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My stars so far no one's callin' me home
Space brain vagabond livin' on my own
Come all ye faithful you know all you people should come to me
I'll make you arms work and I'll make your legs work I'll make you see
Ladada ladada ladada ladada ladada whoa yeah
Well I swear by the air I'll be made to breathe
You'll pay very dear for this banishing deed
The power alone stored in my little hand
Could melt the Eiffel tower turn the sphinx into sand oh whoa oh oh
Oh no thar she blows spreadin' crazy news
All night cannonball loves to light the fuse
And everyone blows up and nobody grows up to fill dad's shoes
But that doesn't matter 'cause no little boys really wanted to
Ladada ladada ladada ladada ladada aah whoa whoa whoa whoa
I stared at the squall line I stared at the fault line
I see a funnel black there I think I see a crack there
Landscapes alive and it's movin' my feet
All I need is a holocaust to make my day complete oh oh oh ooh
Klaatu barada nikto klaatu barada nikto
Space brain vagabond livin' on my own
Come all ye faithful you know all you people should come to me
I'll make you arms work and I'll make your legs work I'll make you see
Ladada ladada ladada ladada ladada whoa yeah
Well I swear by the air I'll be made to breathe
You'll pay very dear for this banishing deed
The power alone stored in my little hand
Could melt the Eiffel tower turn the sphinx into sand oh whoa oh oh
Oh no thar she blows spreadin' crazy news
All night cannonball loves to light the fuse
And everyone blows up and nobody grows up to fill dad's shoes
But that doesn't matter 'cause no little boys really wanted to
Ladada ladada ladada ladada ladada aah whoa whoa whoa whoa
I stared at the squall line I stared at the fault line
I see a funnel black there I think I see a crack there
Landscapes alive and it's movin' my feet
All I need is a holocaust to make my day complete oh oh oh ooh
Klaatu barada nikto klaatu barada nikto
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"Come all you faithful..."
Good people: False prophets play a large part in My Stars, but as Desperado70 indicated, the last words of the song comes from the original 1951 science fiction classic "THE DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL" The song posits that once you strip away all the philosophy of existence (in humanoid form) relative to the universe and the tactical doctrine of "Mutually Assured Destruction", the movie's "protagonist" Klaatu is less a benefactor saving the Earth (and subsequently the universe) from itself, and more of a fascist forcing the will of unseen entities upon our planet in the name of doing "what's good for us". Instead of a benevolent- if somewhat dispassionate - Klaatu, the song asks what if instead he dropped all pretense, used the doubtless legions of disillusioned humans that would be attracted by his very existence as his own army, and along with his faithful companion wreaked destruction, threatening entire annihilation, if his every whim was not addressed. The words "Gort- Klaatu barada nikto" are the words a confined/injured Klaatu has Patricia Neal's character Helen say to his helpful robot pal in order to rescue Klaatu. Gort, well, he makes a statement with his response. Along the way ACG throw in colorful terms, sprinkling the song with imagery that suggests a tilted reality suitably skewed to this world and its themes, even if they weren't directly lifted from the film. ACG, thank you so much for this and all your incredible work. What material.
Alice Cooper's hits were good songs. I think that this song, "My Stars", should almost be a hit.
I mean the band did nothing wrong at all with their performance of this song, so does anyone else think this?
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This is a tough one to decipher...definitely apocalyptic end of the world themes going on..."come on you faithful, you know all you people should come to me" - not the Almighty loving God I am acquainted with, sounds more like the used car salesman with that hint of desperation pleading with the masses to fall in line - maybe a reference to the AntiChrist...and maybe the only solution is to blast off from the brutal planet in a rocketship - the final verse being the Robot's speech from The Day the Earth Stood Still...
You're more correct than you know, and it's not the first time reference was made to the Antichrist - take another look at "Second Coming" off Love It To Death...Very astute on your part to make the "My Stars" connection.
You're more correct than you know, and it's not the first time reference was made to the Antichrist - take another look at "Second Coming" off Love It To Death...Very astute on your part to make the "My Stars" connection.
I did not see anything apocalyptical about this song. To me, it is a pretty simple story when the lyrics are taken into consideration as a whole. I believe the reference to "come all you faithful...." is a reference to his preacher father. As a whole, it appears that the subject of this song was banished "banishing deed" for being what he was (rock star) due to the judgement of his father who was a preacher. You see the words "space brain" and "vagabond" which seem to refer to his parents (possibly) passing judgement on him which resulted in him having to leave home. "Thar she blows" could be a reference to his mother who is "spreading crazy news". I always wondered if this song is auto-biographical or semi-auto-biographical. Guess only Alice would know!