Lyrics & Translation
[English]
Stars are never sleepingDead ones and the living
We live closer to the earth
Never to the heavens
The stars are never far away
Stars are out tonight
They watch us from behind their shades
Brigitte, Jack and Kate and Brad
From behind their tinted window stretch
Gleaming like blackened sunshine
Stars are never sleeping
Dead ones and the living
Waiting for the first move
Satyrs and their child wives
Waiting for the last move
Soaking up our primitive world
Stars are never sleeping
Dead ones and the living
Their jealousy's spilling down
The stars must stick together
We will never be rid of these stars
But I hope they live forever
And they know just what we do
That we toss and turn at night
They're waiting to make their moves
But the stars are out tonight (tonight, tonight)
Here they are upon the stairs
Sexless and unaroused
They are the stars, they're dying for you
But I hope they live forever
They burn you with their radiant smiles
Trap you with their beautiful eyes
They're broke and shamed or drunk or scared
But I hope they live forever
Their jealousy's spilling down
The stars must stick together
We will never be rid of these stars
But I hope they live forever
And they know just what we do
That we toss and turn at night
They're waiting to make their moves on us
The stars are out tonight, yeah (tonight, tonight)
The stars are out tonight
The stars are out tonight, yeah-eah
Key Vocabulary
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Key Grammar Structures
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Stars are never sleeping
➔ Present continuous tense
➔ The phrase uses the present continuous tense with 'are sleeping' to indicate an ongoing action, emphasizing that stars are always awake.
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We live closer to the earth
➔ Present simple tense
➔ The sentence uses the present simple tense to state a general truth or habitual action, indicating that humans naturally live closer to the earth.
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The stars are never far away
➔ Adverb of frequency
➔ The adverb 'never' is used to emphasize the frequency or lack thereof, indicating that stars are always close.
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They watch us from behind their shades
➔ Present simple tense with pronoun
➔ The sentence uses the present simple tense with the pronoun 'they' to describe a habitual action, indicating that the stars regularly observe us.
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Gleaming like blackened sunshine
➔ Simile
➔ The phrase uses a simile with 'like' to compare the stars' glow to blackened sunshine, creating a vivid image.
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Their jealousy's spilling down
➔ Possessive form with apostrophe
➔ The possessive form 'jealousy's' uses an apostrophe to show ownership, indicating that the jealousy belongs to the stars.
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But I hope they live forever
➔ Modal verb for hope
➔ The modal verb 'hope' expresses a wish or desire, indicating the speaker's aspiration for the stars' immortality.
