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TO THE MOON
SINGING TO THE MOON is an American indie pop rock band from Los Angeles, California. The band consists of sisters Este, Danielle and Alana, and drummer Dash Hutton. The group's pop sound on their studio work stands in contrast to the more rock-based music of their live shows. The sisters grew up in a musical family, and began playing instruments from an early age in cover bands with their parents. They began performing as SINGING TO THE MOON in 2007, but did not seriously consider a professional career for some years. Este graduated with a degree in Ethnomusicology, while Danielle became a successful touring guitarist with Jenny Lewis and The Strokes' frontman, Julian Casablancas, on his solo tours. This led to SINGING TO THE MOON resuming as a full-time operation in 2012.
The group's first release, Forever (an EP released on a limited-time download), combined with positive reception at the South by Southwest festival, led to a deal with Polydor Records and a management deal with Jay-Z's Roc Nation group in mid-2012. The band began recording material for their first album, Days Are Gone, in between touring, including appearances at the Glastonbury Festival. The album charted in the top ten in several countries, including the number onespot in the UK, and the group had won several "best of" awards by the end of 2013. The group was nominated for Best New Artist at the 57th Annual Grammy Awards and is recording a second album.
“Pervigilo” Is it your fear of losing That makes you go further What makes me wonder friend Is how you get away with your lies ‘Cause maybe you have noticed That I appreciate your company And every time you have to go I regret I didn’t let you know I could love you And when you hung up the phone I realized I was alone And I can’t help it You’re just so beautiful I can’t help it You’re so beautiful You may have seen the world dear But you don’t know me That’s why all of this Seems so absurd I lie awake at night Picturing me and you
I wish I could make it All clear you see I could love you And soon the fall is here Turning us cold And I can’t help it You’re so beautiful I can’t help it You’re so beautiful Oh the morning light But the demons they come at night I want to be your appetite I want to be your good dreams, your bad dreams I can’t help it You’re so beautiful
“Our Own Pretty Ways” Let’s not spill the truth It’s easier being alone You’re a shadow of the old And I want something new
You’ll start drinking again I can see it now clear How you’ll wake up every morning With a new bird in your cage
You’ve quit dreaming again I can see it now clear But I’ll wake up every morning With the big black and the blue
Even the most peaceful town Once was a battle ground Well we all change in our own ways In our own pretty ways
Let’s take this for what it is You tell me you have changed Well we all change in our own ways In our own pretty ways
Even in our police state Someone dares to demonstrate Well we fight in our own ways But nothing ever change
It all comes down to this I’m an ocean, you’re the rain The ice is melting fast But you’re not pulling down the brakes
“Little Moon” Birds are leaving over here I saw them sail away They looked just like saints Little one I heard myself whisper your name I was asleep in a dream Then you woke me up Little sun The way you look at me know These lights that used to shine I’ve been blowing them out Little One Well I remember those few nights When the sky it stared right back at us Felt so small standing next to you Little moon
“Blue” In the morning on the train You sit and stare out at the rain Or bury yourself in your books Don’t look at no strangers No, don’t give them any looks Why you ask yourself, why you’re so afraid Why you hesitate when someone asks your name They’ll come too close if you tell them the truth Who’s to say they want something from you But you’re just a shell of Your former you That stranger in the mirror Oh, that’s you Why’d you look so blue? And the only man you ever loved You thought was gonna marry you Died in a car accident when he was only 22Then you just decided, love wasn’t for you
And every year since then Has proved it to be true Now you’re just a shell of Your former you That stranger in the mirror Oh, that’s you Why’d you look so blue? Maybe tomorrow you will make a change Maybe someday soon you will find the strength Now you’re just a shell of Your former you That stranger in the mirror Oh, that’s you Why’d you look so blue?
“I Found A Way” It’s me, it’s me, you’ve come to take My duality awakes By midnight time I could not see, If I were you or you were me We play the game with skillful hands And so I asked for your demands Give me your love, give me your thumb And he traced us back to where we begun So the morning came And swept the night away As I was looking for A way to disappear Amongst the quiet things And all these empty streets I found a way, I found a way To reappear... I’ll follow you Where you go Yes, I’ll be there Just so you know I need your condolence
And your trust But I won’t ask Won’t ask for much There’s a heavy load upon our backs Of things we carry from the past My guilt-filled mind, it tried to run But it traced us back to where we begun So the morning came And swept the night away As I was looking for A way to disappear Amongst the quiet things And all these empty streets I found a way, I found a way To reappear... I’ll follow you Where you go Yes, I’ll be there Just so you know
I need your condolence And your trust But I won’t ask Won’t ask for much I’ll only ask for so much No, I won’t ask, won’t ask for much So the morning came Swept the night away I found a way I found a way To reappear...
