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Now that she's back in the atmosphere
With drops of Jupiter in her hair, hey, hey
She acts like summer and walks like rain
Reminds me that there's time to change, hey, hey
Since the return from her stay on the moon
She listens like spring and she talks like June, hey, hey
Tell me did you sail across the sun
Did you make it to the Milky Way to see the lights all faded
And that heaven is overrated
Tell me, did you fall from a shooting star
One without a permanent scar
And did you miss me while you were looking for yourself out there
Now that she's back from that soul vacation
Tracing her way through the constellation, hey, hey
She checks out Mozart while she does tae-bo
Reminds me that there's room to grow, hey, hey
Now that she's back in the atmosphere
I'm afraid that she might think of me as plain ol' Jane
Told a story about a man who is too afraid to fly so he never did land
Tell me did the wind sweep you off your feet
Did you finally get the chance to dance along the light of day
And head back to the milky way
And tell me, did Venus blow your mind
Was it everything you wanted to find
And did you miss me while you were looking for yourself out there
Can you imagine no love, pride, deep-fried chicken
Your best friend always sticking up for you even when I know you're wrong
Can you imagine no first dance, freeze dried romance five-hour phone
Conversation
The best soy latte that you ever had, and me
Tell me did the wind sweep you off your feet
Did you finally get the chance to dance along the light of day
And head back toward the Milky Way
And are you lonely looking for yourself out there?
Tell me did you sail across the sun
Did you make it to the milky way to see the lights all faded
And that heaven is overrated
Tell me, did you fall from a shooting star
One without a permanent scar
And did you miss me while you were looking for yourself out there
With drops of Jupiter in her hair, hey, hey
She acts like summer and walks like rain
Reminds me that there's time to change, hey, hey
Since the return from her stay on the moon
She listens like spring and she talks like June, hey, hey
Tell me did you sail across the sun
Did you make it to the Milky Way to see the lights all faded
And that heaven is overrated
Tell me, did you fall from a shooting star
One without a permanent scar
And did you miss me while you were looking for yourself out there
Now that she's back from that soul vacation
Tracing her way through the constellation, hey, hey
She checks out Mozart while she does tae-bo
Reminds me that there's room to grow, hey, hey
Now that she's back in the atmosphere
I'm afraid that she might think of me as plain ol' Jane
Told a story about a man who is too afraid to fly so he never did land
Tell me did the wind sweep you off your feet
Did you finally get the chance to dance along the light of day
And head back to the milky way
And tell me, did Venus blow your mind
Was it everything you wanted to find
And did you miss me while you were looking for yourself out there
Can you imagine no love, pride, deep-fried chicken
Your best friend always sticking up for you even when I know you're wrong
Can you imagine no first dance, freeze dried romance five-hour phone
Conversation
The best soy latte that you ever had, and me
Tell me did the wind sweep you off your feet
Did you finally get the chance to dance along the light of day
And head back toward the Milky Way
And are you lonely looking for yourself out there?
Tell me did you sail across the sun
Did you make it to the milky way to see the lights all faded
And that heaven is overrated
Tell me, did you fall from a shooting star
One without a permanent scar
And did you miss me while you were looking for yourself out there
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One without a permanent scar
makes more sense. The first time I heard that line I thought he was referring to an angel -- a person with no belly button.
"tell me, did you fall from a shooting star
one without a permanent scar"
well she fell from fame and it didnt last as long as she thought it would. when she came back, she still had a bit of that hollywood in her, and she wasnt like how she used to be, and her love didnt seem to fit in her picture anymore either.....and well, thats just my interpretation of it
I didn't like or appreciate the song when it came out but the lyrics are ABSOLUTELY.... (Crying) beautiful
For me, Drops of Jupiter’s lyrics are a metaphor for the process I went through in learning what is precious in life and love, and in learning the difference between what’s just sparkly, and what’s real. I spent a lot of time out of the atmosphere, falling for shooting stars, looking for myself... but in the end, all of the things that I thought would be heaven, were overrated. I didn’t find happiness in the Milky Way, or in the constellations, or in any of the things that had looked so inviting. I realized that the happiness I wanted was in the first dance, the five hour phone conversation, the best soy latte, and in my best friend – all the things that had been right in front of me all along.
"Now that she's back in the atmosphere
With drops of Jupiter in her hair, hey, hey
She acts like summer and walks like rain
Reminds me that there's time to change, hey, hey
Since the return from her stay on the moon
She listens like spring and she talks like June, hey, hey"
Since her return, he realizes that she is much different than how he remembers her as being. She's changed for the better. If this is indeed about a friend leaving him, he realizes that while hanging out with these other friends she has changed a lot.
"Tell me did you sail across the sun
Did you make it to the Milky Way to see the lights all faded
And that heaven is overrated"
He wants to know if she enjoyed her time away from him, if she found everything she was looking for. He also wants to know if she realized that what she thought she wanted wasn't as great as she imagined it to be. Heaven (what she thought she wanted) wasn't as great as she had thought. If this is about a friend is wants to know if she realized that the popular crowd or the people he left him for aren't as great as she expected.
"Tell me, did you fall from a shooting star
One without a permanent scar
And did you miss me while you were looking for yourself out there"
He is asking her if she fell in love with someone else that's better than him, that doesn't have as many problems and can give her what she was looking for...At the same time he wonders if she missed him while she was gone and that's why she has come back.
"Now that she's back from that soul vacation
Tracing her way through the constellation, hey, hey
She checks out Mozart while she does tae-bo
Reminds me that there's room to grow, hey, hey"
This again is saying how much she has changed since the last time he saw her. He realizes that her time away from him has done good things for her.
"Now that she's back in the atmosphere
I'm afraid that she might think of me as plain ol' Jane
Told a story about a man who is too afraid to fly so he never did land"
He's afraid that now that she has changed she will think of him as too boring for her. He wonders if she told people while she was gone about how boring he was. If this is about a friend, this part is talking about how she probably sees him as boring now that she has spent time with "better" people.
"Can you imagine no love, pride, deep-fried chicken
Your best friend always sticking up for you even when I know you're wrong
Can you imagine no first dance, freeze dried romance five-hour phone
Conversation
The best soy latte that you ever had, and me"
He wants to know where she would be now without love, her pride, and all the memories they shared (maybe they went to a restaurant and got deep-fried chicken, him always sticking up for her even if she wasn't doing the right thing, their first dance and long phone calls, going to the coffee shop) and without him.