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Please could you stay awhile to share my grief
For its such a lovely day
To have to always feel this way
And the time that I will suffer less
Is when I never have to wake
Wandering stars, for whom it is reserved
The blackness of darkness forever
Wandering stars, for whom it is reserved
The blackness of darkness forever
Those who have seen the needles eye, now tread
Like a husk, from which all that was, now has fled
And the masks, that the monsters wear
To feed, upon their prey
Wandering stars, for whom it is reserved
The blackness of darkness forever
Wandering stars, for whom it is reserved
The blackness of darkness forever
(Always) doubled up inside
Take awhile to shed my grief
(Always) doubled up inside
Taunted, cruel...
Wandering stars, for whom it is reserved
The blackness of darkness forever
Wandering stars, for whom it is reserved
The blackness of darkness forever
For its such a lovely day
To have to always feel this way
And the time that I will suffer less
Is when I never have to wake
Wandering stars, for whom it is reserved
The blackness of darkness forever
Wandering stars, for whom it is reserved
The blackness of darkness forever
Those who have seen the needles eye, now tread
Like a husk, from which all that was, now has fled
And the masks, that the monsters wear
To feed, upon their prey
Wandering stars, for whom it is reserved
The blackness of darkness forever
Wandering stars, for whom it is reserved
The blackness of darkness forever
(Always) doubled up inside
Take awhile to shed my grief
(Always) doubled up inside
Taunted, cruel...
Wandering stars, for whom it is reserved
The blackness of darkness forever
Wandering stars, for whom it is reserved
The blackness of darkness forever
Lyrics submitted by Ice
Track duration: 04:54
"Wandering Star" as written by Sylvester Allen, Harold Ray I. Brown, Morris Dewayne Dickerson, Le Roy L. Jordan, Charles Miller, Lee Oskar, Howard E. Scott, Jerry Goldstein, Beth Gibbons, Geoffrey Paul Barrow
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, CHRYSALIS MUSIC GROUP
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Jude 1:6
And the angels who did not keep their positions of authority but abandoned their proper dwelling--these he has kept in darkness, bound with everlasting chains for judgment on the great Day.
Jude 1:13
They are wild waves of the sea, foaming up their shame; wandering stars, for whom blackest darkness has been reserved forever.
My two cents on this is that the song is about how the person is profoundly depressed. It creates such a graphic imagry that I find astounding. The author says they are in grief even though it's a lovely day (I picture someone laying in bed, even though it's a nice spring morning with birds chirping). They dream of death as the release when they won't suffer as much. Then it goes on to wandering stars. In Jude it explains that wandering stars are those who have to Balaam for their reward. If you look up in Peter, it tells the traits of those who choose Balaam if you want further explaination. I think the author says that they went after the things of the world (it's easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than a rich man to get into heaven, or it could be referring to drugs). They went then from having a full life to nothing (like a husk, from which all that was, now has fled). And there were all these things that looked greae=t (again, maybe drugs, maybe riches, whatever vice you want) were really monsters in masks.
Basically, I think this song is about the deception of getting caught up in the things that in the end the author found to not bring true happiness. They are now tormented by their choices and feel empty inside and like a star floating alone in space.
They see no way out, and that's the end of the song. Sad sad sad but a gorgeous song.
My two cents on this is that the song is about how the person is profoundly depressed. It creates such a graphic imagery that I find astounding. The author says they are in grief even though it's a lovely day (I picture someone laying in bed, even though it's a nice spring morning with birds chirping). They dream of death as the release when they won't suffer as much. Then it goes on to wandering stars. In Jude it explains that wandering stars are those who have to Balaam for their reward. If you look up in Peter, it tells the traits of those who choose Balaam if you want further explanation. I think the author says that they went after the things of the world (it's easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than a rich man to get into heaven, or it could be referring to drugs). They went then from having a full life to nothing (like a husk, from which all that was, now has fled). And there were all these things that looked great (again, maybe drugs, maybe riches, whatever vice you want) were really monsters in masks.
Basically, I think this song is about the deception of getting caught up in the things that in the end the author found to not bring true happiness. They are now tormented by their choices and feel empty inside and like a star floating alone in space.
They see no way out, and that's the end of the song. Sad sad sad but a gorgeous song.
The 'wandering star' was the airplace seen from the ground.
The 'needles eye' was the bomb sight for aiming.
The 'masks that the monsters wear' were the pilots facemasks.
The song was by a survivor of the bombing grieving for someone lost in a bombing, cursing the pilots.
The song was written around the time of the first gulf war.
The biblical reference blows my mind. I've had this song in my soul for 15 years and never knew about this.
Now my interpretation of the whole album is about losing faith. The lyrics about a close relationship could easily be about the divine.
So, it seems to me that the real meaning of the song is that Beth was a bit apprehensive about the release of Dummy, possibly fearing that the bands first big album would spell their demise as true artists.
Raging waves of the sea, foaming out their own shame; wandering stars, to whom is reserved the blackness of darkness for ever.
So, it's not just biblical imagery, it's actually a slight variation on a biblical passage.