In regards to the meaning of this song:
Before a live performance on the EP Five Stories Falling, Geoff states “It’s about the last time I went to visit my grandmother in Columbus, and I saw that she was dying and it was the last time I was going to see her. It is about realizing how young you are, but how quickly you can go.”
That’s the thing about Geoff and his sublime poetry, you think it’s about one thing, but really it’s about something entirely different. But the lyrics are still universal and omnipresent, ubiquitous, even. So relatable. That’s one thing I love about this band. I also love their live performances, raw energy and Geoff’s beautiful, imperfectly perfect vocals. His voice soothes my aching soul.
Born of love and cast in light
Don't you know we cannot die
We are stars
We are
We are stars
We are
We are stars
We are
The stars above, stars of grace
Shining down what's left of face
You hurt so bad
This knowing, this fallacy
I want so much
To follow as I lead
For love I keep
Silent I weep
Dead suns rule dead air
But Heaven is everywhere
Stars...
Torn from God and flung towards night
Don't you want what I can't fight
We are stars
We are
We are stars
We are
We are stars
We are
The stars that shine, stars that bleed
Silver seeking destiny
So follow please
This hurts so much
This knowing carries me
We want so bad
We forget we are free
Spirit smile on
Deep black diamond
So rise the lost toys
Island of white noise
And purple haze
We are starz
We are starz
We are starz
What hurts so much
Is knowing we are free!
Don't you know we cannot die
We are stars
We are
We are stars
We are
We are stars
We are
The stars above, stars of grace
Shining down what's left of face
You hurt so bad
This knowing, this fallacy
I want so much
To follow as I lead
For love I keep
Silent I weep
Dead suns rule dead air
But Heaven is everywhere
Stars...
Torn from God and flung towards night
Don't you want what I can't fight
We are stars
We are
We are stars
We are
We are stars
We are
The stars that shine, stars that bleed
Silver seeking destiny
So follow please
This hurts so much
This knowing carries me
We want so bad
We forget we are free
Spirit smile on
Deep black diamond
So rise the lost toys
Island of white noise
And purple haze
We are starz
We are starz
We are starz
What hurts so much
Is knowing we are free!
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Correct lyrics :
We are stars We are We are stars We are We are stars We are
The stars above, stars of grace Shining down what's left of face
You hurt so bad This knowing, this fallacy I want so much To follow as I lead
For love I keep Silent I weep Dead suns rule dead air But heaven is everywhere Stars...
Torn from god and flung towards night Don't you want what I can't fight
We are stars We are We are stars We are We are stars We are
The stars that shine, stars that bleed Silver seeking destiny So follow please
This hurts so much This knowing carries me We want so bad We forget we are free
Spirit smile on Deep black diamond So rise the lost toys Island of white noise And purple haze
We are stars We are stars We are stars
What hurts so much Is knowing we are free
my opinion is this is about celebrity and its influence on culture
i really like the drumming in this song.. wish i could find a guitar tab for this song too
this song is basically about the consequences of being a star or popular person "What hurts so much Is knowing we are free"(such as paris hilton... who should be connected to this song and the picture in the booklet.. if that one is not already connected to tarantula)
this could also be about himself... he and the band can be compared to "silver seeking destiny" and they are the "The stars that shine, stars that bleed".. making this band pure awesomeness
ZrnfullTangerine its tuned 1/2 step down and tabs at Ultimate-guitar.com
Good God, this has the worst vocal mixing i've ever heard
It's about astrology, duh! He called an album Pisces Iscariot
Atleast this song has some whines god damn it.
I think this song is in relation to the movie zeitgeist zeitgeistmovie.com (We forget we are free) we are submitting ourselves to the enslavement of global bankers. watch the movie this whole albums lyrics will have new meaning
I could be completely wrong but I do know that I have heard rumors that Billy Corgan was a Christian and I figured that this had a Christian theme as well as Bring the Light. I thought maybe he was talking about eternal life with this song or something like that. What ever the case I am sure that it is something positive because it is so epic sounding and up tempo.
Oh I forgot I what I meant to say was that this song is about might be looking at the struggles of human life in view of eternity and history and about how we are like stars we burn brightly and struggle through life and living with the difficulty of free will and trying to be the best we can be in a time of great moral corruption.