Vein of Stars

it made me think the first time i heard it, that, i and we, need to treasure what we have..if we don't enjoy what there is now, we'll never be able to enjoy anything. theres so much beauty in the world. a vein of stars..that makes me think of a river of starlight, guiding you. maybe we need to make our own river of stars. our own beaten path to dreamland, because heaven is right here and now.

To me it seems like the vein of stars is referring to constellations, and that its using astrology to talk about superstition in general. Its considering the concept that maybe life isnt predetermined, despite your horoscopic astrological sign, and maybe neither is death. 25, 26, 27 could be just numerology and more superstition, or it could very well be wayne has hidden some treasure somewhere and these are the coordinates. I wouldnt put it past him.

Do you live for death, or do you live for life? Should you be a good person because you are scared what will happen to you when you die, or should you do it for another, maybe less self-centered, reason. Maybe you might not need to worry about it anymore then?

"Nothing there to see you down on your knees" = "No god listening to your prayers.

Meh. I think that if you can accept death as the END, then that can make you a strong and happy person.

I think "25, 26, 26," is just the writer lying on his back counting stars in the night.

I love this song, and think it's sad that people feel that a belief in deity is necessary for hope. Not that I'm saying religion is bad, some people do need it. But even people of faith should be able to appreciate Waynes message here. Look at mother Theresa, in her diaries, she turned out to be plagued by the very feelings of doubt and disconnection from the higher power she had faith in. And yet look at what she did with her life. Whether she accomplished what she did in spite of her struggles, or because of them, clearly she found strength somewhere after those introspections. As a Christian, (unless you have seen your messiah personally) If you don't have a seed of doubt somewhere in your body, then you are unobjective, and probably worthless as a person, because you are not living by faith, you are merely a regurgitation of the prevailing culture, and too weak to step into others shoes.

Personally, I think waynes just saying that you have to forget about what may or may not happen in a possible afterlife, and live your life on its own merits. I happen to think that my life is only more important in the scheme of life if I only have the time I'm here. People who are assholes are assholes whether they have religion or not, and people who are good are good regardless of whether they live their lives for an afterlife or as the only expression they will ever have. This isn't a song of sadness, but rather honest, earnest pondering about the meaning of life.

Maybe there isnt?

Vein of stars, I'm guessing this is referring to a higher being? To fit in context with the rest of the album...fear of death, maybe this is asking do we fear death because of a higher being?

This song makes me sad. "And if there ain't no heaven, maybe there ain't no hell" ok then so what's the point? There's just nothing after this life? That thought makes me sad. Is that what he's saying, that this is it, there's nothing more than this life? I can't fathom that. It would just seem like such a waste.

Humans need reason. We weren't meant to understand everything, but it still tortures me that if we need reason, then why can't we have it? Maybe it's about finding comfort even if there isn't heaven or hell. In "The Spark that Bled", it suggests that religion might just be a form of comfort.

Human beings, as we are now, can never really understand the afterlife or our place in the universe so to try and figure it out or judge it is just bogus. At least that's what I think it means.

does anyone have the tabs for this song? ultimate-guitar has some, but it's in some strange f6 tuning that i've never heard of. anyone have simpler tabs?