I got all my stars aligned
My amulets, my charms
I set all my false alarms
So I'll be someone
Who won't be forgotten
I've got a question
And you've got the answer

I do a dance to make the rain come
Smile to keep the sky from falling down down down down
Collect the love that I've been given
Build a nest for us to sleep in here
You know it's real

I check my palms
The cracks in teh sidewalk
My visions and my dreams
I cross all my fingers
That you'll be someone
That won't be forgotten
What was your question
I've got the answer

I do a dance to make the rain come
Smile to keep the sky from falling down down down down
Collect the love that I've been given
Build a nest for us to sleep in here
You know it's real

There are no signs
There are no stars aligned
No amulets not a charm
To bring you back to my arms
There's just this human heart
That's built with this human flaw
What was your question
Love is the answer

I do a dance to make the rain come
Smile to keep the sky from falling down down down down
Collect the love that I've been given
Build a nest for us to sleep in here
You know it's real


Lyrics submitted by mistercrinkles, edited by abirata

All My Stars Aligned Lyrics as written by Anne Erin Clark

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    I think this is the same narrator, but at three different stages of her life.

    In the first verse, she is a young girl (maiden / Persephone archetype), perhaps slighly insecure, trying to make herself special "so i'll be someone who won't be forgotten". She is looking for love from somewhere outside herself, to be given to her by someone else - "I have a question, you have the answer" ends the verse.

    The beginning of the second verse builds on the first with additional superstitions in what I think is a wry way - this is a mature woman (mother / Demeter archetype) who knows more about love than the girl in the first verse. She is now more confident - she's not worried about being forgotten but rather hoping that her new love will turn out to be special "I cross all my fingers / that you'll be someone / that won't be forgotten". This verse ends with "What was your question, I have the answer" - she has love to give someone else, but isn't looking for it from outside herself.

    The last verse is narrated by a much older woman (crone / Hecate archetype) who has suffered loss, probably buried one or more of her loves. There's just this human heart that's built with this human flaw" - the flaw being that we are mortal. She is the one singing "What was your question - love is the answer". The music here is epic and mystical and describes a strong soul that has known a lot of sorrow but is not sad.

    Archetypes of maiden / mother / crone, or Persephone / Demeter / Hecate).

    abirataon November 16, 2012   Link

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