Uploaded October 2022 | Updated September 2026, 1 day ago

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More than a decade in the making, “Lustre Parfait” is the first song from the long-mythologized collaboration of Gord Downie, the iconic late frontman of The Tragically Hip, and Bob Rock, the legendary producer perhaps best known for Metallica’s Black Album. Inspired by their brotherhood in rock n’ roll, “Lustre Parfait” is electrified and resplendent, built in reverence to the magnitude of music itself. Blending poetry and power in lavish measure, the song bursts out of the gate with breakneck pace, organ rolls and horn blasts, inspiring Gord’s thoughtful verse and explosive chorus – a booming invitation to "gather in the dark" for that silent, magic moment when the lights go down and the stars start to star.

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LYRICS:

Isn’t it funny how
Little we can do?
How much we
Are like ‘A Scene
From the Deluge.’

Hey Hey Hey - We gather in the dark
Hey Hey Hey - And float above the wreck
Hey Hey Hey -  Clear eyes and full heart
Hey Hey Hey - We can only connect  
We gather in the dark

All I want
All I wish
Is for a heart I can give
First word
To final wish
A heart I can give
Hey Hey Hey - We gather in the dark
Hey Hey Hey - And float above the wreck
Hey Hey Hey - Clear eyes and full heart
Hey Hey Hey - We can only connect
We gather in the dark

Chasing, chasing our days away
For the finest lustre parfait
Any of us has ever tasted
The finest lustre parfait
Chasing, chasing our days away
For the finest lustre parfait
Anybody has ever tasted
The finest lustre parfait

Hey Hey Hey -  We gather in the dark – we can only connect
Hey Hey Hey -  And float above the wreck
Hey Hey Hey - Clear eyes and full heart – we can only connect
Hey Hey Hey - We can only connect
We gather in the dark

Chasing, chasing our days away
For the finest lustre parfait
Any of us has ever tasted
The finest lustre parfait
The finest lustre parfait
Anybody has ever tasted
The finest lustre parfait
Any of us has ever tasted