lillian leadbetter
Artist Name: Lillian Leadbetter
Single: Move the Moon
Release Date: May 14, 2026
Genre: Indie Folk / Singer-Songwriter / Alt Folk
Location: Nashville, TN & Burlington, VT
move the moon - press release
For release May 14, 2026
FOR RELEASE ON MAY 14, 2026
Lillian Leadbetter Releases “Move the Moon,” an Anthem of Impossible Love. An indie folk track written across oceans and uncertainty, recorded in Nashville, TN.
“Move the Moon” is an indie folk anthem about impossible love, written during a long distance situation-ship that spanned an ocean and months of uncertainty. As the connection deepened, so did the question at its core: what, if anything, can we truly control?
Carried by a steady, grounding groove and raw, intimate vocals, the lyrics are ripped straight from the pages of her journal, capturing the tension between desire and reality. It speaks to the longing to have it all, love, time, and proximity, even when it feels as unattainable as moving the moon itself. Beneath that longing lies a quieter question: if we had the power to change everything, would we still choose the same love?
Written to explore uncertainty, expectation and our own internal magic, “Move the Moon” lives in the fragile space between the illusion of control and the absolute power of surrender.
Release Date: May 14, 2026
Location: Nashville, TN
Genre: Indie Folk
Availability: All streaming platforms
About Lillian Leadbetter:
Born and raised in the secluded forests of Vermont's Green Mountains, Lillian Leadbetter found her voice as a singer and songwriter, channeling her lived experience and vulnerable exploration of her inner self through immersive songwriting.
Lillian's music lends itself to a raw, powerful, vulnerable femininity. Appealing to singer/songwriter, Indie Folk & Americana sensibilities. "
Press Contact:
Lillian Leadbetter
lillianleadbetter@gmail.com
Instagram: @lillianleadbetter & @lillianleadbettermusic
move the moon - press images
All images taken by Lillian Leadbetter & and Thorleifur Davidsson
lyrics
Somewhere in the heat of the summer
Your fever broke
I could feel the pulse of your heartbeat in the back of your throat
And I whispered
“Don’t wake too soon my darling
If I could stop the dawn from calling
I would
We don’t need no fancy things
Just the joy that simple pleasures bring
From the evergreen to the ripplin’ tune the warbler sings
Oh if I could move the moon
I’d be with you
Oh if I could move the moon
Standing at the edge of the silence when the thunder choked
Timeless as the words of a lover that were never spoken
Safe in the arms of the covers
Holdin’ tight to one another
Counting down the days to the hours
Till it’s time to let go
Hanging out your heart on the wire through the telephone
Wiltin’ in the face of the flowers
That still bloom back home
And whisper
“Don’t wake too soon my darling
If I could stop the stars from falling
I would
I don’t need no diamond ring
And when a promise is a hollow thing
It’s a heavy weight to rest upon these labored wings
Oh if I could pick and choose
I’d be with you
Oh but then I could move the moon.
recording & production
Produced by: Thorleifur Gaukur Davidsson - 4x Grammy Award Winning Multi-Instrumentalist.
Mixed & Mastered by: Noah Georgeson - Grammy winner, 3x Latin Grammy winner, and Emmy nominee.
Recorded at Bunkerhill Studios in Nashville, TN
other artists on "Move the Moon"
Armen Aroush - Percussion