I believe Black Star is about a couple, one of them is severely depressed and the other is making the depression worse. As the song plays out, I find it harder to sympathize with the speaker, and the speaker pushes his lover closer to the edge.
"Well what am I to do?" and "It's been 58 hours since I last slept with you" make me think the other person in the story is not supporting the one who's struggling with depression. They think the issues their lover has are too big to support, but still they want things from that person, notably sex, which is another thing that eats at the depressed person; the feeling that their lover craves them carnally, but finds them irritating to deal with in any other context. That reinforces the feelings of hopelessness and self-hatred that comes with depression.
"Blame it on the black star, blame it on the falling sky" rather than confronting the problem, the two find imaginary reasons to blame each other, ignoring the inevitable collapse of their relationship, and one of their lives; the falling sky.
"I keep falling over I keep passing out when I see a face like you" While this could just be a reaction to the break up, I feel there's something deeper with the context we're given. There's a grief deeper than separation, it feels more like a mourning, something that carries a heavier weight that could knock someone out if something reminds them of the dead person too closely.
"What am I coming to, I'm gonna melt down" the speaker has separated from their lover, but a similar feeling of emptiness now plagues them, stress is bearing down on them and at any time they could lose control of their temper, this line shows us they're anticipating the meltdown.
"This is killing me!" The speaker's lover committed suicide, and the complex emotions of inadequacy and guilty relief are poisoning the speaker. They will both die because of the relationship they had, but not for it. Why this line was left out on the webpage, I have no clue, as it is one of the most significant moments in the song.
@ElfriedaLehner the story was too vivid in my head not to put somewhere. Reminds me of Exit Music, but at least in Exit Music they were glad to die together. Glad you liked my interpretation!
@ElfriedaLehner the story was too vivid in my head not to put somewhere. Reminds me of Exit Music, but at least in Exit Music they were glad to die together. Glad you liked my interpretation!
I believe Black Star is about a couple, one of them is severely depressed and the other is making the depression worse. As the song plays out, I find it harder to sympathize with the speaker, and the speaker pushes his lover closer to the edge.
"Well what am I to do?" and "It's been 58 hours since I last slept with you" make me think the other person in the story is not supporting the one who's struggling with depression. They think the issues their lover has are too big to support, but still they want things from that person, notably sex, which is another thing that eats at the depressed person; the feeling that their lover craves them carnally, but finds them irritating to deal with in any other context. That reinforces the feelings of hopelessness and self-hatred that comes with depression.
"Blame it on the black star, blame it on the falling sky" rather than confronting the problem, the two find imaginary reasons to blame each other, ignoring the inevitable collapse of their relationship, and one of their lives; the falling sky.
"I keep falling over I keep passing out when I see a face like you" While this could just be a reaction to the break up, I feel there's something deeper with the context we're given. There's a grief deeper than separation, it feels more like a mourning, something that carries a heavier weight that could knock someone out if something reminds them of the dead person too closely.
"What am I coming to, I'm gonna melt down" the speaker has separated from their lover, but a similar feeling of emptiness now plagues them, stress is bearing down on them and at any time they could lose control of their temper, this line shows us they're anticipating the meltdown.
"This is killing me!" The speaker's lover committed suicide, and the complex emotions of inadequacy and guilty relief are poisoning the speaker. They will both die because of the relationship they had, but not for it. Why this line was left out on the webpage, I have no clue, as it is one of the most significant moments in the song.
@ElfriedaLehner the story was too vivid in my head not to put somewhere. Reminds me of Exit Music, but at least in Exit Music they were glad to die together. Glad you liked my interpretation!
@ElfriedaLehner the story was too vivid in my head not to put somewhere. Reminds me of Exit Music, but at least in Exit Music they were glad to die together. Glad you liked my interpretation!