[Intro — sparse bluesy] Mmmh… yeah… bad day blues… neon coming through… [Verse 1- bluesy, sparse] I woke up under a ceiling of lead with a question burning holes in my head what is the point, what is the use the day came loose, the day came loose I had no answer, I had no sign just a crooked little crack in the blind and through that crack came a flickering thing with golden teeth and an electric grin [Pre-Chorus / Hook] Maybe nothing means a thing still the neon starts to sing maybe no one answers why laugh anyway before you cry [Chorus] Talmi gold and fairground light kept me breathing through the night no point written in the sky laugh anyway, laugh anyway False gold burning, neon bright made a window in my mind no point given, no reply laugh anyway, laugh anyway [Verse 2] He said: I’m not here to make things true I’m only here to get you through I’m only bulbs and painted flame a laughing mouth without a name But if the real thing will not show let the Talmi shimmer glow So every bulb in the black marquee was spelling something back to me [Pre-Chorus / Hook] Maybe nothing means a thing still the neon starts to sing maybe no one answers why laugh anyway before you cry [Chorus — brighter, more glitter] Talmi gold and fairground light kept me breathing through the night false gold flashing in my eyes laugh anyway, laugh anyway Plastic stars and painted fire lift me from the sinking wire no point written in the sky laugh anyway, laugh anyway [Bridge — half-spoken over broken blues beat] It was not an answer it was not the truth just blue electricity in a dark little booth It was not forever it was not enough but it gave me a lever when the day got rough And I held on yeah, I held on to the bright neon thing that was almost gone [Final Pre-Chorus / Hook — almost ecstatic] Maybe nothing means a thing still the neon starts to sing maybe no one answers why laugh anyway before you cry [Final Chorus — full broken glitter disco] Talmi gold and fairground light kept me breathing through the night false gold flashing in my eyes laugh anyway, laugh anyway Plastic stars and painted fire lift me from the sinking wire no point written in the sky laugh anyway, laugh anyway Talmi gold and fairground light neon miracle, burning bright no grand meaning, no reply laugh anyway, laugh anyway [Outro, half-spoken] Maybe nothing means a thing still the neon starts to sing maybe no one answers why laugh anyway before you cry Mmmh… laugh anyway… before you cry…
