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The Moon is Always Full

by Mare Berger

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1.
We are the winter’s quilt, we are the poet’s tongue, We are the roots of a tree, we are its leaves falling. We are the summer’s rain, we are the child’s laugh, We are the elder’s cane, we are everything, We are everything. We are the silenced people’s cry, we are the ones who stand up. We bring the key to the cage. We sew the wings to their sleeves. And we sing, and we sing for their lives. And we sing, and we sing for our lives. Oh, we are the ocean, Oh, we are a drop. Oh, we are a mountain, Oh, we are a rock. Oh, we are a flower, Oh, we are the seed. Oh, we are the seeker, Oh, we are found. Even when we forget we are, we are. Even when we forget we are, we are. Even when we forget we are, we are. We are a star, a firefly, The moon’s rise, the wind’s fall, We are everything. We are everything.
2.
When light’s too bright, we cannot see A sound too loud, we cannot hear Plants too close, cannot grow Step away, step away, my dear Step away, step away, my dear. When we think we know, we know nothing When we are too close we cannot see. When we say it all, we say nothing. Step away, step away, my dear. Step away, step away, my dear. And watch me as you watch the moon. Give me space to disappear. I’ll wax and wane, but never leave. I’ll stay the same, but always change. Step away, step away my dear. The moon knows the earth from miles away. Please see my whole self, not just this part. Please see my whole self, not just this part. The moon pulls inwards, and stirs the tides. Now you pull inwards, and I’ll pull inwards And our tide will rise. The moon sees the earth from miles away. Their love is as clear, as it is far. Please see my whole self, not just this part. Please see my whole self, not just this part. And watch me as you watch the moon. Give me space to disappear. I’ll wax and wane, but never leave. I’ll stay the same, but always change. Step away, step away my dear.
3.
The day the moon became the sun She grew a long red beard Put on her hat, and smoked her pipe Soon after, disappeared. And we all forgot. And we all forgot. All the while the moon was singing: I am more than what you see, I am more than what you see When I am red, I’m still gray When I am gone, I’m still there When I am waning, I am full I am everything at once. And we sang back, to the moon: Let us remember, let us remember That we are already whole Let us remember, let us remember That we are already whole. The day the sun became the moon He slivered into curves And wore a silky hazel dress That floated in the wind. His hair out long, the curls swung down Like rope, we thought we could climb up to him. For we all forgot, for we all forgot. All the while the sun kept singing: You cannot come close to me You cannot look into me But I am everywhere at once My light is what you see. I grow the gardens I lift the seeds I dry the river And I burn the trees. But will you ever truly see me? And we sang back to the sun: Let us remember, let us remember That we may never be known Let us remember, let us remember That we may never be known.
4.
Stardust 05:12
Stardust in our eyes Falling from the sky Will we see our dreams Come to life Are you the one for me Am I the one you see There are so many questions What is our story Stardust on our tongues We taste the glow, we taste the light The universe inside Stardust in our breath We inhale The light In our chest Do we know That we are Everything
5.
Why did you leave that way Your letter spoke nothing of pain. Why couldn’t you’ve shared your sorrow ‘Stead of hiding it in flames. Ashes in the park ground Spread out in the soil. I dig my hands into the body The body, the earth, the grave. I place some seeds into the ash Hoping that new life will come. And as the flower rises, We’ll know that death can grow. The moon is full and I must let you go. The moon is full and I must let you go. I pray that the seed will grow. I pray that the seed will grow. I pray that the seed will grow.
6.
Praise this fear that holds me down. Praise this fear, for I’m allowed. Praise my shaking shaking speech. Praise this fear that makes me me. Praise this fear that holds my story. Praise this fear and all its glory. Praise this fear I’m still alive. Without the fear, I would have tried. I could write you a letter, cause you’re wrong. But is it possible beneath the words, beneath the fear, beneath the walls Beneath the timing and the errors, is it possible that you do? But what if everything I gave you, I gave to me. And everything I thought you had was just my dream. What if all the love I thought was yours, Turned out, To me mine, All along All along The way home. All along All along The way home.
7.
Wondering 04:57
When does a person become a thought When does the thought become a dream When does the dream pour into life What does a memory mean What is outside, and what is my mind When something is over, where does it go Is a moment that passes, no longer mine Is a song still a song, if it’s just an echo I left you trembling, under the rain Wondering, whispering, hoping our fate Time has kept going, but also, not changed What are you dreaming, are our dreams the same Is there another way to hold eachother again Wills in the willow Yes’s in the spring I keep a wondering when we’ll be free Flames in the west-wind, Dissent in the breeze I keep a wondering, when we’ll be free. I fall apart as the day slowly fades Wonderin’ if you do, for I feel the same I feel the same.
8.
You are within my soul I am within your soul You are within my soul I am within your soul I am you You are me I am you You are me. When will we love a stranger like we love our lover When will we feed the hungry like we feed our daughter When will we hold the lonely like we hold our mother Will I see in your eyes, a little of mine? I heal for you, I heal for me. I hurt for you, I hurt for me. We never end, we never start. In this short breath, we’re all we’ve got. I am you You are me I am you You are me.

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The Moon Is Always Full is a song cycle about the moon, loss, wholeness and our interconnectedness.

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released May 24, 2020

Featuring: Mare Berger, voice/piano/guitar/compositions; Rebecca Sullivan, voice; Jean Rohe, voice; Ludovica Burtone, violin; Abby Swidler, violin; Joanna Mattrey, viola; Kristen Drymala, cello and Ilusha Tsinadze, guitar/voice. Cover Art by: Carrie MaKenna; Art book paintings + Graphic Design by: Liz Blackford
Recorded and Mixed by: Nathaniel Morgan
Mastered by: Mat Leffler-Schulman

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