Sister Moon from Sister Moon by Andrea von Kampen

This song was inspired by my time on the New England coast while I was chatting with locals at the Newport Folk Festival. The festival that year had an eerie feeling as we all social distanced and tried to make the best of it but felt like every move we made could have a lasting negative impact. I was reminded how little control we had over the outcomes, how little control these people had over sea level rising in the coming years, and I wrote this song when I got home. Saint Francis of Assisi was a mystic who was deeply connected with the natural world around him, he felt so related to the world that he began to call the moon. Sister moon, and the sun, brother sun. I felt that the only way to make sense of this mess of a situation we had gotten ourselves in as humans was to relate back to Saint Francis. We are here to care for the earth, not to destroy it. This song introduces a concept that runs through the whole album.

Tracklist

1.	Sister Moon	2:54

Lyrics

The spirit blows where it will
So can I get a little bit over here

A constant need to reach
For the stars above you and me

Sister moon
Will your tides rise up too soon

And I’m gonna move
To a northland where stars are in view
To a northland where stars are in view

The heat knows how to creep
Into an afternoon in early spring

So I asked that lady by the sea
If she was starting to worry

Sister moon
Will your tides rise up too soon

And I’m gonna move
To a northland where stars are in view
To a northland where stars are in view

Credits

from Sister Moon, track released October 19, 2023
Vocals - Andrea von Kampen
Guitar - Andrea von Kampen
Piano - David von Kampen
Drums - Paul von Kampen
Bass - Bobby Scharmann

Engineered by Ben Brodin at Hand Branch Studio
Mastered by Doug van Sloun at Focus Mastering

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