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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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08-09-2009
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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04-06-2009
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.
04-11-2009
He sounds like a flash guy who likes to flaunt his money but in reality has little real happiness in his life. Returning home reminds him of how much he has and how he now has all these material things. But it doesn't sound like he earned these things, having been given a watch by a magazine. He possibly sees people living 9-5 lives which reminds him that he has more than this but he doesn't feel fulfilled because he hasn't earned it. This depresses him and he realises his own life is quite hollow.
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03-24-2009
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".
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02-25-2009
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02-24-2009
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01-24-2009
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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09-05-2008
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09-04-2008
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