Golden (Then The Lights Went Out)

[intro] (soft fingerpicked guitar, faint gramophone crackle) [verse 1] Silk and sequins on a Saturday night Everybody's living like the future is bright Champagne towers in a penthouse suite The whole world's dancing to a brand new beat Rolls-Royce’s rolling down the avenue Radio's playing something daring and new Stars of the silver screen wowing at the cinema We'd left the war behind and come so far [pre-chorus] But nothing gold stays golden for long There’s always an end to a beautiful song [chorus] Oh, the twenties were a wildfire Dancing on the edge of a live wire Jazz and gin and borrowed time Every single moment felt divine We were young and we were fearless Living loud and reckless and near-miss Didn't know the decade had a deadline Golden, golden, golden — then the lights went out [verse 2] Electric gadgets transforming our homes Seventy-eights spinning on gramophones Flappers cutting off their hair for fun A generation growing beneath the sun Wall Street trades like it will never fall Magic medicine’s available for all Heading into our 30’s and we couldn’t wait Would prove to be our best-before date [pre-chorus] October came and took it all away But we were golden, golden, golden for an age [chorus] Oh, the twenties were a wildfire Dancing on the edge of a live wire Jazz and gin and borrowed time Every single moment felt divine We were young and we were fearless Living loud and reckless and near-miss Didn't know the decade had a deadline Golden, golden, golden — then the lights went out [bridge] (stripped back, piano only, intimate) You can't hold lightning in your hands Sometimes fate just has other plans But for a moment we were flying For a moment we weren't dying We were alive (strings swell, full band re-enters) Now all we have is the memory But what a joy it was to be free 'Cause a decade like that only comes around once So we danced and we danced and we danced and we danced [chorus] (powerful, full band, emotionally charged) Oh, the twenties were a wildfire Dancing on the edge of a live wire Jazz and gin and borrowed time Every single moment felt divine We were young and we were fearless Living loud and reckless and near-miss Didn't know the decade had a deadline Golden, golden, golden Oh-oh-oh [chorus] (powerful, full band, emotionally charged) The twenties were a wildfire Dancing on the edge of a live wire Jazz and gin and borrowed time Every single moment felt divine We were young and we were fearless Living loud and reckless and near-miss Didn't know the decade had a deadline Golden, golden, golden - then the lights went out [outro] (soft, fading, gramophone static closes in) Golden... Golden...Golden Then the lights went out