Nothing Can Stop the Sun

**Nothing Can Stop the Sun** is the fourteenth song from The Great Moon Hoax sung by Matt Dahan as Narrator, Tony Gonzalez as Chester Thomas, Benjamin Park as Curt Mega, Mariah Rose Faith Casillas as Rose Stratford and the Chorus. It is the fourteenth track on the soundtrack album and was written by Matt Dahan.

## Lyrics

**Narrator:**

Days passed

The world spun

News spread

From New York to Washington

Cleveland to Boston

Nothing can stop the Sun

Even in the days between

John Herschel’s discoveries

They sold in numbers never seen

No, nothing can stop the Sun

The Sentinel, Gazette, and Tribune

Were left scratching their heads

Cause no news is bigger than the moon

Not in eighteen thirty-five

Oh, what a time to be alive

Sir John Herschel’s journal had people buzzing

Like bees around a hive

In the summer of eighteen thirty-five

The news of the world took to the skies

And made amateur astronomers

Out of all the girls and guys

With Rose and Samuel at the vanguard

**Chorus:**

Keepers of the journal

**Narrator:**

Herschel's famous messengers

**Chorus:**

The pride of Printing House Square

**Narrator:**

There were lines to shake their hands

That wrapped around the paper stand

**Chorus:**

Herschel’s trusted messengers

**Narrator:**

Chester Thomas would declare

**Thomas:**

Nothing can stop the Sun

All my fears are gone

This must be how Caesar felt

When he crossed the Rubicon

Benjamin, nothing can stop the Sun

My victory is complete

**Benjamin:**

They should rename Broadway

Call it Chester Thomas street

**Thomas, spoken:**

A capital idea, Benjamin

**Benjamin, spoken:**

I have another capital idea

**Thomas, spoken:**

**(sighs)** If you say that you want a ‘raise’ again-

**Benjamin, spoken:**

It was me who ran the first journal entry. I'm more responsible for The Sun's success than anybody here, so why am I the one-

**Thomas, spoken:**

Samuel lucked into the story of a lifetime, so I can look past his... eccentricities. You betrayed me by running the first entry. As my editor, I rely on you to have my back, and you failed. How can I reward a man who I cannot trust?

**Benjamin, spoken:**

But-

**Thomas, spoken:**

That will be all, Benjamin

**Benjamin, spoken:**

...Yes sir

**Narrator:**

When the working day was done

Moonlight overtook the sun

But someone had to work the printing press

Newspaper editors get no reprieve

The first to arrive, the last to leave

Rose had a delivery

**Rose:**

“Journal entry number three”

**Narrator:**

They both arranged the letters

Into sentences and paragraphs

Readying a plate to press

John Herschel’s latest feat

**Benjamin:**

Thanks for helping, I know that

You're busy signing autographs

**Rose:**

Not too busy, Benjamin

To print a couple sheets

**Rose, spoken:**

Being famous is strange. It makes me miss

The quiet

**Benjamin, spoken:**

No, it doesn’t

**Rose, spoken:**

Yeah, it doesn't. I'm an awful liar

**Benjamin, spoken:**

You're better than you think. I'm sorry, Rose. I didn’t mean it like that

**Rose, spoken:**

Is everything alright?

**Benjamin, spoken:**

I've just got a lot on my mind

**(sung)**

Enjoy the noise while it lasts

Enjoy the parade, it goes by fast

Enjoy the present before it’s past

This will not last forever

**Rose, spoken:**

Perhaps not. But this feeling will I'll never let it stop

## External Links

* Nothing Can Stop the Sun on iTunes
* Nothing Can Stop the Sun on Spotify