The Moon

by The Shipbuilders

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In the heart of the town that cries for the sea
Where the bitter sting in the scent of the lemon trees
Hides among the whispers of the orange grove
I hear the tempest’s charge and the thunder of hoofs
rattle through the hollowed streets whilst high above the roofs
the fractured clouds disappear to show…

They show what I know…

The moon, the moon, the moon
Has a halo and my love has died
and if the same fate falls on me
leave the veranda open wide!

The bloodstains of the land tell the same story;
that in death there can never be glory
and the bullet holes in the church walls show
So here I stand, my arms open wide
Where the wailings of this life and the next collide
the fractured clouds disappear to show…

They show what I know…

The moon, the moon, the moon
Has a halo and my love has died
and if the same fate falls on me
leave the veranda open wide!

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released February 25, 2022

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The Shipbuilders Liverpool, UK

"Spaghetti Western with a Liverpool jangle... great surf-noir-shanty" - Chris Hawkins, BBC 6Music

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