Lyric discussion by delayed 

Cover art for Buy the Stars lyrics by Marina and the Diamonds

first sorry if someone dont understand me, but english isnt my native language.

Okay first I thought this is about a romantic relationship with a boy she liked and who gives her material things but let her get emotionally wither. "You only know how to own me" I think this is it and not more.

But as I thought about my one life too... For me it could also be the mother or father or both. Yea, because I am a fatherless girl, grown up by a emotinal cold mother. I am anti-religious and not so long ago I evolved to an Antinatalist too - because of my bad life experiences. That is why this song means for me as well:

  1. it doesnt matter how much your cold mom buy things for you, the hole inside you, your father made, is forever there and open. And of course the things she buys will not change how she is - emotional cold to you, and somehow possessive.

  2. it doesnt matter what your father buys for you, the hole he made will stay forever open. (no birth-day presents wont help)

  3. (antinatal version) the father/mother - both wanted to fill their own hole by reproducing, well, like normal people do and they dont see the new harm they create. First is meant by: "You bought a star in the sky tonight, Because your life is dark and it needs some light" The star/light is a new dying human. In the song they named the body Marina "You named it after me,-" but the real Marina, so the soul(?somehow religious..) belongs to the sky. Parents also dont have the right to possess their children only because they make them per accident "You bought..."- "but I’m not yours to keep" "(...)And no matter how hard you try, I’ll always belong in the sky." The "sky" can mean nothingness. She also sing "We come alone and then we die"

The "You’re buying stars to shut out the light (...)And you could buy up all of the stars," then mean no matter how many humans father or mother (they) breed "it wouldn’t change who you are" Of course inside dark (sadistic, lonely), and a dying human (/dying humans) too who only cause more harm. The harm mentioned would be the possessive behaviour from the parents, the feeling of loneliness from the child "All my life I’ve been so lonely" - and I can also see in "All in the name of being holy" a incrimination to our shitty religious society and the religious view of women. But I also see in stay lonely, in the name of being holy an ideal to keep somehow, but this is more philosophical and/or made by low self-esteem (I am ugly) paired with narcisstic thoughts (maybe I am ugly but it is holy to endure it lonely).

lol at least it makes sense for me.

My Opinion

@delayed Okay i listen to it again, and she sings "We come alone and alone we die" not "---and then we die"

lyrics should be changed.