Now that she's back in the atmosphere
With drops of Jupiter in her hair, hey, hey
She acts like summer and walks like rain
Reminds me that there's a-time to change, hey, hey
Since the return of her stay on the moon
She listens like spring and she talks like June, hey, hey
Hey, hey

But tell me
Did you sail across the sun?
Did you make it to the Milky Way
To see the lights all faded?
And that Heaven is overrated?

Tell me
Did you fall for a shooting star
One without a permanent scar?
And did you miss me while you were
Looking for yourself out there?

Now that she's back from that soul vacation
Tracing her way through the constellation, hey, hey
She checks out Mozart while she does Tae-Bo
Reminds me that there's a-room to grow, hey, hey, yeah

Now that she's back in the atmosphere
I'm afraid that she might think of me as
Plain ol' Jane, told a story about a man
Who is too afraid to fly so he never did land

But tell me
Did the wind sweep you off your feet?
Did you finally get the chance to dance along the light of day
And head back to the Milky Way?
And tell me, did Venus blow your mind?
Was it everything you wanted to find?
And did you miss me while you were
Looking for yourself out there?

Can you imagine no love, pride, deep-fried chicken
Your best friend always sticking up for you
Even when I know you're wrong?
Can you imagine no first dance, freeze-dried romance
Five-hour phone conversation
The best soy latte that you ever had, and me?

But tell me
Did the wind sweep you off your feet?
Did you finally get the chance to dance along the light of day
And head back toward the Milky Way?

And tell me
Did you sail across the sun?
Did you make it to the Milky Way to see the lights all faded
And that Heaven is overrated?

And tell me
Did you fall for a shooting star
One without a permanent scar?
And did you miss me while you were
Looking for yourself?

Na-na, na-na, na-na
Na-na, na-na, na-na
And did you finally get the chance to dance along the light of day?
Na-na, na-na, na-na
Na-na, na-na, na-na
And did you fall from a shooting star?
Fall from a shooting star?
Na-na, na-na, na-na
Na-na, na-na, na-na
And are you lonely looking for yourself out there?


Lyrics submitted by kevin, edited by toxictears6661, padalecki

Drops Of Jupiter Lyrics as written by Scott Underwood James Stafford

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    My Interpretation

    This is a very sad song once you try to interpret the meaning of the lyrics. This song is about a girl who left him because he wasn't what she wanted, but she came back deciding to be his friend again. I think it could also be about a girl who went into coma or moved away but she recently came back into town. At the same time I think it could also be about a friend that decided she was too good to hang out with him so she left him for the "popular crowd."

    "Now that she's back in the atmosphere With drops of Jupiter in her hair, hey, hey She acts like summer and walks like rain Reminds me that there's time to change, hey, hey Since the return from her stay on the moon She listens like spring and she talks like June, hey, hey"

    Since her return, he realizes that she is much different than how he remembers her as being. She's changed for the better. If this is indeed about a friend leaving him, he realizes that while hanging out with these other friends she has changed a lot.

    "Tell me did you sail across the sun Did you make it to the Milky Way to see the lights all faded And that heaven is overrated"

    He wants to know if she enjoyed her time away from him, if she found everything she was looking for. He also wants to know if she realized that what she thought she wanted wasn't as great as she imagined it to be. Heaven (what she thought she wanted) wasn't as great as she had thought. If this is about a friend is wants to know if she realized that the popular crowd or the people he left him for aren't as great as she expected.

    "Tell me, did you fall from a shooting star One without a permanent scar And did you miss me while you were looking for yourself out there"

    He is asking her if she fell in love with someone else that's better than him, that doesn't have as many problems and can give her what she was looking for...At the same time he wonders if she missed him while she was gone and that's why she has come back.

    "Now that she's back from that soul vacation Tracing her way through the constellation, hey, hey She checks out Mozart while she does tae-bo Reminds me that there's room to grow, hey, hey"

    This again is saying how much she has changed since the last time he saw her. He realizes that her time away from him has done good things for her.

    "Now that she's back in the atmosphere I'm afraid that she might think of me as plain ol' Jane Told a story about a man who is too afraid to fly so he never did land"

    He's afraid that now that she has changed she will think of him as too boring for her. He wonders if she told people while she was gone about how boring he was. If this is about a friend, this part is talking about how she probably sees him as boring now that she has spent time with "better" people.

    "Can you imagine no love, pride, deep-fried chicken Your best friend always sticking up for you even when I know you're wrong Can you imagine no first dance, freeze dried romance five-hour phone Conversation The best soy latte that you ever had, and me"

    He wants to know where she would be now without love, her pride, and all the memories they shared (maybe they went to a restaurant and got deep-fried chicken, him always sticking up for her even if she wasn't doing the right thing, their first dance and long phone calls, going to the coffee shop) and without him.

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