Half-Moon Veil

Intro

Mm

Mm-hmm

Breathe slow

Verse 1

Curtains of silk in the warm haze

Your name a prayer on my tongue

Midnight pours gold through the lattice

Honey and smoke all along

Chorus

Dance for me under the half-moon

Sway like the river bends

Let your shadow kiss my two lips

This is where the night begins

Post-Chorus

Ooh-ah

Ooh-ah

Ooh-ah

Hold me close

Verse 2

Your fingers trace rivers on my skin

Old stories written in the dark

Heartbeat drumming like desert rain

Burning slow to leave a mark

Chorus

Dance for me under the half-moon

Sway like the river bends

Let your shadow kiss my two lips

This is where the night begins

Post-Chorus

Ooh-ah

Ooh-ah

Ooh-ah

Hold me close

Bridge

Turn the lamp low and let the walls fall

Falling falling under your call

Take the dark take the heat take it all

Two souls tangled in a veil

Chorus

Dance for me under the half-moon

Sway like the river bends

Let your shadow kiss my two lips

This is where the night begins

Verse 3

Scarlet thread unwinds from your wrist

Every knot a secret we keep

Lavender oil pools in the curve

Of your collarbone falling asleep

Slow slow the room starts to lean

Copper lamps bow to your waist

Nothing between us but breath and the drum

And the taste of a night we can't waste

Chorus

Dance for me under the half-moon

Sway like the river bends

Let your shadow kiss my two lips

This is where the night begins

Post-Chorus

Ooh-ah

Ooh-ah

Ooh-ah

Hold me closer

Verse 4

Braids come loose like rope off a mast

Your hips write a language I know

Every ring on your finger a bell

Every turn makes the cold air glow

Say my name in the old tongue

Let it roll like a stone through the room

I would trade every dawn I have left

For one more hour of this tune

Pre-Chorus

And the walls are listening

And the sand is glistening

Let it pour let it pour over me

Let it pour let it pour over me

Chorus

Dance for me under the half-moon

Sway like the river bends

Let your shadow kiss my two lips

This is where the night begins

Drop

Ooh-ah

Ooh-ah

Sway sway sway

Ooh-ah

Ooh-ah

Hold me close

Bridge 2

Unravel me slow

Thread by thread by thread

Unravel me slow

Till there's nothing left to hide

(Unravel me slow)

(Till there's nothing left)

Unravel me slow

Verse 5

Morning is a rumor we ignore

Locks are turned the candle burns low

Your spine a staircase I climb

Down into the amber and the glow

If the world ends at sunrise

Let it end at sunrise

I'll be right here

Counting every breath you owe

Chorus

Dance for me under the half-moon

Sway like the river bends

Let your shadow kiss my two lips

This is where the

Interlude

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Hmm-mm

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Verse 6

Now the room is a well and I'm falling

Every candle a star going dim

You untie the last knot at your shoulder

And the night pulls the walls further in

I can hear the oud speaking in half-steps

I can feel the floor tilt like a tide

If desire is a door left unlatched

Then tonight I am walking inside

Pre-Chorus

And the air is turning amber

And my hands forget their shape

Let it hold let it hold me under

Let it hold let it hold me under

Chorus

Dance for me under the half-moon

Sway like the river bends

Let your shadow kiss my two lips

This is where the night begins

Drop

Ooh-ah

Ooh-ah

Fall fall fall

Ooh-ah

Ooh-ah

Don't let go

Verse 7

Copper coins on the sill catching moonlight

Your anklet a small silver song

Every step leaves a print in the incense

Every pause makes the moment grow long

I have known other rooms other mornings

I have counted the hours like beads

But the way that you lean into silence

Is the only prayer I need

Verse 8

Draw the curtain but leave it half open

Let the garden come whisper its green

There's a jasmine that blooms after midnight

And it smells like the space in between

Put your palm flat against my sternum

Feel the drum that refuses to slow

There is nowhere that I'd rather be lost

Than the map of the places you go

Bridge 3

Take it slow take it slow take it slower

Till the morning forgets where we are

Take it slow take it slow take it slower

Till the sky is a rumor afar

(Take it slow)

(Till the sky is a rumor)

