Continuing the lunar theme, and extending to the outer limits of experimentalism after Moondog and Captain Beefheart, the sequence also ties in with the German band also highly influential on the late Mark E Smith. This is from the krautrockers' six album, Soon Over Babaluma (1973), after the departure of singer Damo Suzuki, with vocals instead by violinist and guitarist Michael Karoli and organist Irmin Schmidt, alongside percussionist Jami Liebezeit and bass player Holger Czukay. Come Sta, La Luna is highlighted, but the rest of the album from the beginning, including the more upbeat Chain Reaction can also be heard below.
Come sta, la luna, come sta
Come sta, la luna, come sta
I am not fighting, but I'm the night
I am not dying and I'm not hurt
I am the right or the wrong, your hope
I am the dancer on the tender road
I am the water and how I can flow
I have ambition to that
I'm not falling you know
I sound like singing the flow
I am the dancer on the tender road
Come sta, la luna
And why don't you call me sta?
Flowing over Babaluma
Become your friend
You can do it alone
And you don't have to pay
And if you don't free your window
There is nothing to shame
But I don't play easy
It's secret, the truth
I was fading in water
There is nothing but you
You can look through the wall
You just smile for sure
She comes in white flowers
And there's no way to go
Come sta, la luna, come sta
Come sta, la luna, come sta
It's never heard
Speak through the voice of the water
Stretch the curse before
While you can think and be different
The foe of your brothers
Be the king of the rain
While you’ll be playing'
Full from the strain pool
Come sta, la luna
And why don't you call me sta?
Flowing over Babaluma
Become your friend
You can do it while you run
Play alone in the light
And you freeze so gently
There is my own into matter
La, la, la luna
La, la, la luna, na, na
Flowing over Babaluma
Become your friend
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