Star dust

"Star dust" is a song by LorD and Master. The song appears on Up and is about the fact that everything is largely inconsequential since we will, eventually, each return to the dust from the star from which we came in the first place. There is, in this writer's opinion, at least, a distinction between stardust as one word and star dust as two words. Stardust is defined in the OED as magical, twinkling particles, much akin to fairy dust. Whereas, star dust, is the dust of a star, which is what was aimed for in this song.

Lyrics

We’re in the cosmos
Flying on a chunk of rock
Vast but finite
Fourteen billion years on the clock

Spinning round so fast
Gleaming towers turn to dull rust
The years hurtle by
And we’ll all return to star dust

And we’ll all return to star dust
And we’ll all return to star dust

All the people
You suck up to and you flatter
To gain possessions
Does it really even matter?

We’re only here a while
Focus on minutia if you must
But the years hurtle by
And we’ll all return to star dust

Versions

"Star dust" artwork.

• Appears on Up and "Star dust" maxi-single (q.v.).
• LorD and Master extended mix appears on "Star dust" maxi-single.
• E39 house mix appears on "Star dust" maxi-single.
• LorD and Master remix appears on "Star dust" maxi-single.

Maxi-single release

1. "Star dust" - 4.11
2. "This nightmare" - 3.17
3. "Star dust" (LorD and Master extended mix) - 7.15
4. "Star dust" (E39 house mix) - 5.14
5. "Star dust" (LorD and Master remix) - 6.44

Release date: 22 September 2017.

Personnel

• Written, produced and performed by Daniel Bailey-Graham.
• Additional production and remix on tracks 3 and 5 by Daniel Bailey-Graham for LorD and Master.
• Additional production and remix for track 4 by Peter Tanico for E39.