Starburster – English Lyrics

• By: Fontaines D.C.
• Album: ROMANCE

Lyrics & Translation

Delve into the raw, poetic intensity of Fontaines D.C.'s 'Starburster,' a unique blend of post-punk, trip-hop, and rap rock that captures the chaotic search for meaning in modern life. Experience how the band translates personal anxiety into a broader exploration of longing and connection, offering a compelling study of emotional expression through innovative soundscapes.

[English]

It may feel bad

It may feel bad

It may feel bad

I wanna see you alone, I wanna sharp the stone

I wanna bounce the bone, I wanna mess with it

I wanna lay the deville, the whole crew on the sill

I want the preacher and pill, I wanna bless with it

I wanna head to a mass and get cast in it

That shit's funnier than any A-class, in' it?

I wanna talk with the clown who has apologies down

Pay him 300 pound to take a class in it

I wanna bite the phone, I wanna bleed the tone

I wanna see you alone, alone, alone, lone

I wanna strait the shark and find me somewhere to park

Like the light when it's dark, it's dark, it's dark, dark

A few stars about make it feel like peace in a way

A complimentary round

Constellation got a twist in it

For a GPO and all the hits in it

I'm gon' hit your business if it's momentary blissness

I'm gon' hit your business if it's momentary blissness

I'm gon' hit your business if it's momentary blissness

I'm gon' hit your business if it's momentary (it may feel bad)

I wanna talk with a gag if it's a bottle or bag

I wanna strike with the SAG, I need the friends from it

I want a shot in the dark, I wanna make the mark

I want to live the arc, I call the ends on it

I wanna take the truth without a lens on it

My God given insanity, it depends on it

How I feel? How I feel? How I feel?

I wanna keel

Over harder than a turned up challenger

I wanna keep all of your charm in a canister

Do you inspire like the same did Salinger?

I'm the pig on the Chinese calendar

I got a shadow like a .58 Caliber

I wanna move like a new Salamander

I love the carrion who's a real Scavenger

It's moral tyranny keeping me from thee

...

Hit me for the day

For the light that you suffered

To come by, take to my sky

Never wanting, only wonder

To live out of reach

Sloping family, short to tall

One to three swallow the key

In their footprints I will follow

I'm gon' hit your business if it's momentary blissness

I'm gon' hit your business if it's momentary blissness

I'm gon' hit your business if it's momentary blissness

I'm gon' hit your business if it's momentary blissness

...

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
alone /əˈloʊn/ A2	adjective - having no one else present
stone /stoʊn/ A2	noun - a hard solid nonmetallic material
bone /boʊn/ A2	noun - hard connective tissue forming the skeleton
mass /mæs/ B1	noun - a large body of people or things
light /laɪt/ A1	noun - the natural agent that makes things visible
stars /stɑːrz/ A2	noun - distant luminous point in the night sky
hit /hɪt/ B1	verb - strike forcefully noun - a successful strike or impact
business /ˈbɪznəs/ B1	noun - commercial activity
truth /truːθ/ B2	noun - the quality of being true
insanity /ɪnˈsænɪti/ C1	noun - state of being seriously mentally ill
shadow /ˈʃædoʊ/ B1	noun - dark shape produced by an object blocking light
carrion /ˈkærɪən/ C1	noun - decaying flesh of dead animals
scavenger /ˈskævəndʒər/ B2	noun - person or animal that searches for food
tyranny /ˈtɪrəni/ C1	noun - oppressive power
suffered /ˈsʌfərd/ B1	verb - experienced pain or distress
follow /ˈfɑːloʊ/ A2	verb - go after

Key Grammar Structures

• I wanna see you alone, I wanna sharp the stone

  ➔ want + infinitive (colloquial “wanna”)

  ➔ The verb **“wanna”** is a colloquial contraction of “want to” followed by the infinitive “see”.

• I want the preacher and pill, I wanna bless with it

  ➔ want + noun phrase; want + infinitive (colloquial “wanna”)

  ➔ The first clause uses **“want”** directly with a noun phrase “the preacher and pill”. The second clause repeats the colloquial **“wanna”** + infinitive “bless”.

• I wanna talk with the clown who has apologies down

  ➔ relative clause (who + present simple)

  ➔ The relative pronoun **“who”** introduces a clause describing “the clown”: **“who has apologies down”** (present simple).

• Pay him 300 pound to take a class in it

  ➔ infinitive of purpose (to + verb)

  ➔ The phrase **“to take a class”** explains the purpose of the action **“Pay him 300 pound”**.

• I'm gon' hit your business if it's momentary blissness

  ➔ first conditional (if + present simple, main clause with future meaning)

  ➔ The **“if”** clause uses the present simple **“it's”** (it is) while the main clause **“I'm gon' hit your business”** expresses a future result.

• I want a shot in the dark, I wanna make the mark

  ➔ want + infinitive; colloquial want + infinitive (wanna)

  ➔ Both clauses use **“want”** followed by an infinitive: **“want a shot”** (noun object) and **“wanna make”** (colloquial).

• Do you inspire like the same did Salinger?

  ➔ question with comparative clause (like + past simple)

  ➔ The verb **“inspire”** is followed by the comparative **“like the same did Salinger”**, where **“did”** is the past simple of “do”.

• I'm the pig on the Chinese calendar

  ➔ copular verb “be” + predicate noun

  ➔ The subject **“I”** is linked to the noun **“pig”** by the copular verb **“am”** (a form of “be”).