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Paper Cup Moon

“Paper Cup Moon” is track 14 on Rob Matare's African Gospel album Sunday Candle, released November 3, 2026. Gospel for the back row and the tired hands: grace in a casserole dish, mercy with a spare key, and a candle that never asks your name.

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“Paper Cup Moon” lyrics

I found a paper cup moon
In the dented roof of your truck
Half a peach in a napkin
And a map drawn in ketchup
You said, pick a lane, pick a sky
Like it was nothing at all
Then you laughed at the pigeons
On the edge of the wall

And I don't need a reason
To follow that grin
If the day goes crooked
We go crooked with it

Paper cup moon, hold on
Paper cup moon, stay on
We can make a world
From a scratch and a spark
Paper cup moon, hold on
Paper cup moon, stay on
If it's random, it's ours
And it's lighting the dark (ours)

There was gum on the sidewalk
Shaped like a tiny comet
Your keys made a jangle
Like rain in a bucket
I bought two warm pretzels
You stole the last bite
Then you said, that's my kind of miracle
And I said, mine

And I don't need a blueprint
To know where this goes
Just your elbow brushing mine
And the road bent slow

Paper cup moon, hold on
Paper cup moon, stay on
We can make a world
From a scratch and a spark
Paper cup moon, hold on
Paper cup moon, stay on
If it's random, it's ours
And it's lighting the dark (ours)

Let the big plans scatter
Let the neat lines fall
I've got your laugh in my pocket
And that's enough for it all

Paper cup moon, hold on
Paper cup moon, stay on
We can make a world
From a scratch and a spark
Paper cup moon, hold on
Paper cup moon, stay on
If it's random, it's ours
And it's lighting the dark (ours)

Lyrics written by Rob Matare. Written by me • made with AI. Artist visuals are digitally created.

More from Sunday Candle

  1. 1Your Name's on the List3:25
  2. 2Amen (Say It Back)3:09
  3. 3Let the Back Row Answer3:27
  4. 4Bad Week, Good Shoes3:16
  5. 5Thursday Can't Have Me3:19
  6. 6Everybody Gets a Chorus3:28
  7. 7Everybody Wants to Be Free4:03
  8. 8You're Expected Here3:14
  9. 9Room for My Whole Name3:21
  10. 10Shout Before the Door Opens3:43
  11. 11Let Your Rhythm Heal3:17
  12. 12Thank You Plenty2:50
  13. 13Sunday Candle2:58
  14. 15Tell the Mountain Hello3:27
  15. 16The Candle Won't Ask Your Name4:20
  16. 17Grace Came in a Casserole Dish4:36
  17. 18Mercy Keeps a Spare Key4:34
  18. 19Broken on Purpose3:39
  19. 20Dressed for Mending2:51
  20. 21Teach Me How to Pray Again4:05
  21. 22Sing Till the Rafters Know4:50
  22. 23Hands Too Tired to Fold5:26
  23. 24The Morning Still Comes3:34

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