Lean Into Life

Love Brand New

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Mixed by Billy Pavone
Master by Joe Lambert


Game

Steady Freddy

Stand Back For You

Verse 1
One night the moon went black,
No warning, no goodbye.
Just slipped its silver heartbeat off
And hid up in the sky.
The world kept spinning like it does,
Too busy to look back—
But out on a porch past midnight,
Someone whispered, “Feels too dark tonight…
You feel that?”
Verse 2
Crickets carried on their tune,
Bullfrogs echoed low.
Coffee steam curled in the air,
But something lost its glow.
They didn’t see the empty sky,
Not yet, not looking up—
Just shadows falling heavier,
Like the night forgot its touch.
Pre‑Chorus
And the moon watched from the darkness,
Thinking no one cared at all.
Didn’t know its quiet shining
Held the rhythm of the world.
Chorus
When the moon went black,
The night felt wrong in ways no one could name.
When the moon went black,
The stars looked sharper, colder, not the same.
And the ones who weren’t too busy
Felt the world slip out of track—
Sitting on a porch with coffee,
When the moon…
When the moon went black.
Verse 3
Hours passed in quiet talk,
But something lingered still.
A younger voice looked up at last
And everything went still.
“Where’s the moon?” they finally asked,
And silence answered back—
A sky without its gentle friend,
A night that lost its map.
Pre‑Chorus
And the moon heard that small question,
Soft as dew on summer grass.
Didn’t think that anyone
Would notice it had passed.
Chorus
When the moon went black,
The night felt wrong in ways no one could name.
When the moon went black,
The stars looked sharper, colder, not the same.
And the ones who weren’t too busy
Felt the world slip out of track—
Sitting on a porch with coffee,
When the moon…
When the moon went black.
Bridge
It didn’t take a crowd,
Just a handful in the dark.
A quiet porch, a quiet night,
A few slow‑beating hearts.
The moon peeked out in slivers then,
A shy and trembling spark—
Realizing someone missed it
Was enough to bring it back.
Final Chorus
When the moon came back,
The night exhaled like it had held its breath.
When the moon came back,
The shadows softened, stars felt less intense.
And the ones who weren’t too busy
Saw the sky turn silver‑bright—
Sitting on a porch with coffee,
When the moon
Found its light.

Steady Freddy

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