A beautiful performance by Emma Hill of "Stardust" with bandmate Bryan Daste on pedal steel & backing vocals. This was performed for the Half Wild community in Oakland on October 10, 2017.
"I started writing this song in Munich, Germany and finished it as I rode the train up to Utrecht in the Netherlands. The song is supposed to make you feel like you're standing on a mountain, far away from light pollution staring up at the cosmos. It is about the shift of perspective that can happen when you think about your relationship with the cosmos. I used to get terrified by how small it made me feel, so insignificant. I realized that I could shift how it made me feel by thinking about it a different way. I started to consider the idea that by being small, it leaves room for all the other beautiful things that make up the universe, and while the human condition is a lonely one, it's also one that we are sharing with billions of people simultaneously. And that made me feel a little less small. The song is also supposed to highlight the sacred beauty of the science behind how humanity has evolved. We are all stardust, both tiny and larger than life." -- Emma Hill
Stardust by Emma Hill
They say ignorance is bliss
And I think they're right
Cos everything else is just constant denial
Distraction is crucial but only their kind
Well it doesn't kill you just tempts you to life
Baby you're stardust
Just a speck in the eye
A left over spark from explosions gone by
My soul sits simultaneously in my stomach and my eyes
There are more cells in my body than stars in the sky
We all came from the sea
Only some learned to fly
Our body shares salinity
We can taste it when we cry
Baby you're stardust
Just a speck in the eye
A left over spark from explosions gone by
Might think it's beautiful
Might make you cry
It's your place in evolution that grants you asking why
It's your place in evolution that grants you asking why