Take it slow

Chorus

Dance for me under the half-moon

Sway like the river bends

Let your shadow kiss my two lips

This is where the night begins

Post-Chorus

Ooh-ah

Ooh-ah

Ooh-ah

Pull me under

Verse 9

Velvet of dusk on your collarbone

Salt of the desert still warm on your skin

I am a door you keep opening wider

You are the room I keep walking in

Let the last ember crumble to powder

Let the last of the music go thin

I will hold every second you gave me

Like water I'm carrying in

Pre-Chorus

And the dawn is only waiting

And I'm not afraid to stay

Let it pour let it pour over me

Let it pour let it pour over me

Chorus

Dance for me under the half-moon

Sway like the river bends

Let your shadow kiss my two lips

This is where the night begins

Drop

Ooh-ah

Ooh-ah

Stay stay stay

Ooh-ah

Ooh-ah

Don't wake me

Outro

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Mm-hmm

Verse 10

Sand still warm where you laid your hip

Moon half gone but it won't let go

I keep your anklet around my wrist

Listen close and it starts to glow

There's a door in the garden wall

Where the jasmine climbs like a vine

If the morning wants a war with us

Then the morning can wait in line

Pre-Chorus

And the drum is slowing down

And the drum is slowing down

Let it hold let it hold me under

Let it hold let it hold me under

Chorus

Dance for me under the half-moon

Sway like the river bends

Let your shadow kiss my two lips

This is where the night begins

Drop

Ooh-ah

Ooh-ah

Stay stay stay

Ooh-ah

Ooh-ah

Pull me under

Verse 11

You wear the oud like a second voice

Every string a complaint and a plea

I have studied the curve of your shoulder

Like a map of the things I believe

Fold the dawn in a square of silk

Put it under the bed for now

There is salt on the roof of your mouth

And I follow it back to your mouth

Verse 12

Copper bowls full of water and lime

You anoint both my eyes with your thumb

Every hour that I've ever lived

Was a hallway that led to this room

Say the word and I'll barter the sky

Say the word and I'll barter the sea

There is nothing I wouldn't hand over

For one more slow turn of your feet

Bridge 4

Lower the wick lower the wick low

Till the room is a rumor of gold

Lower the wick lower the wick low

Till the walls have forgotten their cold

(Lower the wick)

(Till the room is a rumor)

Lower the wick

Chorus

Dance for me under the half-moon

Sway like the river bends

Let your shadow kiss my two lips

This is where the night begins

Post-Chorus

Ooh-ah

Ooh-ah

Ooh-ah

Hold me closer

Verse 13

Half a moon is still half a moon

Half a night is still more than I've earned

I would count every hair on your head

Just to make sure you don't slip away turned

There's a well at the end of the yard

Where the frogs keep their secrets and sing

If I threw in my name would it echo

Back the shape of the man I could be

Verse 14

Your breath is a slow tambourine

Keeping time with the drip of the tap

I have never been good at goodbyes

So I'm practicing holding you back

Draw a circle of salt on the sill

Draw a circle of salt on the door

Let the djinn in the rafters keep watch

We are busy and we are not bored

Pre-Chorus

And the dawn is almost here

And the dawn is almost here

Let it hold let it hold me under

Let it hold let it hold me under

Chorus

Dance for me under the half-moon

Sway like the river bends

Let your shadow kiss my two lips

This is where the night begins

Drop

Ooh-ah

Ooh-ah

Fall fall fall

Ooh-ah

Ooh-ah

Don't wake me

Verse 15

There is tea going cold on the tray

There is wax on the lip of the jar

There is one strand of hair on my chest

Like a thread from a distant star

I have known what it means to be lonely

I have carried that weight like a stone

But tonight I am only a body

Learning the shape of your bones

Verse 16

Let the last of the oud go quiet

Let the bass take the weight from the air

Every step that you took through my doorway

Is a prayer that I answered somewhere

If I wake and you're still beside me

If I wake and the moon is still high

I will pour you a glass of the morning

And we'll drink it and we won't ask why

Bridge 5

Take it slow take it slow take it slower

Till the world forgets our names

Take it slow take it slow take it slower

Till the candles burn the same

(Take it slow)

(Till the world forgets us)

Take it slow

Chorus

Dance for me under the half-moon

Sway like the river bends

Let your shadow kiss my two lips

This is where the night begins

Drop

Ooh-ah

Ooh-ah

Sway sway sway

Ooh-ah

Ooh-ah

Don't let go

Verse 17

Now the sky is a thin grey lid

And the birds are tuning their throats

You are still asleep on my arm

And the half-moon is taking its notes

I could grieve for the end of the dark

I could beg for a few minutes more

But the way that you breathe in the daylight

Is a song I've been waiting for

Verse 18

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