fun. – Stars

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  My Interpretation:This is my FAVORITE song off of this album, so I often listen to it. I've kind of formed an opinion of what it's about and thought I'd just share it. So here it goes:
  
  This growing old is getting old
  I often find myself here thinking
  About the birds, the boats, and past loves
  That flew away or started sinking (He's sick of having to grow up and take on responsibilities and in turn lose things from when he was younger)
  
  And it's crazy here without you
  I used to think this all was ours
  We stay up late debate
  On how we find our way
  You say, "It's all up in the stars" (Maybe he's refering to someone in Arizona that he knew before Fun. that meant a great deal to him and gave him advice)
  
  Well, Some nights I rule the world
  With bar lights and pretty girls (Sometimes he likes his fame, he rules the stage when singing "Barlights" or "All the Pretty Girls")
  
  But most nights I stay straight
  And think about my mom, Oh God
  I miss her so much (He mostly misses his family that he left behind in Arizona and wonders whether it was worth it)
  
  And there are people on the street
  They're coming up to me
  And they're telling me
  That they like what I do now (With Fun.'s growing fame, there would be random people recognizing him and they congratulate him)
  
  And so I tried my best when I took the fall
  And get back right up and get in your arms
  If you're out here why do I miss you so much?
  
  I feel like I had it all
  Back before I lost it all (He had his family before he moved to New York, and now that he's left Arizona, he feels he has "lost them")
  
  Now I just wait for you to talk to me
  But you won't even look at me, baby (He waits for his family to talk to him. He doesn't want to be the first to speak)
  
  And I've been saying that you
  You're always holding onto stars
  I think they're better from afar
  Cause no one is going to save us (He feels like celebreties are just people and he doesn't understand the obsession with the "stars' of Hollywood and why his fame is changing his life so much)
  
  Oh, and me
  Well I am fading in the dark (He would like to be normal)
  So don't you ever kiss me
  Don't you wish on me
  Why can't you see
  That no one's going to save us?
  Come on, girl (He doesn't want the pressure of being a "star" and people counting on him.)

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  General Comment:the lines:
  
  "there are people on the street
  they're coming up to me
  they're telling me that they like what I do now"
  
  is a reference to his fame nowadays. He seems to reference to it quite a lot, like in At Least I'm Not As Sad (As I Used To Be), he says:
  
  "And they said,
  "Hey Nate, yeah, it’s been a while,
  Are you gonna sing?"
  And I began to smile and I said,
  "You should’ve seen me a couple of years ago,
  I was laughing and drinking and smoking and singing.""
  
  And in Some Nights, he sings:
  
  "Some nights, I wish that my lips could build a castle
  Some nights I wish they'd just fall off"
  
  Which references to how sometimes he wishes he could do amazing things with his fame and sometimes he wants to forget it all and go back to being 'normal'.
  
  The lyrics in their songs are so raw, and that's one reason why I really appreciate them.

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  General Comment:The bar lights line is an obvious reference to their song "Bar Lights"

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  Lyric Correction:Somehow it keeps adding ridiculous lyrics that I didn't write out, which obviously apply to another song. Until it gets fixed, here are the lyrics:
  
  Growing old is getting old
  I often find myself here thinking
  About the birds, the boats, and past loves that flew away or started sinking
  And it's crazy here without you
  I used to think this all was ours
  We'd stay up late, debate on how we'd find our way
  Say it's all up in the stars
  
  Some nights I rule the world
  With bar lights and pretty girls
  But most nights I stay straight and think about my mom
  Oh god, I miss her so much
  
  And there are people on the street
  They're coming up to me
  They're telling me that they like what I do now
  And so I tried my best when I took the fall
  To get right back up, back in your arms
  If you're out here why do I miss you so much
  
  I feel like I had it all
  Back before I lost it all
  Now I just wait for you to talk to me
  But you won't even look at me, baby
  
  And I'd be saying that you
  You're always holding on to stars
  I think they're better from afar
  Cause no one is gonna save us
  
  Oh, and me
  Well, I have faded in the dark
  So don't you ever kiss me
  Don't you wish on me
  Why can't you see that no one's gonna save us?
  Oh, come on girl
  
  I just need a helping hand
  I close my eyes and think about tomorrow
  It never came true
  It came true
  It never came true
  
  Oh, and you
  You're always holding on to stars
  You're always holding on to stars
  Cause no one is gonna save us
  
  Oh, and you
  You're always holding on to stars
  I think they're better from afar
  Because no one is gonna save us
  
  Oh, and me
  I have faded in the dark
  So don't you ever kiss me
  Don't you wish on me
  Why can't you see that no one's gonna save us?
  No one's gonna save us
  No one's gonna save me now
  
  No, no, no
  No, no, no
  No one's gonna save us
  Who we are, who we are
  Who you are, who you are
  You're always holding on to stars
  You're always holding on to stars
  You're always holding on to stars
  You're always holding on to stars

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