Closer To The Stars Lyrics

Lyric discussion by braveryexists 

Cover art for Closer To The Stars lyrics by Soul Asylum

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.