon, the moon ♫ -- beautiful, distant, powerful, ever-changing.

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released January 7, 2020

Image ESO and Andy Strappazzon www.eso.org/public/images/potw1129a/

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