The song lyrics were written by the band Van Halen, as they were asked to write a song for the 1979 movie "Over the Edge" starring Matt Dillon. The movie (and the lyrics, although more obliquely) are about bored, rebellious youth with nothing better to do than get into trouble. If you see the movie, these lyrics will make more sense. It's a great movie if you grew up in the 70s/80s you'll definitely remember some of these characters from your own life. Fun fact, after writing the song, Van Halen decided not to let the movie use it.
My stars
So far
No one's callin' me home
Space brain
Vagabond
Living on my own
Come on you faithful
You know all you people should come to me
I'll make you arms work
And I'll make your legs work
I'll make you see
Ladada dadada dadada dadada da da
Whoa, yeah
Well I swear by the air
I'll be made to breathe
You'll pay very dear for this banishing deed
The power alone stored in my little hand
Could melt the Eiffel Tower
Turn the Sphinx into sand
Oh no
Thar she blows
Spreadin' crazy news
All night
Cannonball
Loves to light the fuse
And everyone blows up
And nobody grows up to fill Dad's shoes
But that doesn't matter
'cause no little boys really wanted to
Ladada dadada dadada dadada da da
Whoa, yeah
I stared at the squall line
I stared at the fault line
I see a funnel black there
I think I see a crack there
Landscapes alive
And it's moving my feet
All I need's a Holocaust
To make my day complete
So far
No one's callin' me home
Space brain
Vagabond
Living on my own
Come on you faithful
You know all you people should come to me
I'll make you arms work
And I'll make your legs work
I'll make you see
Ladada dadada dadada dadada da da
Whoa, yeah
Well I swear by the air
I'll be made to breathe
You'll pay very dear for this banishing deed
The power alone stored in my little hand
Could melt the Eiffel Tower
Turn the Sphinx into sand
Oh no
Thar she blows
Spreadin' crazy news
All night
Cannonball
Loves to light the fuse
And everyone blows up
And nobody grows up to fill Dad's shoes
But that doesn't matter
'cause no little boys really wanted to
Ladada dadada dadada dadada da da
Whoa, yeah
I stared at the squall line
I stared at the fault line
I see a funnel black there
I think I see a crack there
Landscapes alive
And it's moving my feet
All I need's a Holocaust
To make my day complete
Lyrics submitted by 2006200720082009
My Stars Lyrics as written by Alice Cooper Bob Ezrin
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Alice Cooper's hits were good songs. I think that this song, "My Stars", should almost be a hit.
I mean the band did nothing wrong at all with their performance of this song, so does anyone else think this?
I think that almost every song of of School's Out should have been a hit. Personally I think that Gutter Cat was better though.
This is a tough one to decipher...definitely apocalyptic end of the world themes going on..."come on you faithful, you know all you people should come to me" - not the Almighty loving God I am acquainted with, sounds more like the used car salesman with that hint of desperation pleading with the masses to fall in line - maybe a reference to the AntiChrist...and maybe the only solution is to blast off from the brutal planet in a rocketship - the final verse being the Robot's speech from The Day the Earth Stood Still...
You're more correct than you know, and it's not the first time reference was made to the Antichrist - take another look at "Second Coming" off Love It To Death...Very astute on your part to make the "My Stars" connection.
I did not see anything apocalyptical about this song. To me, it is a pretty simple story when the lyrics are taken into consideration as a whole. I believe the reference to "come all you faithful...." is a reference to his preacher father. As a whole, it appears that the subject of this song was banished "banishing deed" for being what he was (rock star) due to the judgement of his father who was a preacher. You see the words "space brain" and "vagabond" which seem to refer to his parents (possibly) passing judgement on him which resulted in him having to leave home. "Thar she blows" could be a reference to his mother who is "spreading crazy news". I always wondered if this song is auto-biographical or semi-auto-biographical. Guess only Alice would know!