STREAM/DOWNLOAD: https://ditto.fm/thousand-stars

´Thousand Stars` is a song that takes you back to a time before the pandemic; where spring was a time full of light and hope ... but most of all, it speaks to a desire to have certainty in a time of doubt.  In other words, ‘Thousand Stars’ is the perfect soundtrack to a spring like no other

LYRICS:
Why don’t you tell me,
I´m no good for you right now?
It’s been so heavy this season
too much for my own mind.
Oh, I don’t want to talk about the time
when there was space between us.
Featherlight out the window you flew,
I slowly sank with the season.

Let's get lost in each other.
And pretend that we don’t care, at all.

I watched a thousand stars collide in the hallway,
while I was sinking like a stone.
And now I find you
In all the small things

Why don’t you give me a reason
You need a place where you can breathe out
Second-guessing, why’d you leave me
Is there a way that we can make it right?
And you’ve been calling me late at night
Do you want it I can’t see it
Well, it’s gone, and was it ever good?
You know it’s hard to believe it

Let's get lost in each other.
And pretend that we don’t care, at all.

I watched a thousand stars collide in the hallway,
while I was sinking like a stone.
And now I find you
In all the small things


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FACEBOOK: www.facebook.com/FrancisMoonMusic/
SPOTIFY: spoti.fi/2Ez563E
SOUNDCLOUD: @francismoon
INSTAGRAM: www.instagram.com/francisincolor/

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FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/thehollowmens
SPOTIFY: https://open.spotify.com/artist/2n1XDJJ6HBSQvn4essanna?si=d2eB_bqVQQSToNVi3d_5TQ 
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Released by AlexrainbirdRecords. @alexrainbirdmusic

Thousand Stars (feat. The Hollow Men)

STREAM/DOWNLOAD: https://ditto.fm/thousand-stars-acoustic

´Thousand Stars` is a song that takes you back to a time before the pandemic; where spring was a time full of light and hope ... but most of all, it speaks to a desire to have certainty in a time of doubt.  In other words, ‘Thousand Stars’ is the perfect soundtrack to a spring like no other

Francis Moon and The Hollow Men specifically created two versions of ‘Thousand Stars’, with this acoustic release more suiting The Hollow Men’s brand of chilled piano pop. With the duo based in different countries, they collaborated over the internet to reimagine ‘Thousand Stars’ as a soft emotional lullaby, ideal for listening at night-time.


LYRICS:
Why don’t you tell me,
I´m no good for you right now?
It’s been so heavy this season
too much for my own mind.
Oh, I don’t want to talk about the time
when there was space between us.
Featherlight out the window you flew,
I slowly sank with the season.

Let's get lost in each other.
And pretend that we don’t care, at all.

I watched a thousand stars collide in the hallway,
while I was sinking like a stone.
And now I find you
In all the small things

Why don’t you give me a reason
You need a place where you can breathe out
Second-guessing, why’d you leave me
Is there a way that we can make it right?
And you’ve been calling me late at night
Do you want it I can’t see it
Well, it’s gone, and was it ever good?
You know it’s hard to believe it

Let's get lost in each other.
And pretend that we don’t care, at all.

I watched a thousand stars collide in the hallway,
while I was sinking like a stone.
And now I find you
In all the small things


Find Francis Moon on
FACEBOOK: www.facebook.com/FrancisMoonMusic/
SPOTIFY: spoti.fi/2Ez563E
SOUNDCLOUD: @francismoon
INSTAGRAM: www.instagram.com/francisincolor/

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FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/thehollowmens
SPOTIFY: https://open.spotify.com/artist/2n1XDJJ6HBSQvn4essanna?si=d2eB_bqVQQSToNVi3d_5TQ 
SOUNDCLOUD: https://soundcloud.com/thehollowmens
INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/thehollowmens/

Released by AlexrainbirdRecords. @alexrainbirdmusic

Thousand Stars (Acoustic) feat. The Hollow Men

STREAM/DOWNLOAD: https://distrokid.com/hyperfollow/deadritualsfrancismoon/tangled-up

Francis Moon and Dead Rituals recently joined forces on a new single titled “Tangled Up.” The track falls somewhere in between lush dream-pop melodies and alt-rock angst. The mood is catchy, and energetic, capturing the nuances of both artists' styles.


