@synthp0p: #petshopboys #synthpop #electronicmusic #80smusic #synth #lyricvideo #musicvideo #1987 the lyrics were written from the point of view of a woman about to leave her husband—indeed embarking on the new life of the title. But, as Neil puts it, "she doesn't know whether she's doing the right thing"; therefore she's leaving surreptitiously, under the cover of night. As she hops aboard a plane and flies away, she looks forward to her new life with the moving lines, "Then rise the daylight sky—how do you get to heaven if you never try?"