Lyrics for From the Stars as interpreted by miss_moto

From the Stars Lyrics
I saw a friend that i once knew at a funeral,
He took the time out to be seen.
His eyes kept glancing to the hour hand on the gold watch, that he'd been given by a magazine.

He didn't cry when the priest gave the sermon,
Just pulled up the woolen collar on his fleece.
Crossed his arms, gave a sigh and checked the time again,
As he sat inches from the wife of the deceased.

He catches raindrops on his window, it reminds him how he falls,
From the stars back to our cities, where we've never felt so small

Rain drops from his window making puddles in his hands,
He thinks how quick the water's rising as another raindrop lands

He took a chauffeur driven car back to his hotel,
Passing through the sick streets where he was born
He said "Driver, what's happened to these buildings? They all look run down and so alone."

He took a shower in the bathroom of his penthouse,
Put the Do not Disturb on his door
When the maid came in the morning
She found him shivering on the bedroom floor

He catches raindrops on his window, it reminds him how he falls,
From the stars back to our cities, where we've never felt so small

Rain drops from his window making puddles in his hands,
He thinks how quick the water's rising as another raindrop lands


He catches raindrops on his window, it reminds him how he falls,
From the stars back to our cities, where we've never felt so small

Rain drops from his window making puddles in his hands,
He thinks how quick the water's rising as another raindrop lands


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cosinewave
09-04-2008

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correct me if i am wrong but i do believe this song is called "From the Stars", i love this song along with white lies, can't wait for their album!

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miss_moto
09-05-2008

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I've heard different people call it different things, and i've seen it tagged differently in different places, so i was going to go with this title!

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Maang
01-24-2009

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Good that you put the song up, but now the album is released the official title is just 'From The Stars'. Lyrics look correct though, so i'm pleased.

This song has been said by Harry McVeigh/Jack Lawrence-Brown to be about a washed-up celebrity who visits his home town to attend the funeral of a friend.

I'm not entirely sure what the "shivering on the bedroom floor" part is about, or what relation the deceased has to him.

Hopefully someone can shed more light on this.

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LVH
02-24-2009

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Anyone who owns the album will know it is called From the Stars

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infinityontrial
02-25-2009

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"You can never return home."

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birgan
03-24-2009

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HE TOOK A CHAUFFER-DRIVEN CAR BACK TO HIS HOTEL.
PASSING THROUGH THE CITY STREETS WHERE HE WAS BORN.
HE SAID "DRIVER WHAT'S HAPPENED TO THESE BUILDINGS?
THEY ALL LOOK RUN-DOWN AND SO FORLORN".

visit http://www.whitelies.com/ for the right lyrics...

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SUPERGINGE
04-06-2009

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This sounds like a person who was once a nice/happy/kind or whatever person, and thats who the writer of the song knew.
But now it seems he has completely changed.
He seems empyt, alone and emotionless - "He didn't cry when the preist gave the sermon".
I think possibly "Driver, what happened to these buildings they all look so run-down and so forlorn" could be a metaphor for himself and he's wondering what happened to him and why he's become this person.
He obviously dosen't like the person he's become - "shivering on the bedroom floor" as in he's just broken down and depressed. And also with "it reminds him of how he falls"
The celebity part as someone said before makes sense with the whole penthouse, gold watch thing.
The reason this person has changed so much is because of his money and fame.

Umm, yeh that didnt make much sense but you catch my drift.

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Pbnjxx
08-09-2009

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This song is definetly about a man who is now famous, considering the fact that he 'took the time out to be seen' and how he seems too busy to be there. He is obviousy haunted by his home town, "they remind him how we fall/from the stars back to our cities where we've never felt so small" because it reveals to him what he has turned into, "he sees how quick the water's raising as another raindrop lands" "Driver what's happened to these buildings?/ They all look rundown so forlorn
Two things wondering about is, does he kill himself in the end? The do not disturb sign fit me thinking, and some poisons leave you shaking...
The other thing is, could this be a sort of dramatized autobiography?

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