LYRICS:

(Francis Moon)
What if I told you
that I don’t really wanna know
What you’ve been up to lately
But it’s hard to not get
caught in your cobweb

What If I told you what’s been on my mind
That I’m somehow holding on
I don’t know what to call this 
But you can call it
Whatever you want

Oh you gotta gotta give me more
Staring out the window like so many times before

I wish we weren’t so tangled up

Chorus (Dead Rituals)
Why cant we make it like it used to be
Yeah we had it and it made sense
I’ve forgotten what you used to see in me
Now we are fading in the past tense 

Verse (Francis Moon)
What if I told you
That things still weigh me down
Sometimes I’m happy that you’re not around
Because it beats and it breaks inside of me

What if I told you what’s been on my mind 
That I’m somehow moving on 
(hard to get you out of my mind)
I don’t know what to call this 
But you can call it
Whatever you want

Oh you gotta gotta give me more
Staring out the window like so many times before

I wish we weren’t so tangled up


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Dead Rituals, Francis Moon - Tangled Up

Hey everyone! I´m back with a new single, this one is slightly different than my previous ones, but I hope you'll love it! :) 

STREAM/DOWNLOAD: https://distrokid.com/hyperfollow/francismoon/let-you-go-2

The new single 'Let You Go' takes my music in a beautiful new direction with more acoustic and folk elements. The song came to life after moving to a new country, and talks about expectations, miscommunication, and disappointment that forces you to let something go and start over from scratch.



LYRICS:
Oh, I remember what you told me
In all those late conversations.
You said “I´ll always leave a light on for you”
No matter the distance.

Oh, I remember what it felt like
To be stuck in all your pieces
What seemed so simple in the moonlight
tend to hurt in the morning sun.

It hurts to know
If you think I’m like the others
But they don’t know you like I do, no
And in the middle of the night 
I try to call you
But nothing seems to ever get through to you

So I let you
Go
Oh Oh Oh...

Oh, I remember the hills and valleys
All the promises we’ve made.
And now the leaves are slowly falling to the ground.
I´ll stay wild at heart, 
through the dark of night.

Oh, I had a dream things were different
Oh, that we saw it in a new light
I´m sorry, I’m sorry you don’t want them
All the colors, I keep inside.



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Let You Go

'Christmas With You' is about the longing to return home to be with loved ones for Christmas. 
Merry Christmas everyone. :)

STREAM/DOWNLOAD: https://distrokid.com/hyperfollow/francismoon/christmas-with-you


LYRICS:
Oh, please go ahead now
lay your head on my shoulder.
You hold a snowflake up in your palm. 
while I sing a silly Christmas song. 
Outside the window,
the snow is slowly falling to the ground. 
Oh, did I ever tell you,
how lovely you are
how you sink into my skin and bones.

There is something about you
shining in the Christmas lights.
Oh, I can see you glowing
glowing like the stars at night.

This feels like home.
Did I ever tell you
all I want for this year.
Is to spend Christmas with you.

Oh, please go ahead now
move a little bit closer to me.
We can stand under the mistletoe
and try to make the moment last.
Outside the window
the snow is now covering the ground.
But did I ever tell you
how pretty you are,
In that Christmas sweater.
Nothing could be better.

There is something about you
How you make me feel alright
Oh, I can see you.


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Christmas With You

After spontaneously meeting in Sweden 10 years ago, my friend Andrea (Dead Rituals) and I formed a band. We wrote this song and recorded it in my small one-room apartment with nothing but a cheap mic and a laptop. Despite that, people seemed to love it (except for the angry neighbor that rang my doorbell occasionally!) and gave us the opportunity to take our music on tour.

10 years later, we want to celebrate all the good times with a recording that this "demo" of a song that means so much to us truly deserves. In many ways, it did change my life.


´Life Is Good´ expresses the desire to expand one's wings and rediscover happiness in everyday life.



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Dead Rituals, Francis Moon - Life Is Good

'The Weight of an Ocean' was inspired by life choices where there is no good outcome... in this case, choosing whether to tell someone that you love them and destroying the friendship that you've both built, or choosing to stay silent and instead carry "the weight of an ocean" on your shoulders


LYRICS:

Into the night
maybe it’s gonna break
I’ve been having these feelings lately
go ahead, put your hand in mine.
I think about you
But I don’t dare to say it out loud
Because maybe
I ́ll give you all this weight,
of an ocean
and you mean so much more
than you will ever know

But if I do
I know, It’s gonna hurt so badly
It’s gonna tear my heart right into pieces
I know, you don't see me in the same light.
Now it’s a long way home
Do you ever think about me?

