Yeah, all those stars drip down like butter
Promises are sweet
We hold out our pans, lift our hands to catch them
We eat them up, drink them up, up, up, up

Hey, let me in
Hey, let me in

I only wish that I could hear you whisper down
Mister fisherman, to a less peculiar ground
He gathered up his loved ones and he brought them all around
To say goodbye, nice try

Hey, let me in
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Hey, let me in, let me in

I had a mind to try to stop you
Let me in, let me in
And I've got tar on my feet and I can't see
All the birds look down and laugh at me
Clumsy, crawling out of my skin

Hey, let me in
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Hey, let me in
Hey, let me in
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Hey, let me in


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Let Me In Lyrics as written by Michael Stipe Bill Berry

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    My Interpretation

    Yes, the song is about Kurt Cobain. I interpreted the first stanza of this song with him in mind, and his struggles with accepting fame.

    "Yeah, all the stars drip down like butter, Promises are sweet, We hold out our pans, lift our hands to catch them. We eat them up, drink them up, up, up, up"

    I think Stipe is making a comment on the nature of fame and celebrity here. All the "stars" are celebrities that we put on pedestals, like Cobain often sang about himself ("Rape Me," "Smells like Teen Spirit" in the line "here we are now, entertain us"). The "we" here are us, the general public who take and consume what the "stars" have to give, their talent. "we eat them up, drink them up, up, up, up" It's a lopsided, one-way relationship. They could be said to be "dripping" because of this.

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