This is actually not my song.  It’s written by my old friend Judd Sather, who was the lead singer of the very first band I joined, the second year of college.  He didn’t write this song for that band.  After I graduated, he and I tried to put an act together for a year or so — and this song came out from that era, when we were playing folkier songs.  All the lyrics and music are his, except that I added the bridge.

And I must say, the part I added is my favorite part of this song.  ;-)  It’s a nice bridge that adds contrast, and it builds to a very satisfying, climactic return to the chorus at the end.  I think this one will turn out nicely with a full band production.

Aristotle's Hope: August Moon

Music: Judd Sather/Ari Koinuma
Lyrics: Judd Sather

In the beginning there was infinite time and infinite space
The earth was without form and void
And the darkness was upon the face of the deep
The spirit of God was moving over the water’s face
And heavenly bodies they were flung into the sea
The day and the night and the light and the furmament,  they all fell in lines
The lands appeared and the water gathered together, keeping the rhyme and time

A world without pain
Celestial beings dancing in the rain
Illuminate the haunting mystery
The majesty and the darkness bow on bended kneee
To the August Moon

I used to think that I know
The way it all eventually should go
But now I find that tightly woven dreams
They tend to unwind
Deliberate the choices we make
The chances we didn’t take
On a midnight walk I raise my palms to you
Give me an answer soon