Into the night
Maybe it ́s gonna change
Your eyes steal all my words away
I need more time,
to get you out,
out of my mind.
I think about you
About everything that could have been
Instead, I ́ll give myself the weight
of an ocean
Because you mean so much more
than you will ever know.

But if I do
I know, It’s gonna hurt so badly
It’s gonna tear my heart right into pieces
I know, you don't see me in the same light.
Now it’s a long way home
Do you ever think about me?

The Weight of an Ocean

"Two Worlds Apart" is a song about being honest with yourself and speaking your mind in a relationship. It doesn't help to stay silent and wait for things to improve on their own, because doing so repeatedly makes the problem worse."

Find the song on other platforms here
https://tonetree.ffm.to/twoworldsapart

Lyrics:

As many times 
as we try to slow down
The night is not taking us
where we thought it might.
I know we´re not where,
we once started from
But there are pieces here
that still feel a bit like home.
Eyes wide open,
still I can’t see you
    
Maybe we can work it out somehow
But this time it hits different.
Don’t tell me, that I’m the only one.
It feels like we’ve been trying to hold on to a few pieces 
that are falling one by one 
And I,
(Maybe we can work it out but I)
don’t know how to act.
When it feels like we are 
Two worlds apart 

As many times 
as we try to let go  
the night is still wide awake
and we are oh so tangled up in one another.
I know we’re not where
we once started from
And there’s a silence here
That still hurts more than we know
Eyes wide open
I can’t be the only one.

Two Worlds Apart

New song! This song reminds me of the struggle between wanting something so badly and feeling helpless and afraid that comes with being in love. Maybe you can relate? Either way, thanks for listening!

Find the song on other platforms:
https://tonetree.ffm.to/youdontknowit


Verse 1
Oh, I’ve been looking for the last piece of your puzzle
Maybe then, I could set the little things on fire
You know don’t know it, but I´m tired of running in circles
tired of spending time in the spaces between us

Bridge
Oh, you light up the room
even in the darkness 
you’re like a flower in bloom
Oh, you light up my heart
So, I gotta tell you

Chorus
You don’t know it
but I think about you day and night
Oh you, don’t know it
But I can’t get you out of my mind
Oh, It´s breaking, oh it’s shaking, oh it’s tearing me up from the inside out.
Oh, from the inside out
Wish I´d never met you in the first place

Verse 2
Why don’t you slowly collapse into me
maybe then I can figure it out, how to reach you these days
You don’t know it but the sky glows different when you’re here
Oh, I´m tired of spending time in the spaces between us

Bridge
I just want to tell her that I love her
(So why don’t you go ahead and tell her?)
Cause I’m afraid, that I will just mess it up
Oh no, you got to tell her.

Chorus
You don’t know it
but I think about you day and night
Oh you, don’t know it
But I can’t get you out of my mind
Oh, It´s breaking, oh it’s shaking, oh it’s tearing me up from the inside out.
Oh, from the inside out
Wish I´d never met you in the first place

Your Don't Know It

Dreams

Tossed in the ocean
Let´s anchor to the blooming heart.
And all the way down,
from high up above.
You told me to always keep my head up high.

Tossed in the open
Let´s anchor to the howling winds.
And all the way, 
right through it.
Let´s tear down the walls  
that keep us apart.

And the weight of my worries
is bringing you down.
But i don´t know how
to let it go, to let it go.
And I can see it in the eyes of yours.
That you don´t really wanna know
how I´m staying afloat.
I´m the ghost on the ocean floor.

Tossed in the river   
let go of the glooming eyes.
And all the way 
right through it,
I was the fuel to the fire

Tossed in the storm again 
Let´s anchor to your falling bones.
And in the thick of it
that I imagine thin,
I´m the fuel to the fire

And all around me
the trees are falling 
one by one.
There´s nothing solid,
always something that leaves the ground.
I made so many stupid mistakes 
I´ll never repeat them again.
But you are one of them, 
I always come back to.

(And now it´s aching in my bones all night)
Let´s fall out of love
let´s fall out of love
I better fall out of love

Anchor

You never remembered
to keep it close to you.
It was never that honest
never how It was supposed to be.
High up above, above the trees I fly 
I´m waiting oh waiting, for a new day to come.  

