Sing To the Moon - Laura Mvula

I've always been told we hold black holes inside They know from the start that every star must die It seems too convenient to lose track of time Now that you're gone, will my orbit unwind? What northern wind blew us into the street? And what fatal one will we all someday meet? Swept into a palace with no sign of a king No court for us jesters, but we like to Sing of the moon as it sometimes gets shy Running from lovers through starry-eyes skies Morning comes quick bringing tragic goodbyes But nothing ever really does, right? Someone's lighting candles all over my floor And placed "holy of holies" through every door But who are our doubts said to? Some half of the evening knew Of listening ears, long withdrew So we sing of the moon and the face that it hides Shining just half of its truth to our skies But bring me the sun that gives it all its light I don't want to just wait to die Alright

Tell me once again I could have been anyone, anyone else Before you made the choice for me My feet knew the path We walked in the dark, in the dark I never gave a single thought to where it might lead All those empty rooms We could have been anywhere, anywhere else Instead I made a bed with apathy My heart knew the weight Ten years worth of dust and neglect We made our peace with weariness and let it be The moon will sing a song for me I loved you like the sun Bore the shadows that you made With no light of my own I shine only with the light you gave me I shine only with the light you gave me Name your courage now We could have had anything, anything else Instead you hoarded all that's left of me Swallowing your doubt Like swords to the pit of my belly I want to feel the fire that you kept from me The moon will sing a song for me I loved you like the sun Bore the shadows that you made With no light of my own I shine only with the light you gave me I shine only with the light you gave me I shine only with the light you gave me (I could have been anyone, anyone) I shine only with the light you gave me (I could have been anyone, anyone)

Sometimes the grass ain't greener on the other side. Maybe the sky is clearer in another place. But you got diamonds under your feet. But you got diamonds in your heart. Waiting for a day of change to come. And you're beautiful, dancing in a gloomy store. But you got diamonds under your feet. But you got diamonds in your heart. But you got diamonds in your heart

I've been doing the best I can With all that I have All I really needed was a little compassion Another blow to the ego A victim of conditional love All up into my shadow Oh, you make it look easy When you took it all from me Left me for empty That familiar sorrow Another blow to the ego What kinda magic Poof-poof and then vanish Drop me at the ground zero Another blow to my ego I don't cry no tears for you I needed love unconditional Another blow to the ego A victim of conditional love Don't live in the fiasco Done giving in to a feeling Taken up in a moonbeam Woke up in a mid-dream A provisional kindred soul Another blow to the ego A victim of conditional love What kinda habit Leave me here stranded Think I need to fly solo Break the chain to my ego I don't cry no tears for you I needed love unconditional I don't cry no tears for you (cry for you) I needed love unconditional I don't cry no tears for you I needed love unconditional I don't cry no tears for you (cry for you) I needed love unconditional