The new song off Mitski's upcoming album "The Land Is Inhospitable and So Are We" (2023) it's called Stars and it offers a stunning atmospheric slow-burn. Mitski sings about the idea that a relationship can be like the leftover light from a long-dead celestial body that still appears in our night sky: "That love is like a star/ It's gone, we just see it shining." "The Land Is Inhospitable And So Are We" is out 9/15 on Dead Oceans.
Mitski - Star Song Lyrics added below:
Remember when we met
We acted like two fools
We were so glad
So glad to have found it
[Chorus:]
That love is like a star
It's gone, we just see it shinin'
It's traveled very far, I'll
Keep a leftover light
Burnin' so you can keep lookin' up
Isn't that worth holdin' on?
Mitski - Star Song Lyrics continue below:
You know I'd always been alone
'Till you taught me
To live for somebody
[Chorus:]
That love is like a star
It's gone, we just see it shinin'
'Cause it's traveled very far, I'll
Keep a leftover light
Burnin' so you can keep lookin' up
I'm yours no matter
That love's gone
We just see it shinin'
We've travеled very far, I'll
Keep a leftovеr light
Burnin' so you can keep lookin' up
Isn't that worth holdin' on?