There's no hate
There's no love
Only dark skies that hang above
I call your name as I walk alone
Send a signal to guide me home

Light the night up, you're my dark star
And now you're falling away

But I found in you what was lost in me
In a world so cold and empty
I could lie awake just to watch you breathe
In the dead of night, you went dark on me

You're the cause
The antidote
The sinking ship that I could not let go
You led my way then disappeared
How could you just walk away and leave me here?

Light the night up, you're my dark star
And now you're falling away

But I found in you what was lost in me
In a world so cold and empty
I could lie awake just to watch you breathe
In the dead of night, you went dark on me

Blinded, I can't do this on my own
You are all I've got to guide me home

I could lie awake just to watch you breathe
In the dead of night, you went dark on me

Dark on me, dark on me
Dark on me, dark on me
Dark on me

I could lie awake just to watch you breathe
In the dead of night, you went dark on me

"With the growth and development of these giant eyes
The exploration of space has swept outwards in great waves
Today we explore with a telescope of 100 inches
It has the light gathering power of more than 200,000 human eyes
We observe a volume of space so vast
That it may be a fair sample of the universe itself
The explorations fall into three phases
The first phase led long ago to a picture
Of the solar system, the Sun with its family of planets
Including the earth, isolated and lonely in space"

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1) There's no hate, there's no love 2) Only dark skies that hang above 3) I call your name as I walk alone 4) Send a signal to guide me home

5) Light the night up, you're my dark star 6) And now you're falling away

7) But I found in you, what was lost in me 8) In a world so cold and empty 9) I could lie awake just to watch you breathe 10) In the dead of night, you went dark on me

11) You're the cause, the antidote 12) The sinking ship that I could not let go 13) You led my way and disappeared 14) How could you just walk away and leave me here?

15) Light the night up, you're my dark star 16) And now you're falling away

17) But I found in you, what was lost in me 18) In a world so cold and empty 19) I could lie awake just to watch you breathe 20) In the dead of night, you went dark on me

21) Blinded, I can't do this on my own 22) You were all I've got to guide me home

23) I could lie awake just to watch you breathe 24) In the dead of night, you went dark on me 25) Dark on me, dark on me, dark on me 26) Dark on me, dark on me

27) I could lie awake just to watch you breathe 28) In the dead of night, you went dark on me

1 We never hated each other, but now you're gone and so is the love. 2 Now there's a cloud of grief above, following me around. 3 I need you now that I'm alone. 4 You left me behind and I need you again. 5 (My) best guess is that Dustin means this as a metaphor. Dark stars are objects (possibly stars, they don;t know) that give off little light, so even the slightest presence of them "lit my night up".
6 The light you gave off is dimming; or, in literal terms, there isn't even a slightest presence anymore

7 You brought out a part of me that I thought was gone forever. 8 I was feeling lost and alone before you came to save me. 9 I feel secure enough just staring at you, knowing that you're here and alive 10 Out of no where, you left me.

11 The fact that you're gone is the reason for why I'm in pain, and the antidote ____is your presence once again. 12 You (a ship) are leaving my life (sinking) but I can't let go of the idea of you. 13 You guided me and instantly vanished 14 self explanatory

15 (see 5) 16 (see 6)

17 (see 7) 18 (see 8) 19 (see 9) 20 (see 10)

21 I might as well be blind without you. I can't do a thing without your help. 22 You were all I had in this world.

23 (see 5) 24 (see 6) 25 26

27 (see 9) 28 (see 10)

Overall, I'm not exactly sure what the story is, but I think it's either about suddenly being dumped by someone who you thought it was going great with, or it's about losing someone to death (where it says "I could lie awake just to watch you breathe, that could mean that, at this point, just knowing that they're not dead is comfort enough) ("sinking ship" and "dark star" could both mean that death was slowly approaching and life was fading). Either way, it's about losing the only one that really mattered to you.

