Dancing On The Moon - Tape Version

from Liftoffs and Landings / Dancing on the Moon by BATTS

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"Dancing on the Moon" was written by BATTS immediately after hearing "Liftoffs and Landings" as a response track, written from the point of view of the astronaut in L&L's wife.

*Please note the version on the tape is exclusive to the cassette and Bandcamp and is the take from the day it was first penned and sent to Joseph. It features a sample from NASA's Voyager mission.

lyrics

I watch you leave from the launch pad
so terrified I hope you come home soon
I hold the necklace you gave me
clutching it so tight it chokes my throat

I head home to our home
so empty and cold without you inside
and every night whilst you’re gone
I pull out the telescope and see if I can find you

Just dancing on the moon
Just dancing on the moon
Just dancing on the moon
Just dancing on the moon
please come home soon
Just dancing on the moon

I hear no words from you
been so long without you here I take a new stride
And as the nights go by your pillow takes a new shape by my side
Some days I sit and wallow
but everyone says you’re a hero in their eyes
I pull out the telescope and see if I can find you
and then I smile


You’re just dancing on the moon
Just dancing on the moon
Just dancing on the moon
You’re just dancing on the moon
We’re just dancing on the moon
Together on the moon
We’re just dancing on the moon
We’re just dancing on the moon
We’re just dancing on the moon
Together on the moon

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from Liftoffs and Landings / Dancing on the Moon, released October 2, 2020
Written by Tanya Batt
Engineered and Mixed by Tanya Batt
Space Sample courtesy of NASA and the University of Iowa.

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BATTS Melbourne, Australia

BATTS is the project of Melbourne based musician and space enthusiast Tanya Batt.

Touring recently in her home country of Australia supporting the likes of Sharon Van Etten, Lucius, The Teskey Brothers, Leif Vollebekk, Nilüfer Yanya, The Magic Numbers and many more BATTS released her debut album in April 2019, a concept album surrounded NASA's Voyager mission. ... more

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