music and lyrics by Dan Smolla c2002
lyrics to "Maiden of the Moon" by Star Foos
1) Fields of Hope
Up is down tonight and down's in the sky
And the moon is full tonight
And so am I
I think I'll go walking
Straight down the fields of hope
Where the tombstones glow
With the memories of the people
Who shouted what they know
To the fields of hope
Now the ivory's glistening in the rain tonight
And I am missing all my pain tonight
Cause I'm covering it with hope
Covering it with hope
We have come straight down from the Mystery
To be here now and to fight
To be free in love
We're gonna be in love
Gonna shout it out
To the fields of hope
No man is free till all men are free
2) Maiden of the Moon
Maiden of the moon,
Child of what-has-been -
I walk an apology to you,
such a small time ago.
I feel your breath,
cradling the years behind me
the little one
the one who cannot change
only sing sorry and sorry
and I do believe I did the best I could.
Mother of the moon,
Wife of what-is-becoming -
I walk an apology to you,
here in the only now.
Your hand on my shoulder
not pushing,
not pulling back...
the one who sings today,
the one who is changing,
and it's true I'm doing the best I can.
Crone of the moon,
Grandmother of what-will-be -
I walk an apology to you,
out in the beyond.
Your gaze casting back,
calling me forward
you never fail to beckon -
the one who sings change
the one who is ever-hopeful.
And I vow to always do the best I can.
This sacred three, the triple-she
who stands behind the moon,
on the moon,
in front of the moon.
Lay your hands on me.
Cover my head, my pulse, my feet -
to remember, to change, to follow.
To be small in your eyes.
3) Patterns
After the show crows learn crow
Before the show crows learn crow
And the roads learn the road
Where the hurricanes blow
Their love notes
It's all untangled they're angels
You're an angel too
You go there you go there
To review
We can try to
See through
The patterns we think
The patterns we think
We can try to see through
It's the only thing to do
See right through
Got up this morning
I was in the mood
To wake-up
To wake
4) Swimming in Wind
And at the heart of it
We’re living what we like
And at the start of it
Living what we like
Not fearing the shivering of living
What we like
Living to give
Living what we like
The black eyed dirt
And torn and tattered shirt
they both turn the key
that unlocks the sea
we’re swimming in wind
we’re turning our pain
to hope and muscle engines
the math of your fear
that numbers your years
all that dirty data
your heart helps to clear
with the rain of your wild
and the snow of your chills
the future’s a child
you grow with your will
and we’re swimming in wind
5) Cheap Restaurant
They got that cheap restaurant sadness in their eyes
But they're so much in love
They're just just just in love
They like to keep their hats on,
Keep their gloves on
Cause they're so crazy
So crazy in love
Sometimes they forget
Just for fun
Yeah they love to forget
For fun
Oh but when they remember
They remember the same things
The same way
That's how they chase the blues away
Silly soul games
6) Warm and Revealing
A warm and revealing observation
Can remind you home
I had one just the other day
I had one just the other day
And the pattern on the restaurant table cloth
Matched the jacket of the man with the cough
Standing by the counter
The waitress asked the man if he'd like to sit
He said no I think ill just stand a bit
Right here by the counter
A warm and revealing observation
Can remind you home
I had one just the other day
I had one just the other day
Then the waitress was suddenly in back
With some friends at a table packed
With coffee smoke and smiling
By now the man at the counter had sat
With his head in his hands so his fingers touched his cap
And his hands and eyes were shutting
A warm and revealing observation
Can remind you home
I had one just the other day
I had one just the other day
Later, stars shot like darts above the lake
And the wind would sleep and then stir and wake
And the damp cold was my witness
And though by bones my hands my face were chilled
I could not help but feel the pulse and thrill
Of breathing with all breathing
7) Heaven Through the Woods
Past this forest of self
can't drink it but it rains
in that mysterious dimension
where the body tangerines
and the mystery is where
memory sleeves
forgiveness breathes
and the missing silks away
there are changes in the earth
that change the earth
to high dreams of earth
look even now
there are pinecones pouring
prayers and wants and nights and stillness
even now there are pinecones pouring
peace and wreathes and shy water
like heavens through the woods
8) Lucky One
Get to turn
It depends on the sun
Burn
Lucky one
Don't know if it even matters
don't know if it even could
But I like your snowmobile
Love the chrome
Love the steel
We'll ride it home
Aint got not wheels
Don't know if it even matters
don't know if it even could
Don't know if it even flatters
But baby it should
You got some shadow
To your flow
In the dark
I can see it glow
Don't know if it even matters
don't know if it even could
Don't know if it even flatters
But baby it should
9) Come Around Truth
I saw Noah in the dark
Hanging out in the park
Drinking heavy drinking gin
Always afraid of falling now he'd fallen in
But as for you and me
We might as well believe
In a come around truth
Lucky Lucy's going to the track
Double her money
Lose it back
Tonight she'll be without a coat
Trying to find a ride on someone's pretty boat
But as for you and me
We might as well believe
In a come around truth
Now the come around truth might be your falling
Or the come around might be your calling
The come around truth might just leave you
Cold and tired
Or it might just leave you inspired
Colonel says the country's his
Just cause black is black
And he ain't ever giving it back
He takes what he needs cause
He needs what he takes
Oh the Colonel made his own break
But the colonel and his minions
Are gonna have to face the billions
And their own break
But as for you and me
We might as well believe
In a come around truth
10) Shining
Here she comes down the river here she comes in white
Here she comes long dress and shivers and she's, she's already in the sky
There he came by the river there he came on a tall black ride
As they passed she felt delivered and she's already in the sky
She's already in the sky she's already in the sky
Sailing through the sun on a black boat baby
Shining like the night
There he went up the mountain there he went so high
There he went was he through the needle?
Or was he just looking for the eye?
There he went up the mountain there he went so high
There he went he never saw her but she's, she's already in the sky
Here she comes down the river here she comes in white
Here she comes and he sighs "Lord, it's God's own beauty
But look she's, she's already in the sky."
There she goes down the river there she goes in white
There he goes and now he's delivered
And he's, he's already in the sky
Shining…shining…shinning…like the night
11) Popul Vuh
Earth is glazed with sacred places
The heart is made of secret cases
The birth is weighed with a holy chasing-
The sacred hunt of your heart
Sacred hunt of your heart
Before you were born
You helped to make a chart
(where our spirits assemble)
of the sacred hunt of your heart
where our spirits assemble
where our spirits go,
come and go come and go
Angels of high energy
Pray in rhythm to the synergy
Celebrated in a spinning tapestry
We create with our humble harmony
Is this the world
Or just a dream
This might just be a hologram
Sent from light to se if we can
Sent from light to see if we can
Listen
With our hands
With the pulse of our hands
Can you listen or are you just running like a fool
Are you just doing just to do?
Listen
It's a little harder
It's a little harder than we thought it would be
It takes a lot to
It takes a lot to part the sea
And when it gets darker
Be still
Hear your light
Beneath the olive tree
(green means hope)