“The Bell” Don’t place your bets on me I’m tired and I’m lonely With nothing to offer you Nothing to offer you The pavement stares gray and cold Our lives are a story told Coming to an ending It’s coming to an ending How could I turn around? Face the sound of the bell that chimes? Ringing out, shrill and loud To drag me back down But I’m not coming home Been out here for so long The road it just stretches on Till I stop pretending Till I stop pretending But the world is an empty frame And now you are just a name I’ll keep it that way
It’s staying that way How could I turn around? Face the sound of the bell that chimes? Ringing out, shrill and loud To drag me back down But I’m not coming home I tried hard to be brave I tried hard not to be afraid But trying wasn’t enough I tried hard to be brave I tried hard not to be afraid But trying wasn’t enough
I’m sorry, I’m sorry Can you hear the bell? Can you hear the bell? The bell, the bell Can you hear the bell? Can you hear the bell? The bell, the bell From the rust that lies deep in its throat I hear solemn monotone notes The danger, the ebbs, and the flows In the silence of night it lets me know That I’m not coming home
“Cedar Lane” Rows after rows of passenger planes Headed out again, running all in vain Motel blues, only bad news I’m never looking for you You find me all the same I lay awake at night envisioning A trace from the past This heavy heart of mine, it never fails To bring me right back Now I see us walking down Cedar Lane Slow in the sunshine fast in the rain Time moved so swiftly all of those days I still remember how you used to say “Something good will come out of this” Coast after coast, cities and states My world’s an empty map where nothing remains The place we belonged is quietly gone While we were making plans, it drifted away
I lie awake at night envisioning A trace from the past This heavy heart of mine, it never fails To bring me right back Now I see us walking down Cedar Lane Slow in the sunshine fast in the rain Time moved so swiftly all of those days I still remember how you used to say “Something good will come out of this” “Something good will come out of this” How could I break away from you? How could I break away from you? How could I break away from you? How could I break away from you? How could I break away from you? How could I break away from you? How could I break away from you? How could I break away from you?
“Fleeting One” Now, I see winter’s dawn The wind turns traitor cold Seems long since summer time And the stories that were told We spoke of dreams that came to us When we were young But as the morning rose We spoke with forked tongues My love is a fleeting one My man could be anyone And our love is a setting sun As we took those evening walks Down through the graveyard Those names engraved always Put a new shade to my thoughts But he and I, we both knew The bread that we break Would never take their place What’s cold, you mustn’t await My life is a fleeting one
My work is just a web I’ve spun Oh, my life is a setting sun I don’t know where I’m going But no one is coming with me I won’t give up chasing love, son Here I go, look at me run Here I go Look at me run Here I go Look at me run My love is a fleeting one My man could be anyone And our love is a setting sun
My life is a fleeting one My work is just a web I’ve spun Oh, my life is a setting sun Baffled by the lies we blamed We met the end too soon I was honest when I told you We’re as cryptic as the moon
“Hard Believer” So you ask for my opinion well what is there to say To be honest and just foolish won’t make you want to stay You’ve got to go on and get moving and I can’t do that for you Got so many plans and so much you want to do Love is tough, time is rough On me Well I see you’ve got your bible your delusion imagery Well I don’t need your eternity or your meaning to feel free I just live because I love to and that’s enough you see So don’t come preach about morality that’s just human sense to me Love is tough, time is rough On me
And it’s one life and it’s this life and it’s beautiful Love is tough, time is rough On me
“Jagadamba, You Might” I see the animals run past me You know me better than the wind Let me open the door for you You might see the sun Your little mama and your papa They’ll sing lullabies for you And the seals are singing jagadamba Coconut trees are swinging jagadamba The reasons for this fight’s forgiven Yet we still don’t want to lose But, kid, don’t tell me that you’re frightened This war begun long before you were born And the gods are denying jagadamba When the wind’s not lying jagadamba
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