Allison Moorer (born June 21, 1972 in Monroeville, Alabama) is an American … Read Full Bio ↴Allison Moorer (born June 21, 1972 in Monroeville, Alabama) is an American alternative country singer, songwriter and musician. She is also the younger sister of Shelby Lynne. She has released 7 studio albums and 1 live album on 5 different record labels, beginning in 1998 with "Alabama Song" through to her most recent "Crows" in 2010.

Raised on George Jones and Tammy Wynette, Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson, Johnny Cash and Emmylou Harris, she sang harmonies as a toddler, eventually thinking she'd make a career of it. Following the murder-suicide of her parents (perpetrated by her father) in 1986, she moved into her aunt and uncle's home.

Not long afterwards, sister Shelby Lynne moved to Nashville for a career in music, and after her high school graduation, Moorer followed. She sang harmonies with her sister for a while but returned to Alabama to earn a degree in public relations. She skipped the graduation ceremony to move back to Nashville.

Her song "A Soft Place to Fall" was tapped for Robert Redford's The Horse Whisperer in 1998, and she also appeared in the movie. Because the ballad earned her an Academy Award nomination, she performed it on the 1999 Oscars ceremony. However, none of her singles from her debut "Alabama Song" or its follow-up "The Hardest Part" received much radio airplay, nor achieving chart success though both projects were highly praised by critics.

When Brown moved from MCA to sister label Universal South, Moorer followed. Her 2002 album "Miss Fortune" earned more raves, but didn't meet sales expectations. She almost got another big break by recording the duet "Picture" with Kid Rock after Sheryl Crow had bowed out. However, Crow changed her mind, and the Rock/Crow-version became a huge radio hit. Yet, the song was credited on the charts to both Crow and Moorer. In addition, the CD single featuring Moorer sold 500,000 copies and is certified Gold by the RIAA. Her ballad "Tumbling Down" (from Miss Fortune) was featured on the soundtrack of the popular 2002 film The Rookie.

Her live album album "Show"(2003) was recorded in one night (two performances) at the 12th and Porter in Nashville and despite popular belief, it features the first recorded collaboration by both Moorer sisters.

After releasing Show and a DVD on Universal South, Moorer moved to independent label Sugar Hill Records. With a slightly rougher edge than past efforts, The Duel was released in April 2004.

After a divorce between Moorer and Primm, she eventually married Steve Earle, after serving as his opening act on a European tour. Earle produced her 2006 album, "Getting Somewhere". Moorer wrote all the songs, with the exception of one co-written with Earle. She and Earle were nominated for a Grammy award in the category Best Country Collaboration with Vocals, for the song "Days Aren't Long Enough" from Earle's "Washington Square Serenade".

Moorer released the Buddy Miller-produced "Mockingbird" in February 2008; an album mainly of covers of songs by female singer/songwriters including her sister, Shelby Lynne.

Her latest studio album "Crows" (2010), features her first departure from the Contemporary Country style of her earlier albums, instead changing to a Pop and Contemporary Singer/Songwriter style.

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Steal The Sun
Allison Moorer Lyrics

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If the moon could conceal
How it feels when it shines
And the stars could disguise
The beauty the skies reveal
Then the fire I try to hide in my heart
Would remain out of sight
Here with you in the dark

Let's steal the sun
Before tomorrow comes
Daybreak might take this all away
Let's be thieves
And rob the east of morning's light
Let's steal the sun
Before it steals tonight

Oh how I've missed
Being kissed tenderly
Lips so soft and sweet
Touching my cheek like this
What else can I do
But choose to give in
The only way I can lose
Is if this feeling ends

Let's steal the sun
Before tomorrow comes
Daybreak might take this all away
Let's be thieves
And rob the east of morning's light

Let's steal the sun
Before it steals tonight

Overall Meaning

The lyrics of Allison Moorer's song Steal The Sun are infused with romantic nostalgia, longing and a sense of recklessness. The opening lines of the song draw an analogy between concealing the intense emotions inside and hiding the beauty that celestial objects reveal. The fire simmering in the singer's heart threatens to expose their emotional vulnerability in the dark of the night. The singer then urges their lover to join them in thievery and enjoy the moment while it lasts. They want to seize the radiance of the sun and keep it away from the grasp of tomorrow, which might bring daybreak and take away the fleeting moment of intense passion.

The second verse reinforces the sense of longing and a willingness to surrender to love. The singer's memories of tender kisses, soft lips and gentle touches make them feel vulnerable and powerless. They find themselves compelled to give in to the alluring power of love because the only way they could lose is if the feeling ends. The chorus, repeated twice, amplifies the central themes of the song - the urgency of seizing the moment and the feeling of being a thief who steals the light of the sun to preserve the intensity of the moment.

Overall, Allison Moorer's Steal The Sun captures both the beauty and the fragility of being in love through an imaginative metaphor of stealing the light of the sun. The song's lyrics evoke a sense of daring and adventure, coupled with a deep sense of vulnerability and an awareness of the ephemeral nature of things.

Line by Line Meaning

If the moon could conceal
If the moon was able to hide its emotions

How it feels when it shines
The emotions it experiences while shining

And the stars could disguise
If the stars could hide

The beauty the skies reveal
The mesmerizing beauty that the sky puts on display

Then the fire I try to hide in my heart
Then the flame that I attempt to conceal in my heart

Would remain out of sight
Would continue to be hidden away

Here with you in the dark
In this darkness when we are together

Let's steal the sun
Let's take the sun

Before tomorrow comes
Before the next day dawns

Daybreak might take this all away
Dawn may snatch all of this away

Let's be thieves
Let's become robbers