The Night Starts Here Lyrics

Lyric discussion by mr-numb 

Cover art for The Night Starts Here lyrics by Stars

Stars are notorious for sneaking dual meanings into their songs, most notably through the use of male and female vocalists (most apparent in "Your Ex-Lover Is Dead").

Here it appears that the male is attempting to leave the relationship, with child being quite an apt metaphor for the new situation. The death of the relationship is the birth of new beginnings. The time we had, the task at hand, the love it takes to destroy a man, the ecstasy of being free all allude to his desire to leave.

For the female character however it's almost as though she's saying how the male brought this situation on himself. YOU name YOUR child after YOUR fear and tell them I have brought YOU here" -almost as if she feels blamed for the breakup.

Dropping a coin into a sea is throwing away something valuable which will never return, but also alludes to something like a wishing well. Quite a beautiful reference in my opinion.

The male character wants out, the female wants him back ("forget your fear"), but realizes that it'll never happen. Were we angels after all? I don't know.

@mr-numb - I agree with everything except the ending "Were we angels after all" I think means did we have anything at all were we really in love? did we really care? does she mean anything to me?