(note: I copied and pasted the lyrics and I'm too lazy to review, so I apologize if I missed a correction)

1) There's no hate, there's no love 2) Only dark skies that hang above 3) I call your name as I walk alone 4) Send a signal to guide me home 5) Light the night up, you're my dark star 6) And now you're falling away 7) But I found in you, what was lost in me 8) In a world so cold and empty 9) I could lie awake just to watch you breathe 10) In the dead of night, you went dark on me 11) You're the cause, the antidote 12) The sinking ship that I could not let go 13) You led my way and disappeared 14) How could you just walk away and leave me here? 15) Light the night up, you're my dark star 16) And now you're falling away 17) But I found in you, what was lost in me 18) In a world so cold and empty 19) I could lie awake just to watch you breathe 20) In the dead of night, you went dark on me 21) Blinded, I can't do this on my own 22) You were all I've got to guide me home 23) I could lie awake just to watch you breathe 24) In the dead of night, you went dark on me 25) Dark on me, dark on me, dark on me 26) Dark on me, dark on me 27) I could lie awake just to watch you breathe 28) In the dead of night, you went dark on me *1* We never hated each other, but now you're gone and so is the love. *2* Now there's a cloud of grief above, following me around. *3* I need you now that I'm alone. *4* You left me behind and I need you again. *5* (My) best guess is that Dustin means this as a metaphor. Dark stars are ____objects (possibly stars, they don;t know) that give off little light, so even the ____slightest presence of them "lit my night up". *6* The light you gave off is dimming; or, in literal terms, there isn't even a slightest presence anymore *7* You brought out a part of me that I thought was gone forever. *8* I was feeling lost and alone before you came to save me. *9* I feel secure enough just staring at you, knowing that you're here and alive *10* Out of no where, you left me. *11* The fact that you're gone is the reason for why I'm in pain, and the antidote ____is your presence once again. *12* You (a ship) are leaving my life (sinking) but I can't let go of the idea of you. *13* You guided me and instantly vanished *14* self explanatory *15* (see 5) *16* (see 6) *17* (see 7) *18* (see 8) *19* (see 9) *20* (see 10) *21* I might as well be blind without you. I can't do a thing without your help. *22* You were all I had in this world. *23* (see 5) *24* (see 6) *25* *26* *27* (see 9) *28* (see 10) Overall, I'm not exactly sure what the story is, but I think it's either about suddenly being dumped by someone who you thought it was going great with, or it's about losing someone to death (where it says "I could lie awake just to watch you breathe, that could mean that, at this point, just knowing that they're not dead is comfort enough) ("sinking ship" and "dark star" could both mean that death was slowly approaching and life was fading). Either way, it's about losing the only one that really mattered to you. (note: I copied and pasted the lyrics and I'm too lazy to review, so I apologize if I missed a correction)

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@Breaking carl I totaly agree with you. I was looking for the meaning of this song and I think I've found it thank you.

Ali_hope1on April 02, 2016

@Breaking carl I can definitely say that I agree with you in the sudden loss of a loved one, but there are several things I'd like to point out that make me think of losing a loved one to death specifically. A terminal illness or something similar; something that was known: his cause and antidote, the sinking ship reference. She's his dark star, she may not have lit up the skies like the rest of the stars, but he saw her very difference. Felt her radiation. The lyric about "How can you just walk away and leave me here?" This is a very real experience for anyone who's lost a spouse. They can feel slighted, hurt by the fact that their significant other seemingly gave up/gave in and passed on. Most people feel 'left behind' when their spouse simply leaves them, relationship wise, but this specifically said 'leave me here' - in the land of the living. He could lie awake at night and watch her breathe every night, simply knowing s/he was alive. Yet "in the dead of night, you went dark on me" - he saw their last breath, see them pass in their sleep. "Blinded I can't do this on my own" is also a very powerful lyric lending toward this; many who are left behind feel like they can't do this on their own, blinded by the life and love they once, a beacon of light that's now gone dark and their image burnt into retina/memory.

shawn11726on October 02, 2019