Dance of the Milky Way

  • folk
  • Four-on-the-floor techno-house groove with bouncing sidechain bass
  • shimmery space FX
  • and chopped Russian folk vocal samples. Verses ride a hypnotic midrange synth riff; chorus explodes with call-and-response vocals
Dance of the Milky Way

Lyrics

Intro

Spinning in the kitchen light

Tile floor

Midnight

Old clock ticking out of time

Stars stuck to the window

Verse 1

Bare feet on the cold gray squares

Sweater sliding off one shoulder

Grandma stirring sugar in her tea

Says the night is getting older

I draw planets in the steam

Name them after all our neighbors

Turn the radio too loud

Turn the broom into a saber

Pre-Chorus

She laughs

Shakes her head

Ties her scarf like armor

Outside

Galaxies

Inside

Tiny parlor

Chorus

Бабушка

А ты знаешь

Что мы живем на окраине Млечного Пути?

Она смеётся

Отвечает:

«Да

Лучше пить свежее молоко

Внучка

Иди»

We spin

We sway

Our little house in the Milky Way

We spin

We sway

Our little house in the Milky Way

Verse 2

Plastic flowers on the shelf

Vase taped twice around the middle

She taps rhythm on the table edge

Turns my joke into a riddle

She says

“Child

Pour the glass

Stars are far

But thirst is nearer”

In her eyes

A comet’s tail

In the spoon

A silver mirror

Pre-Chorus

I jump

Fake a bow

DJ of her kitchen

She snaps

Claps on two and four

Ancient

Modern rhythm

Chorus

Бабушка

А ты знаешь

Что мы живем на окраине Млечного Пути?

Она смеётся

Отвечает:

«Да

Лучше пить свежее молоко

Внучка

Иди»

We spin

We sway

Our little house in the Milky Way

We spin

We sway

Our little house in the Milky Way

Bridge

Beat drops to kick and claps

Hands up in the tiny room (hey!)

Fridge hum like a drone in bloom

She twirls once

Scarf in the air

Universe caught in a kitchen chair

Filter sweep rising

Chorus

Бабушка

А ты знаешь

Что мы живем на окраине Млечного Пути?

Она смеётся

Отвечает:

«Да

Лучше пить свежее молоко

Внучка

Иди»

We spin

We sway

Our little house in the Milky Way

We spin

We stay

Dancing on the edge of the Milky Way