There are several performers recording as Roy

1. Italo disco act fro… Read Full Bio ↴There are several performers recording as Roy

1. Italo disco act from mid-80s by Ubaldo Zambelli

2. Reaching all the way back to Bob Dylan and the Band's pioneering blend of mythic Americana and shaggy rock & roll, alongside more recent points of comparison like Built to Spill, Modest Mouse, and My Morning Jacket, Roy (a band, not a dude) blend spiky post-Pavement indie rock with folk and country influences for a sound that's connected to the musical past but not beholden to it. For over a decade, singer and guitarist Brian Cook and drummer Dave Verellen were the mainstays of Botch, a Seattle post-hardcore act specializing in heavy riffs and showy time-signature shifts. Roy began as a side project in 2002, bringing Cook and Verellen together with singer and guitarist Ben Verellen and bassist Mike Cooper. Naming themselves after the small rural town near Tacoma, Roy debuted with 2003's Tacomatose EP, followed by 2004's Big City Sin and Small Town Redemption. Though Roy toured extensively behind their two records, the band went on a temporary hiatus while Cook and Ben Verellen turned their focus to another side project, the more Botch-like heavy math rockers These Arms Are Snakes. Roy reconvened in 2005 to write and record their second full-length album, Killed John Train, which was released by Lujo Records in the spring of 2006.

3. A Vocaloid metal producer who uses Gackpoid

Stardust
Roy Lyrics

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And now the purple dusk of twilight time
Steals across the meadows of my heart
High up in the sky the little stars climb
Always reminding me that we're apart
You wander down the lane and far away
Leaving me a song that will not die
Love is now the stardust of yesterday
The music of the years gone by.

Sometimes I wonder, how I spend
The lonely nights
Dreaming of a song
The melody
Haunts my reverie
And I am once again with you
When our love was new
And each kiss an inspiration
But that was long ago
And now my consolation is in the stardust of a song

Besides the garden wall, when stars are bright
You are in my arms
The nightingale
Tells his fairytale
Of paradise, where roses grew
Though I dream in vain
In my heart it will remain

My stardust melody
The memory of love's refrain.

Overall Meaning

In "Stardust," the singer is haunted by the memories of a past love. He likens the fading of daylight to the fading of his feelings for his former love, but the stars that appear remind him of their time together. He comments on how the memory of his love now exists only in the form of stardust, which he hears in the melody of a song. The song brings back memories of how it felt when the memory now represented by stardust was new and fresh.

As he continues to reminisce, he expresses both longing and sadness for the love he once had. Although he sees his former love's departure as an opportunity for a new chapter, he nonetheless dwells on her absence. He can no longer feel her presence, but he can imagine it through the music that haunts him.

The lyrics of "Stardust" are melancholy and reflective, with a strong focus on the past. The singer finds comfort in reliving moments from his past, but he is also acutely aware that those moments are gone forever.

Line by Line Meaning

And now the purple dusk of twilight time
The evening of my life has come, and I am filled with sadness.

Steals across the meadows of my heart
My heart is longing for love and companionship.

High up in the sky the little stars climb
The stars remind me of you and the love we shared for a short period in time.

Always reminding me that we're apart
Despite the stars being a symbol of our love, they also remind me that we are now separated from each other.

You wander down the lane and far away
You have left me and gone on your own journey through life.

Leaving me a song that will not die
Despite your absence, your memory lives on through the song of love you left behind.

Love is now the stardust of yesterday
Our love is now a distant memory, like stardust in the vast universe.

The music of the years gone by.
The music of our past love is still with me, even though the years have passed.

Sometimes I wonder, how I spend
I often think about how I spend my lonely nights without you by my side.

The lonely nights
My nights are filled with sadness and loneliness without you.

Dreaming of a song
I dream of the song of love that we once shared.

The melody
The sweet melody of our love still echoes in my heart.

Haunts my reverie
The memory of our love haunts my thoughts and dreams.

And I am once again with you
In my dreams, I am reunited with you, and our love is rekindled.

When our love was new
I dream of the time when our love was fresh and new.

And each kiss an inspiration
Each kiss we shared was an inspiration for our love to grow stronger.

But that was long ago
Our love was a long time ago, and it has since faded away.

And now my consolation is in the stardust of a song
The memory of our love is my only comfort, like stardust in the vast expanse of the universe.

Besides the garden wall, when stars are bright
In my dreams, we are together again, under the stars, next to the garden wall.

You are in my arms
In my dreams, I hold you in my arms once again.

The nightingale
The nightingale represents the beauty and purity of our love.

Tells his fairytale
The nightingale's sweet song tells the story of our love like a fairytale.

Of paradise, where roses grew
Our love was like a rose garden in paradise, a beautiful and perfect place.

Though I dream in vain
Although my dreams of us being together are in vain, they bring me comfort and happiness.

In my heart it will remain
The memory of our love will always remain in my heart.

My stardust melody
The song of our love, like stardust, will forever be a part of me.

The memory of love's refrain.
The memory of our love, and the song it inspired, will always be with me.

Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
Written by: CHRISTOPHER GENTRY, JOHN HUTCHINSON DEAN, MATTHEW EVERITT, SIMON IAN WHITE, STUART BLACK

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