Verse 1 – spoken-croon, low and dusty) It’s a chrome-dripped midnight scene In a club made of gasoline Where the kids with the razor cheekbones Trade their hearts for microphone moans She’s a comet in platform boots He’s a ghost in a silver suit And the mirrorball’s bleeding light On the freaks who own the night (Pre-Chorus – tension build, horns stab) See the spiders from the void Spinning webs of asteroid Click your heels, the floor ignites In a supernova of tights (Chorus – falsetto explosion) Oh man, watch the gold dust fall It’s the wildest call Take a hit from the spaceman’s cigarette glow Oh man, wonder if we’ll ever know We’re the stardust show Is there life in the gold? Just glitter on the soul (Verse 2 – half-sung, swaggering) Now the prophet’s on the screen Selling dreams in tangerine And the crowd in their velvet tears Scream for gods who disappeared But the band plays a minor chord For the lovers who can’t afford To believe in the radio lies Or the fire behind the eyes (Pre-Chorus – horns swell) It’s on everyone’s painted face That the future’s a hiding place Turn the dial, the signal cracks And the aliens answer back (Chorus – soaring, cracked-glass) Oh man, watch the gold dust fall It’s the wildest call Take a hit from the spaceman’s cigarette glow Oh man, wonder if we’ll ever know We’re the stardust show Is there life in the gold? Just glitter on the soul (Bridge – whispered over strings, then sax wails) The stage is a funeral pyre ’Cause I played it ten thousand times or higher It’s about to ignite again As I ask you to breathe it in… (Instrumental break – bluesy guitar solo, horns punch, drums explode) (Final Chorus – key up whole step, full glam assault) Oh man, watch the gold dust fall It’s the wildest call Take a hit from the spaceman’s cigarette glow Oh man, wonder if we’ll ever know We’re the stardust show Is there life in the gold? Just glitter on the soul Glitter on the soul Glitter… on… the soul… (Outro – fading echo, radio static, distant guitar sting) Blow me to the stars… Blow me to the stars…