You never remembered
to let the colors in.
It was always the darkness showing how it all would be 
Oh high up above, above the trees I fly
I am waiting I am waiting for a new day to come   
Oh we move so slowly in the night 
thinking everything will be alright for once.
And the sun is keeping me within reach of it all 
thinking everything will be alright for once.  

You never remembered
what was left of me.
It was never that easy, no, 
never how I wanted it to be.
And inside my shell, it´s warm and bright
but it took ages, oh ages for a new day to come .

Oh we move so slowly in the night.
Thinking everything will be alright for once.
And the sun is keeping me within reach of it all
thinking everything will be alright for once.  

(we´re moving slowly in the night)

Resilience

The moment when I fall through
your wind can never catch me then.
Or when I´m digging at the hollow ends
wonder where my mind has been.

The fog is burning off,
as slowly as it gets
Let it disappear, i´m right there with you.
There will always be something,
there will always be you.

But I will never have you
the way that you will have me.

Oh the moment when I run through
the words can never reach me then.
Or when i´m jumping at the hollow ends, again.
Wonder where the love,
wonder where the love has been.

Your smile is wearing off
as heavy as it gets.
Let it disappear,
i´m right there with you.
There will always be something
something in the way for me.

But I will never have you, lingered
the way that you will have me, always
You know I´ll keep you in here, glowing
the way that you will have me

You know I wonder,
where the love has been.
But I will never have you
the way that you will have me.

Onwards

Every day is the same
You´re hiding in the ocean so silently.
I wish that you could see
everything that you could have
But I know you somehow
you´re just waiting for the right wave to come.
But you should know
It´s time to spread your wings for once

All you need
is just a little bit more life in you life, man.
I wanna see you glow, burn so bright.
And someday you will get there
It will just take you some time, man.
All you need is shimmering lights
at the bottom of the ocean.

Every day is the same
You´re hoping that the best is yet to come
You wish that you could have it all for once        
And I know you somehow
You´re just letting everything slip aside
but you should know
its time to spread your wings for once.

Light will find you
someday , in some way, somehow.

All You Need

Keep all the colors in
let them breathe on your winter skin
In the eye of the storm, I saw the shore
we´ll be alright.

Keep all the walls apart.
For a change,
and a fresh new start.
Like the sparrows we are
we dream, we fly and we find love.

In the night there´s a fire
telling me it´s alright.
Burning brighter than the sun.
Oh it keeps me hoping,
It will set your heart on fire

Keep all the summer nights 
all the glow and the useless fights.
In the eye of the storm, I saw the shore.
We´ll be alright 

Come a little closer
because I am the spring sun.
I´ll keep you warm, I´ll give you shelter from the lions.

Summer Skin

Fall in love with all that I am.
Slowly but surely
together we collide.

Through your bones,
and through your skin
I´ll find the gleam
that you keep within

Throw it off, 
all the weight that you carry.
Days,
sometimes heavy, 
like stones
together they collide.

Through my bones
and through my skin.
I´ll bring the magic
If you lose all within.

Because I love you.
Lily of the valley.

Lily Of The Valley

I couldn’t believe
the way you looked at me
You were out of your mind
the way we floated down the rivers
I just couldn´t hear,
the way you touched me.
You were out of your mind.
The way we floated down the rivers

Baby, I know it.
I can’t have you now , not like before.
You were out of your mind
always kept your wild heart strong

I couldn’t believe
The way you made me feel
I was out of control,
the way I flew above the treetops.
You just couldn’t breathe,
the way I touched you,
You were out of your mind.
The way we slowly faded.

Baby, I Know It

In colour

I know it feels forever,
Forever stuck in my mind
I know it´s kept in heaven
crazy how life turns around.
Was a heavy load to carry,
carry for all of you
And I know its kept in heaven
but crazy how you pierced me through

We will remember everything in colour
How we sailed the rooftops from a day to another
We will remember everything in bloom
How we got it all to glow.
And how we fought the night and won. 

