The Moon Has Overcome – TTBB
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TTTBBB
a cappella
2001
4:30 min.
also available in SATB
Commissioned by: Chanson
Text:
the Moon has overcome
Brett C. McDermid
the Moon has overcome
the sun has lost this war
with battles raging on
the earth now spins
in silence
sound is far away
from night’s dark cloaking shade
whisper solitude
breath is all
in silence
i try to calm my fear
of waking night’s dark soldiers
the creaking and the twisted bough
i cannot hide from darkness
with one large eye
it watches this land
now fill with tears
i see shadow’s silhouettes
in absent light they dance
silently
the earth is hung with darkness
a lightless creature glowing
the victor clear demanding
the Moon is riding high