The Moon Rises

--- --- --- ** Note: the Bandcamp download was altered slightly on 4/30/16 to reduce sibilance. If you have already purchased it, you should be able to re-download it for free. Sorry for any inconvenience! ** --- The night -- quiet and mysterious -- is Luna&responsibility and her one true love, but her years of raising the moon and stars have been met with cold indifference. As pain and jealousy weigh heavily on her mind, it seems that Equestria may have ignored their moon princess for one night too many... --- Now the hour has come at last The soft and fading light Has crossed the west horizon And has bidden us goodnight And what a lovely night it is To walk a moonlit field To see the softer shades That are by starlight now revealed So why is it that now, When all is quiet and at rest When candles glow and all the world Is at its very best The ponies of Equestria Should lock themselves away To shun the moon and wait instead For Sister&sunny day? (In umbra Luna est) Am I so wrong to wish that they Would see things like I do? And am I so wrong to think That they might love me too? Why shouldn&they adore me? Is it not within my right? I¬ be overshadowed! Mine is not the lesser light! I&waited long enough now For them all to come around And though the Sun may plead and threaten, The Moon will stand her ground It comes to this at last: I will no longer yield the sky If they cannot love But one princess alone See, the Moon is rising She has come to claim the heavens for...