I know it took me ages
ages to kick it out
I know its kept in distance
Crazy when it turns around
Was a heavy climb to follow
but everything for all of you
And I know its kept in darkness
But crazy how the light shines through

Why don’t we shine like we used to do?
Oh I know it´s not the end of the magic,

Released by AlexrainbirdRecords  // 15.02.2019

In Colour

Among the houses and the blossoms.
silent wishes out the window
On these streets I caught a bit of magic
in a taxi without signs
And I wonder if you
will ever, ever, notice me?
Or we do it all over.
Let´s do it all over, again

You brought the spring feeling in my body into my bones.
And I feel it come alive from my head to my toes.
Stay a little longer,
Won’t you stay a little longer
(In the spring sun, with me)

Among the treetops and the streetlights
Thew the meaning out the window
On these rooftops I caught a bit of air
with a view, oh mine to keep
And still I wonder if you
will ever ever find me?
Or I will do it all over.
Should I do it all over for you?

You brought the spring feeling in my body into my bones.
And I feel it come alive from my head to my toes.
Stay a little longer,
Won’t you stay a little longer?
(In the spring sun, with me)

And maybe we are way too young,
and maybe we will only feel low,
to know things like love.
But who cares anyway?

Spring Sun

In the misty, rainy morning
I feel your lips so close on me
I’ve been dancing all night
thinking please,
take a chance on me
oh this is not a goodbye, right?
No, this is not a god damn sad goodbye
´cause I can’t carry it
upon my shoulders anymore

No I don’t need to comprise
Like I did in the past
To sail the heavy oceans
Without light, without a compass.
Oh why do I do this to myself
When I know its gonna hurt so badly
Oh why do I keep telling myself
Oh don’t, don´t you worry no no no

In the misty, rainy morning
I feel your lips so close on me
I’ve been dancing all night
thinking please,
take a chance on me
oh this is not a goodbye, right?
No, this is not a god damn sad goodbye
´cause I can’t carry it
upon my shoulders anymore

No I don´t need to run and hide
Like I did way too fast
I think I found some magic
that could twist and turn inside
Oh why do I do this to myself
When I know its gonna hurt [hurt so badly
Oh why do I keep telling myself
Dont you worry

Released by AlexrainbirdRecords // 25.10.2019

Chance

‘Eyes On You’ is about reflection. After a tough year of self-discovery in 2019, the new single from Swedish artist Francis Moon was inspired by the inevitable passing of time and how it can change you. He summarises: “It feels like the more you get through life, you start to gain a new perspective on things. Only then can you truly learn and make things better for yourself; things that seemed quite impossible in the past but are now finally within reach. This is the meaning of ‘Eyes On You’".






LYRICS:
In the night I wander off
till the light of the morning
You know I’ve been chasing shadows
for way too long,
with new feels but with the same low

Oh, I tread among the vines,
before the heat of the dawning.
Across the parking lot
sun burned hard,
I was spinning out of control

In and out of colour
All yours to keep
I’ve got my eyes on you, only you.

In the night we slowly take off
till the haze of the morning
You know I’ve been running in circles
for way too long,
with new feels but with the same low.

And it goes in and out of colour
In and out of breath,
Across the parking lot
sun burned hard.
But I forgot,
and here we go again



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Released by AlexrainbirdRecords. https://soundcloud.com/alexrainbirdmusic

Eyes On You

STREAM/DOWNLOAD: ditto.fm/here-we-are-now

'Here We Are Now' is a glimpse into past choices and “what could have beens”, and even though some decisions hurt, things do work out how they're meant to. Francis says “Sometimes life leads you to unexpected places away from what you originally wanted, but you realise that you've arrived at something you wanted even more.”

LYRICS:
Oh, I can feel you
In the wild winds of the autumn
I can see you
there in the distance.
Why don’t you tell me what’s on your mind
cause I’ve been wondering, for a long time
We’ve been falling
With the wild rains of the morning
I tried to keep it
Narrow the distance
what are we going to do with all of this now

Here we are now
Slowly fading out
Oh, you know I’ve been trying to reach you
Threw the meaning out the window,
I gotta say, I ́m still holding on to that something

I can feel you
among the ever-changing leaves
Oh I can hear you
there in the distance
Why don’t you tell me what’s on your mind
cause I’ve been wondering, for a long time
Oh I’ve been trying
with too much weight on my shoulders
I tried to hold it
and carry all the weight
But I know it’s gonna be alright,
slowly blossom in the morning light


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Released by AlexrainbirdRecords. @alexrainbirdmusic

Here We Are Now

Francis Moon is the solo-project of Francis Pettersson from Sweden. Playing under several different names and bands throughout the years, he decided to turn all his creative energy into a solo- project. Francis Moon's music can be described as a potent blend of indie-pop combined with a special dream-like atmosphere, fresh off the reverberated strings.

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