“Life Is Golden” is the seventh track on Suede’s eighth studio album, The Blue Hour, and its first official single (although the band had previously released “Don’t Be Afraid If Nobody Loves You” and “The Invisibles” as promotional singles). Its music video was directed by Mike Christie and was film...
[Verse 1]
The same blood runs through your veins
The same strange way of talking
The same thoughts sink through your pillow
The same crooked smile
[Chorus]
You're not alone
Look up to the sky and be calm
You're not alone
Look into the light and be heard
You're never alone
Your life is golden
Golden
[Verse 2]
The same blood runs through your veins
But you have the light of your mother
She holds her love to her
Tender breast
[Chorus]
You're not alone
Look up to the sky and be calm
You're not alone
Look into the light and be heard
You're never alone
Your life is golden
Golden
You're not alone
When the the world puts all the winter in you
You're not alone
I'm there in the words that you use
You're never alone
Your life is golden
Golden
[Bridge]
And they won't love you tonight
Clap along to the resurrection
Carve your name in my tender skin
With your beautiful words
With your beautiful words
[Chorus]
You're not alone
Look up to the sky and be calm
You're not alone
Look into the light and be heard
You're never alone
Your life is golden
Golden
You're not alone
'Cause the same thoughts I have in my head
You're not alone
With the city wind in your hair
You're never alone
Your life is golden
Golden
Life Is Golden was written by Neil Codling & Richard Oakes & Brett Anderson.
Life Is Golden was produced by Alan Moulder.
Suede released Life Is Golden on Wed Aug 15 2018.
From an interview in which Brett Anderson compares the song to “The Wild Ones” (1994), a track which he has previously called his favourite Suede song:
I really love it… if I just want to enjoy a song from the album rather than think about the album, I go and just listen to that and really enjoy it...
Mat Osman, in a 2018 interview:
One of the problems we had with “Life is Golden” is that when we spoke to people about doing visuals for it, they were all too “Golden”… The first time we saw [the video], it was a rough cut, [Mike Christie, director] hadn’t bothered to sync it to the music or anythi...