"The track 'Stranger Into Starman' was spurred by an afternoon crossword puzzle and the memory of an Anne Sexton poem that made an anagram out of the word 'rats' -- morphing it into 'stars.' As Mann describes it, 'it's about glorifying people who don't deserve the glory.'"
From the SMILERS press release:
"The track 'Stranger Into Starman' was spurred by an afternoon crossword puzzle and the memory of an Anne Sexton poem that made an anagram out of the word 'rats' -- morphing it into 'stars.' As Mann describes it, 'it's about glorifying people who don't deserve the glory.'"