[Intro]
[Ambient swell → pulsing synth → drums kick in]
Lights down… sky wide…
Feel it building… deep inside…
[Verse 1]
City fades into the night
Dark explodes with shards of light
Every spark a distant fire
Pulling us a little higher
Breathing in the endless view
Something old but feeling new
Every question, every scar
Leads us right back to our star
[Bridge]
Having fun
(Turning round the sun)
[Pre-Chorus]
Feel the rush, the great unknown
Like we’re not out here alone
Every pulse, every beat
Finds a rhythm underneath
[Chorus]
Do you wonder how far
(How far we are)
Do you wish upon a star
(Aware we’re where)
… where we are….
Do you feel the spark
(In the dark)
Like we’ve always known
(We’ve shone)
[Drop: Driving beat, synth hook, soaring guitar]
[Verse 2]
Ancient light across the years
Breaking through our doubts and fears
What we see is long gone by
Still it reaches through the sky
Every second burning bright
In the middle of the night
We’re not lost, we’re just a part
Of the beating cosmic heart
[Bridge]
It’s a must…
(’cause we’re stardust)
[Pre-Chorus]
Let it in, let it go
Feel the energy below
Every breath takes us far
Closer to our star
(Run, run, run)
’round the sun….
[Chorus]
Do you wonder how far
(How far we are)
Do you wish upon a star
(Aware we’re where)
… where we are….
Do you feel the pull
(Near and far)
Like a spinning mass
(As stars pass)
[Bridge – Breakdown – Spoken | Beat strips to bass pulse]
Well, there they are
(Star after star)
Endless light above
(No matter where you are)
Every dream we’ve ever known
Every place we’ve ever shone
Written out across the dark…
(Light it up… be a spark)
[Build: Snare roll, rising synths]
[Chorus – Big]
Do you wonder how far
(How far we are)
Do you wish upon a star
(Aware we’re where)
… where we are….
[Bridge – Breakdown – Spoken | sudden drop]
Well, here we are
(Star after star)
Right here now
(Exactly where we are)
[Refrain – Anthem, crowd vocals]
Let us shine
(Shine, shine, shine)
Shine so fine
(Shine, shine, shine)
Let us rise
(Shine, shine, shine)
Light the sky
(Shine, shine, shine)
[Final Outro: Instruments strip → echoing voices]
Star after star…
We are… we are…
Shine… shine… shine…
(Shine throughout time)
Shine… shine… shine…
From the album “Whatnot“