The Slow Loris
War Child
Greetings, funny humans. Do any of you remember the lyrics to this breezy summer tune? I was just humming it to myself the other day, and I wish you all could hear it with me! It might make the album, it might not. It's hard to say!
Mangos for everyone! Smooch!
The Sun The Moon The Stars
Piano intro verses
When we pushed ourselves over / When we swam further down under / And ran on through that oh so slippery way / It was the sun, the moon, the stars that melted away / The fire in the night that pulled our dreams away / Into the orange and the gold / Crashing against an open sea, an open sea / falling into your arms, not needing to breathe / These waves now come crashing in / Bringing me back under your skin / It was through your liquid shards / And the sun the moon, the Stars...
Chorus
And she finds her way just as you look away / You walk
on by in the shadow she kept for you / In the candle
she lit for you / In the ocean she pulled for you /
And she slips away.../ It was the sun, the moon, the
stars.../ Her eyes, the skylight in my afternoon / Her
hands, the hourglass of this moment / She shall not
pass, shall not pass...it was the sun, the moon, the
stars...never to fall through.../ No, she shall not
pass...
Verse
And so she goes as the eyes of the world are closed /
As the kings in high places lose control / the Earth
becoming the friend betrayed / a pearl in a sea,
not to fade / Below our skies, a world is still breathing / A firefly at dusk keeps singing...oh,
hmmmyeah...[scat singing (falsetto)]
Chorus
And she finds her way just as you look away / You walk
on by in the shadow she kept for you / In the candle
she lit for you / In the ocean she pulled for you /
And she slips away / It was the sun, the moon the
stars... / *scat singing* the skylight in my
afternoon.../ Her hands, the hourglass of this moment /
She shall not pass, shall not pass / For it was the
sun, the moon, the stars...
Reprise
Never to fall through / Never to die out / Never to
fall out / Never to drop out / Never to cry out /
Never to burn out / Never to fade out / Never to pass
on through / No, for this shall not pass... [scat singing]
Outro Verses
And sometimes I fall away against her night / Under
the crack that lets through the light / Pushed inside,
it's only of you / yeah, it's candlelight / Through
the window an explosion seeps in / And the lights in the sky turn dim / Beyond this silence I hear your cry / Yeah, beyond it all, the buzz of a firefly / And I fall away into those arms / Beyond the sun the moon and
the stars...
Mangos for everyone! Smooch!
The Sun The Moon The Stars
Piano intro verses
When we pushed ourselves over / When we swam further down under / And ran on through that oh so slippery way / It was the sun, the moon, the stars that melted away / The fire in the night that pulled our dreams away / Into the orange and the gold / Crashing against an open sea, an open sea / falling into your arms, not needing to breathe / These waves now come crashing in / Bringing me back under your skin / It was through your liquid shards / And the sun the moon, the Stars...
Chorus
And she finds her way just as you look away / You walk
on by in the shadow she kept for you / In the candle
she lit for you / In the ocean she pulled for you /
And she slips away.../ It was the sun, the moon, the
stars.../ Her eyes, the skylight in my afternoon / Her
hands, the hourglass of this moment / She shall not
pass, shall not pass...it was the sun, the moon, the
stars...never to fall through.../ No, she shall not
pass...
Verse
And so she goes as the eyes of the world are closed /
As the kings in high places lose control / the Earth
becoming the friend betrayed / a pearl in a sea,
not to fade / Below our skies, a world is still breathing / A firefly at dusk keeps singing...oh,
hmmmyeah...[scat singing (falsetto)]
Chorus
And she finds her way just as you look away / You walk
on by in the shadow she kept for you / In the candle
she lit for you / In the ocean she pulled for you /
And she slips away / It was the sun, the moon the
stars... / *scat singing* the skylight in my
afternoon.../ Her hands, the hourglass of this moment /
She shall not pass, shall not pass / For it was the
sun, the moon, the stars...
Reprise
Never to fall through / Never to die out / Never to
fall out / Never to drop out / Never to cry out /
Never to burn out / Never to fade out / Never to pass
on through / No, for this shall not pass... [scat singing]
Outro Verses
And sometimes I fall away against her night / Under
the crack that lets through the light / Pushed inside,
it's only of you / yeah, it's candlelight / Through
the window an explosion seeps in / And the lights in the sky turn dim / Beyond this silence I hear your cry / Yeah, beyond it all, the buzz of a firefly / And I fall away into those arms / Beyond the sun the moon and
the stars...
