⚪ False Moon ⚪

FALSE MOON [SIGNAL — close, almost whispered] blue light against the glass don’t move ...move [LOW PULSE] something humming through the room something calling without sound back to light belly to dark I know better and still— [ORBIT I] circle once circle twice false moon false moon tilt again correct tilt again correct I thought you knew my name [DROP — mostly instrumental] false moon false moon false— [INVERSION] upside down turn again back to front turn again I kept trying to get upright using you as the sky [LOW-END BREAK] I wasn’t circling you [pause] I was trying to find up [ORBIT II] wrong light right body wrong light right body every turn a correction every correction bent me wrong [DROP — vocal shards] up down up down moon moon only bright [FRAGMENT] powder on my shoulders velvet on my skin you mistook my orbit for permission to come in [LOW PULSE] wanting isn’t worship [pause] wanting isn’t worship [SHADOW] Moonlight doesn’t chase me Moonlight doesn’t beg Moonlight leaves the window open lets me choose the edge [EMPTY SPACE] I thought you were the moon [pause] you were only bright [REORIENTATION] no wonder I was tired no wonder I got lost turning turning turning trying to make the wrong light mean up [FINAL ORBIT] false moon false moon circle once circle twice false moon false moon not every light gets to tell me where I’m bound [FINAL DROP] not every light not every light wrong light right body not every light not every light [OUTBREATH] I know which way is up now.