Shooting Star Lyrics
I heard there's a few different people you're talking to
Wonder if you lose track of them some of the time
I’m laughing 'cause I know I only just met you
But you're already spanning skylines inside my mind
[Chorus]
And tonight when I closed that door, I wanted to turn back
But when I see a shooting star, I stay out of its path
And that's what you are, you're so bright
You burn my eyes and you move too fast
So I say “Goodnight, make it home" like I’m making a wish
On you, from afar
You, my shooting star
[Verse 2]
I know what you wanted because I wanted it too
To be in your light, consumed and erased
But your light doesn't stay, you take it away too soon
Then leave me hung over the moon stranded in space
[Chorus]
So even though tonight when I closed the door I wanted to turn back
I know when I see a shooting star to stay out of its path
And that's what you are, you're so bright
You burn my eyes and you move too fast
So I say “Goodnight, make it home" like I’m making a wish
On you, from afar
You, my shooting
Starlight
Star bright
The only star I see tonight
I wish I may, and I think I might regret this either way
If I let you in my heart or keep you in the dark
So I'll love you from afar
You, my shooting star
About
“Shooting Star”, the final song off MUNA’s self-titled third album, sees MUNA distance themselves from a far-off lover, rather than getting caught in their orbit as they would on past albums. It serves as a final shift in persona, but also acknowledges the melancholy of the album rather than pushing it down.
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This song was written literal weeks before we turned in the album. That’s very MUNA. I always write until it is pencils down. I had written this on acoustic guitar, and it was this folky bassline guitar part that really turned Josette off, and I remember I wanted it. We always intended for this to be a 10-song record. There’s a certain kind of guitar that we got obsessed with using, and I feel like we associate it a lot with the sound of music in LA: It’s a rubber-bridge, vintage acoustic guitar, and Jo reworked the guitar part into something that was better. It was Naomi’s idea to have kind of this Coldplay moment at the end where the song explodes into this more cathartic beat and arrangement, and that was really, I think, a big moment for that song as well.
- 1.Silk Chiffon
- 2.What I Want
- 4.Home By Now
- 5.Kind of Girl
- 6.Handle Me
- 7.No Idea
- 8.Solid
- 10.Loose Garment
- 11.Shooting Star
