| Marina and the Diamonds – Buy the Stars Lyrics | 9 years ago |
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For me this song is about attempting to fill a void, emptiness or unhappiness though someone else (romantically in this case). He/She buys stars/falls in love (possibly through spending money wooing someone) and from this gains some light and happiness. He/She puts the responsibility on the other person from providing that ("You bought a star......You named it after me"). He/She then stops providing their own happiness ("You bought a star in the sky tonight And in your man-made dark The light inside you died") Love then becomes not about the person who is loved, but what that person makes him/her feel (it becomes about providing the light). ("You know only how to own me") The major point I think being highlighted is that this strategy is misguided. We are responsible for our unhappiness/emptiness and no one else (Oh we don’t own our heavens now We only own our hell) and we shouldn't make someone else responsibly for providing out "light". The unhappiness or emptiness is something internal that needs to be addressed. (And you could buy up all of the stars, But it wouldn’t change who you are. You’re still living life in the dark It’s just who you are) |
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