1. The Bright Side of the Moon
Featuring Romario Avila, electric guitar
Don Meyer: acoustic guitar, piano, synthesizer, drum programming, backing vocals
Don Meyer: acoustic guitar, piano, synthesizer, drum programming, backing vocals
2. Let the Moon Come In
Featuring Liz Meyer, violin
Lyrics adapted from Rumi (1207–1273)
At night I open up the window
And ask the moon to come inside
At night I open up the window
And press her face up close to mine
The moon won't ever use the door
Only the window
The moon won't ever use the door
Only the window
Breathe with me
Let the moon come in
If you want the moon inside your life
You must be quiet in the night
If you want the moon inside your life
You must retreat from care and strife
The moon won't ever use the door...
Liz Meyer: violins
Don Meyer: acoustic guitar, bass, synthesizer, drum programming, vocals, backing vocals
Lyrics adapted from Rumi (1207–1273)
At night I open up the window
And ask the moon to come inside
At night I open up the window
And press her face up close to mine
The moon won't ever use the door
Only the window
The moon won't ever use the door
Only the window
Breathe with me
Let the moon come in
If you want the moon inside your life
You must be quiet in the night
If you want the moon inside your life
You must retreat from care and strife
The moon won't ever use the door...
Liz Meyer: violins
Don Meyer: acoustic guitar, bass, synthesizer, drum programming, vocals, backing vocals
3. Nighttime Awakenings (Remixed 2021)
Reading by James Hillman (1926–2011)
Don Meyer: digital audio workstation programming, drum programming
Don Meyer: digital audio workstation programming, drum programming
4. Lunar Phases
Don Meyer: digital audio workstation programming
5. When I Am Old
Featuring Liz Meyer, violin
Poetry by Sara Teasdale (1884–1933)
It will not hurt me when I am old
A running tide where moonlight burned
Will not sting me like silver snakes;
The years will make me sad and cold,
It is the happy heart that breaks.
The heart asks more than life can give,
When that is learned, then all is learned;
The waves break fold on jewelled fold,
But beauty itself is fugitive
It will not hurt me when I am old.
Liz Meyer, violins
Don Meyer: acoustic guitar, bass, vocals, backing vocals
Poetry by Sara Teasdale (1884–1933)
It will not hurt me when I am old
A running tide where moonlight burned
Will not sting me like silver snakes;
The years will make me sad and cold,
It is the happy heart that breaks.
The heart asks more than life can give,
When that is learned, then all is learned;
The waves break fold on jewelled fold,
But beauty itself is fugitive
It will not hurt me when I am old.
Liz Meyer, violins
Don Meyer: acoustic guitar, bass, vocals, backing vocals
6. Apollo Collage
Speech by John F. Kennedy (1917–1963)
Don Meyer: piano, digital audio workstation programming
Don Meyer: piano, digital audio workstation programming
7. Sea of Tranquility
Featuring Liz Meyer, violin
Don Meyer: digital audio workstation programming
Don Meyer: digital audio workstation programming
8. Pink Lloyd
by Chris White and Don Meyer
Featuring Lloyd King, Alto Flute
Don Meyer and Chris White: digital audio workstation programming
Featuring Lloyd King, Alto Flute
Don Meyer and Chris White: digital audio workstation programming
9. From Shore to Shore
Lyrics adapted from Taoist philosopher Deng Ming Dao (b. 1954)
The moon
Does not fight
In its flight
Does not worry
The moon
Keeps to its course
Never forced
Never hurried
And by its gentle nature
It pulls an entire ocean
From shore to shore
The moon
Remains true
To what it must do
In every hour
A globe
Of luminous frost
Never lost
A hint of its power
And by its gentle nature
It pulls an entire ocean
From shore to shore
Don Meyer: piano, bass, digital audio workstation programming, drum programming, vocals, backing vocals
The moon
Does not fight
In its flight
Does not worry
The moon
Keeps to its course
Never forced
Never hurried
And by its gentle nature
It pulls an entire ocean
From shore to shore
The moon
Remains true
To what it must do
In every hour
A globe
Of luminous frost
Never lost
A hint of its power
And by its gentle nature
It pulls an entire ocean
From shore to shore
Don Meyer: piano, bass, digital audio workstation programming, drum programming, vocals, backing vocals
10. Green Cheese
by Chris White and Don Meyer
Don Meyer and Chris White: piano, bass, digital audio workstation programming, drum programming
Don Meyer and Chris White: piano, bass, digital audio workstation programming, drum programming
11. Of Time and Tide
As a bee is to a bird
And a bird to a bear
All lifetimes whose death comes too soon
As bears are to humans
And humans to history
Is history to the Man in the Moon
As cell is to leaf
And as leaf is to branches
To the tree that gives shade in the noon
As tree is to forest
And forest to nature
Is nature to the Man in the Moon
Of time and tide
Of time
As breath is to breeze
And as breeze is to wind
And as wind is to gale and typhoon
As storms are to weather
And weather to climate
Is climate to the Man in the Moon
As seconds to minutes
And minutes to hours
And hours to a day’s afternoon
As a day is to a year
And a year to a lifetime
So time is to the Man in the Moon
As a day is to a year
And a year to a lifetime...
