Stars
Chasing Fallen Stars: Unrequited Love in Alison Krauss & Union Station's Melody
Lyrics
Stood out in the rain, let it soak me down
Expressing a willingness to endure discomfort by standing in the rain and allowing oneself to get wet.
For I called you, I called you
Repeatedly called out for the person being addressed.
You did not see me there
The person being called did not notice the speaker's presence.
Hidden by the dark beneath your window
The speaker was concealed in the darkness beneath the addressee's window, remaining unseen.
But I saw you.
The speaker observed the addressee despite not being seen themselves.
When putting on a face for the mirror on the wall
Acting or putting on a facade while facing oneself in the mirror.
Dreaming that the looking glass is you
Imagining that the reflection in the mirror is the person the speaker loves.
Catching my fondest gazes, living though my fickle fazes
Experiencing and enduring various emotional phases or changes while maintaining affection for the addressee.
I love you.
Declaring love for the addressee.
Spend my dimes on phones trying just to talk
Spending money on phone calls in an attempt to communicate.
But you don't answer, you let it ring
The addressee does not respond to the calls; the phone rings unanswered.
I spend my nights alone catching fallen stars
Passing lonely nights collecting metaphorical 'fallen stars' as tokens of affection for the addressee.
To give to you, love, they're just for you.
Intending to give these 'fallen stars' as a symbol of love to the addressee.
Stars fall every time a lover has to face the truth
Stars symbolize emotional pain or consequences; they fall when lovers confront difficult truths.
And far too many stars fall on me
The speaker has experienced a multitude of emotional hardships.
And as they trail the skies I burn their paths upon my eyes
Metaphorically, the tears of the speaker mark the path of fallen stars as a result of emotional distress.
I cry.
Expressing sorrow and emotional pain through tears.
And it's getting easier each day to weep about you
Expressing an increasing ease in grieving for the addressee.
Harder every night to sleep without you
Highlighting the growing difficulty in coping with the absence of the addressee and experiencing sleepless nights.
How many years must I be driven by this dream of
Asking how much longer the speaker will be consumed by the dream of being in love with the addressee.
Love with you...
Questioning the duration of being driven by the longing for love with the addressee.
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