Name: Sister Sun
Duration: P00H04M32S
Description: This song depicts an Inuit legend Sister Sun Brother Moon that was collected by the German-American anthropologist Franz Boas and published in his monograph “The Central Eskimo” (1888).

Sister Sun

from Hope's Beautiful Daughters by Katarina Juvančič & Dejan Lapanja

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This song depicts an Inuit legend Sister Sun Brother Moon that was collected by the German-American anthropologist Franz Boas and published in his monograph “The Central Eskimo” (1888).

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SISTER SUN

Cut me out in little stars

Carve me from your dark sway

Chisel me like a marble piece

You’re the sculptor and I’m your clay.

Steal the timbre from the singer

A coin from the tongue of the gallant dead

Mould my breath to ancient wisdom

Tuck the demons into bed.

But you cover me with lifeless kisses

Lay down on me like a heavy night

Slit my breast and feed your hunger

Let the darkness bear away the light!

I will burst in my solar wrath

In silver temple you will cower

I’m a priestess of the crescent moon

A fearless tamer of your power!

When the years do swallow all your tales

And the crowns they leave the trees

You will rise from your forsaken dream

And place a new dawn on my knees.

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from Hope's Beautiful Daughters, released August 11, 2014

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Katarina Juvančič and Dejan Lapanja first appeared on the Slovenian music scene in 2009, with their folk rock song Uej uej (Magdalenca), featured in Slovenian National Radio’s newcomers contest. Their music is often described as alt-folk, bridging modern trends and ancient folk influences and sensibilities. ... more

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