Song Description

Based in part on the book Personality, by Andrew O'Hagan, this song imagines a big star of some kind, all glamour and light, seen through the eyes of someone left behind in the small town she left. It's not a jealous song, but the unfamous one is still un

Lyrics

Oh, it?s odd, when we picture you at our school,
Shying your way through
The hostile playground,
Who would have pictured you in that dress,
Famous and fearless?

In the years you?ve been away from our town,
We?ve gathered these families; yeah, we?ve put our heads down,
And the dust that settles all over these towns
Has dusted us too, top to ground.

And the colour flew from us to you?

Turn around take a bow,
Staged and steady, oh, where are those idiots now?
And turn your back on the crowd
Listen out, honey, who?d dare laugh at you now?

Our cigarette break conversational guest,
Covered in lights, all eyes and weightlessness.
We changed so slowly you?d never have guessed
Heavy and lidless.

And the air it flew from us to you

Turn around take a bow,
Staged and steady, oh, where are those idiots now?
And then turn away from the crowd
Listen out, honey, who?d dare laugh at you now?

And I?m tonguetied and deepfried in front of you
And I?ve no idea how to talk to you
You should never return
To lit fireworks
If you don?t want to get burned.

Turn around take a bow,
Staged and steady, oh, where are those idiots now?
And turn your back on the crowd
Listen out, honey, who'd dare laugh at you now?

Turn your back on the crowd,
Staged and steady, oh, where are those idiots now?
And then turn your back on the crowd
Listen out, honey, who?d dare laugh at you now?