Starlight analysis

This song is by the band Muse and was released on their 2006 albulm Black Holes and Revelations. The first metaphor is in the line "this ship is taking me far away, far away from the memories of the people who care if I live or die." The singer is not actually taking a ship away from his loved ones but rather is ditancing himself away from them mentally. The starlight the song is about could be interpreted many different ways I like to interpret it in that the starlight he chases is his imagination and the endless wonder and possibility that awaits to be uncovered. The struggle is in that he has to choose whether or not to pursue his dreams and accomplish what he feels is his potential or go with the girl that mystically intrigues him even though it will probably not work out. The other metaphor is in the chorus and goes as follows "our hopes and expectations black holes and revelations." This means that what he hopes for and expects are nothing but lies and revelations of how wrong he was.