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STARSET

Starlight

Release date: 20th January 2017

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About This Track

'Starlight' frames cosmic distance as the measure of longing. The narrator cannot find words to express his love, so he reaches instead for the language of space and light: stardust, galaxies, the endless skies. The song builds its emotional architecture around a central conceit, that devotion persists across the void, that "a thousand armies won't stop me, I'll break through". It is both grandiose and intimate, the scale of the universe pressed into service for the scale of a single attachment. The track moves between moments of separation and reunion, each chorus returning to the image of starlight as both barrier and beacon. Dustin Bates and Sahaj Ticotin wrote a song about the impossibility of articulating feeling, then gave it one of the most articulate metaphors in the album: that love is the only thing worth crossing light years for. The production swells to meet the sentiment, turning what could have been a straightforward ballad into something that feels genuinely vast.

"Starlight" is a track by STARSET, from the album Vessels, released 20th January 2017. Full lyrics are available below.

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STARSET

STARSET

Lyrics

Starlight

[Verse 1]

Stardust

In you and in me

Fuse us into unity

Primeval, we're coupled

Born from the universe

Farewell, the void is calling

Don't fear for futures and dreams

They're fleeting, retreating

It's okay, I promise

[Chorus]

I don't know what to say

But I'm going to want you till the stars evaporate

We're only here for just a moment in the light

One day it shines for us, the next we're in the night

So say the word and I'll be running back to find you

A thousand armies won't stop me, I'll break through

I'll soar the endless skies for only one sight

Of your starlight

[Verse 2]

Tell me, just tell me to stay

I'll turn, I won't look away

I'll stay here

I'll never go but you don't feel the same

Farewell. farewell and godspeed

Light years between you and me

I'm fading, your beauty conquers the darkness

[Chorus]

At night, the earth will rise

And I'll think of you each time I watch from distant skies

Whenever stars go down and galaxies ignite

I'll think of you each time they wash me in their light

And fall in love with you again

I will find you

A thousand armies won't stop me, I'll break through

I'll soar the endless skies for only one sight

Of your starlight

[Bridge]

Don't leave me lost here forever

Show me your starlight and pull me through

Don't leave me lost here forever (Lost here forever)

I need your starlight and pull me through

(Bring me back to you)

Bring me back to you

[Chorus]

At night, the earth will rise

And I'll think of you each time I watch from distant skies

Whenever stars go down and galaxies ignite

I'll think of you each time they wash me in their light

And fall in love with you again

I will find you

A thousand armies won't stop me, I'll break through

I'll soar the endless skies for only one sight

Of your starlight

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Track details

From Vessels

2017
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Vessels
Vessels
STARSET
20th January 2017
Release year
2017
  1. —DIE FOR YOU
  2. —The Order
  3. —Monster
  4. —Everglow
  5. —Ricochet
  6. —Telepathic
  7. —Bringing It Down
  8. —Starlight
  9. —Into The Unknown
  10. —Unbecoming
  11. —Gravity Of You
  12. —Satellite
  13. —Last To Fall
  14. —Frequency
  15. —Back To The Earth

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Credits

Production & Engineering

Writer
Dustin Bates, Sahaj Ticotin
Producer
Rob Graves
Drums
Joe Rickard
Guitar
Dustin Bates, Rob Graves
Vocals
Dustin Bates
Bass Guitar
Rob Graves
Cello
Anthony LaMarchina
Digital Audio Editor
Joe Rickard, Paul DeCarli
Mastering Engineer
Bob Ludwig
Mixing Engineer
Ben Grosse
Orchestra Arranger
Igor Khoroshev
Programmer
Alex Niceforo, Dustin Bates, Igor Khoroshev, Josh Baker, Paul Trust, Rob Graves
Recording Engineer
Bobby Shin, Justin Spotswood, Mike Plotnikoff, Rob Graves
Strings Arranger
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Viola
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Violin
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