All Star Lyrics

Lyric discussion by Batilisk 

Cover art for All Star lyrics by Smash Mouth

This is a song about being a vampire. It may even be a song by a vampire to other vampires.

You see we are warned that choosing to become a vampire will ruin our lives and making such a choice would be foolish. ("Somebody once told me..." and "I ain't the sharpest tool...") Sure enough the world judges us but we know we made the right choice. ("She was looking kinda dumb with her finger and her thumb...")

"The years start coming and they don't stop coming" is just about living forever as a vampire. "Fed to the rules..." is about making the best of the cursed life. "...live for fun.." is the same. "Brain gets smart..." is about how intelligent you become as a vampire and yet do foolish things. "So much to do..." is pretty self explanatory "...Taking the back streets" is going hunting. "You'll never know..." is about how you don't know the vampire life until you choose it. "You'll never shine..." is about how great it is being a vampire.

The chorus is just about what you can do as a vampire like become a rock star and become immensely wealthy. So do it.

The global warming verse is warning vampires about the dangers of the onset of climate change and the hell that awaits them in the hereafter as well. But being a vampire rules all the same.

The gas verse is about feeding on that beggar.

This is a song about being a vampire. Perhaps from a vampire to other vampires. Thanks for reading.

My Interpretation