Don Meyer: ukulele, bass, digital audio workstation programming, vocals, backing vocals
And a bird to a bear
All lifetimes whose death comes too soon
As bears are to humans
And humans to history
Is history to the Man in the Moon
As cell is to leaf
And as leaf is to branches
To the tree that gives shade in the noon
As tree is to forest
And forest to nature
Is nature to the Man in the Moon
Of time and tide
Of time
As breath is to breeze
And as breeze is to wind
And as wind is to gale and typhoon
As storms are to weather
And weather to climate
Is climate to the Man in the Moon
As seconds to minutes
And minutes to hours
And hours to a day’s afternoon
As a day is to a year
And a year to a lifetime
So time is to the Man in the Moon
As a day is to a year
And a year to a lifetime...
Don Meyer: ukulele, bass, digital audio workstation programming, vocals, backing vocals
12. Lunar Base Robots Waking Up
Don Meyer: digital audio workstation programming
13. The Moon and Us
Featuring Mitch Paliga, tenor saxophone
Out
At night
A brief escape
The moon
A brooch
In a starry velvet cape
The grief comes in stages
As the virus still rages
And we're cowering inside
We're restless at night
Then we get up and fight
There's nowhere left to hide
Black
And white:
We think we see more than we're able in the night
It might be the case
That the world has no place
For the likes of you and yours
But up in the sky
The moon still rides high
On her nightly silent tours
Mitch Paliga, tenor sax
Don Meyer: piano, bass, digital audio workstation programming, drum programming, vocals, backing vocals
Out
At night
A brief escape
The moon
A brooch
In a starry velvet cape
The grief comes in stages
As the virus still rages
And we're cowering inside
We're restless at night
Then we get up and fight
There's nowhere left to hide
Black
And white:
We think we see more than we're able in the night
It might be the case
That the world has no place
For the likes of you and yours
But up in the sky
The moon still rides high
On her nightly silent tours
Mitch Paliga, tenor sax
Don Meyer: piano, bass, digital audio workstation programming, drum programming, vocals, backing vocals
14. The Children of the Moon
Featuring Mitch Paliga, Romario Avila, and Liz Meyer
It's more than your self
It's more than your friends
It's more than your means
It's more than your ends
It’s more than your gender
It’s more than your race
It’s more than your identity
Or who you might embrace
It's more than your science
It's more than your God
It's more than your wisdom
It's more than your fog
It's more than you think
It's more than you know
The farther you travel,
The more you have to go
It’s more than your crises
It’s more than your pain
It’s bigger than your losses
And bigger than your gains
It’s more than your history
It’s more than your age
It’s not your diagnoses
It’s not just a cage
We're more than our bodies
We're more than our minds
We're all disconnected
We're all intertwined;
We're always in conflict
We're always in tune
We are Children of the Sun
We are Children of the Moon
Mitch Paliga, tenor sax
Romario Avila, electric guitar
Liz Meyer, violins
Don Meyer: piano, bass, digital audio workstation programming, drum programming, vocals, backing vocals
It's more than your self
It's more than your friends
It's more than your means
It's more than your ends
It’s more than your gender
It’s more than your race
It’s more than your identity
Or who you might embrace
It's more than your science
It's more than your God
It's more than your wisdom
It's more than your fog
It's more than you think
It's more than you know
The farther you travel,
The more you have to go
It’s more than your crises
It’s more than your pain
It’s bigger than your losses
And bigger than your gains
It’s more than your history
It’s more than your age
It’s not your diagnoses
It’s not just a cage
We're more than our bodies
We're more than our minds
We're all disconnected
We're all intertwined;
We're always in conflict
We're always in tune
We are Children of the Sun
We are Children of the Moon
Mitch Paliga, tenor sax
Romario Avila, electric guitar
Liz Meyer, violins
Don Meyer: piano, bass, digital audio workstation programming, drum programming, vocals, backing vocals
15. Silvery Moon
by Gus Edwards, 1909
Don Meyer: ukulele, vocals, backing vocals
Don Meyer: ukulele, vocals, backing vocals
Special Thanks:
- Liz Meyer
- Zoe Meyer, for designing the album cover
- Romario Avila
- Chris White
- Mitch Paliga
- Lloyd King
- The Lake Forest College Department of Music
"Nighttime Awakenings"