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CRADLEMOON

MARTIN HALL
CD SINGLE
JANUARY 1996
VIRGIN RECORDS (724389333626)

Cradlemoon is the first single released from Martin Hall’s 1996 album Random Hold. The song is widely regarded as Hall’s signature song and has been included on several European indie compilation records.

1. Cradlemoon (Radio Edit) (4:19)
2. Cradlemoon (Full Lengh Version) (5:44)

CRADLEMOON

The fire and the water keep mixing in my blood
The sons and the daughters seemed to give it all up
They got too tired of the waiting
Too tired to believe
In the promises that nobody keeps
I’ve seen a generation coming
I’ve seen a generation go
And the more I see, the less I know

I want to go to sleep
I want to drown in the deep of the cradlemoon
I want to touch the sky
I want to lie down and die
In the cradlemoon of the night

So I followed the shadows by the trail of the waste
And it led me into the heart, to the heart of these days
I never wanted to remember
Never wanted to believe
But you don’t ask why when the thunderheart beats
All I wanted was a reason
What I got was so much more
Couldn’t turn my back on the things that I saw

I want to go to sleep
I want to drown in the deep of the cradlemoon
I want to touch the sky
I want to lie down and die
In the cradlemoon of the night

In a world full of stories
There’s a time in the night
When the sky seems to break by the blink of the eye

Henrik Marstal: Cello
Iben Teilmann: Viola
Martin Hall: Vocals, drums, bass, guitar, tape material
Ole Hansen: Keyboards, piano, trumpet, french horn
Sara Wallevik: Violin
Signe Kjærsgaard: Bass
Thomas Li: Networks, treatments, logic, percussion

Design: Birgitte Wester/Camilla Søfeldt
Photo: Robin Skjoldborg

Assisted by co-producer Thomas Li Random Hold was recorded in an abandoned art school in the countryside in the summer of 1995. To get the full story of the album release, please see the following links: