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Closer To The Stars Lyrics
Caterpillar crawling up the big phone pole
Is there somebody that you want to talk to?
You know that pretty soon you'll be able to fly
How is this going to affect you?
Do you think it might wreck you?
Your friends might reject you
Say you took it too far
You said you want to be want to be want to be want to be
Hooked on glossy pictures and drugs I've never seen
We'll treat you with advice from a fashion magazine
One day she just walked into that magazine
I wonder if she'll ever come back
And they all said she would crack
They said her mind was one track,
Said she took it too far
You said you want to be want to be want to be want to be
Closer to the stars
Every time you move your lips
Let me give you a few tips
Yesterday you were too young
Tomorrow you will be too old
To regret all the things you've done who're you trying to hustle ?
Somebody you wanna show your muscle?
Second hand excuses never went too far
What's this scene you're making?
Your ideas have been taken
We'll seek when you awaken alone in someone's car
You just stood there shaking, stood there shaking
They said you were faking
You said you want to be want to be want to be want to be
Closer to the stars
Closer to the stars
Is there somebody that you want to talk to?
You know that pretty soon you'll be able to fly
How is this going to affect you?
Do you think it might wreck you?
Your friends might reject you
Say you took it too far
You said you want to be want to be want to be want to be
We'll treat you with advice from a fashion magazine
One day she just walked into that magazine
I wonder if she'll ever come back
And they all said she would crack
They said her mind was one track,
Said she took it too far
You said you want to be want to be want to be want to be
Closer to the stars
Let me give you a few tips
Yesterday you were too young
Tomorrow you will be too old
To regret all the things you've done who're you trying to hustle ?
Somebody you wanna show your muscle?
Second hand excuses never went too far
What's this scene you're making?
Your ideas have been taken
We'll seek when you awaken alone in someone's car
You just stood there shaking, stood there shaking
They said you were faking
Closer to the stars
Closer to the stars
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I think that wanting to be "closer to the stars" is actually metaphor for wanting success, acknowledgement, recognition. There's that person, an ugly duckling, who puts her whole effort into becoming someone different, a model as I see it ("walked into that magazine", "hooked on glossy pictures"). And once she has reached her goal everybody starts talking behind her back, for example alleging that she is stupid (this is what mostly makes me think that she's a model, you can here people talk about models' stupidity everywhere).
The last part is telling her to just bear with it ("what's the scene you're making"). It's been her choice, so she shouldn't regret it now or expect others to make it better for her. Nobody cares as long as she goes on ("we'll seek you when you awaken alone" - maybe after a suicide?), they neglect what they see ("said you were faking"). It's a really sad song.