OneRepublic: Counting Stars Meaning

Song Released: 2013

Counting Stars Lyrics

Lately I been, I been losing sleep
Dreaming about the things that we could be
But baby I been, I been prayin' hard
Said no more counting dollars
We'll be counting stars
Yeah, we'll be counting stars

I see this life
Like a swinging...

1. anonymous

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   Sep 4th 2013 !⃝

   "We'll be counting stars" doing the impossible, ie impossible to count the stars, but in the song they are doing just that, or can be looked @ as doing something thats doomed to fail, but I'd like 2 be an optimist abt it
2. anonymous

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   Aug 26th 2013 !⃝

   There is no immoral conflict, or wrong focus of money assertions or addictions here.
   
   The song is surely about:-
   Thanks to the bright morning star; Revelation 1.
   A man got out of the car at the party across the road in 2009, he must have been an angel as he threw two stars at me? I don't know what, are these the same two stars that I saw go off in his face in 1981? Signs ..... It was wrong, not good coz now you're tied up, and you keep getting tied up because you should've just married me from the start. Worried about the money all the .... time! Still waiting for God to make it perfect?
   
   Look how far we've come. I am counting stars in my own room because I was prayin hard, Abraham started it, I ran out of money at the restaurant and the dockets are printing stars!
   Heck why didn't someone tell me this before?????? By the power of God you declared us unreal, yet there is no miscellaneous file in Jesus Christ.
   I don't care how hard you make it, I will not do wrong, I will keep pulling those stars. There is no comfort until my husband is laying in my arms.
3. anonymous

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   Aug 25th 2013 !⃝

   ........... I sat up on my bed and the air in my room had turned blue, there were stars everywhere. I touched some, counted some, blinked twice and they're gone! .... I never smoked, never did drugs, don't drink alcohol. I bought food and there was a star on the docket! Kingdom food Jesus paid for me.
4. anonymous

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   Aug 24th 2013 !⃝

   Sorry meant number 3 anonymous interpretation is mostly right
5. anonymous

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   Aug 24th 2013 !⃝

   Number 2 anonymous is mostly correct in their interpretation.
   Like other well known musicians they are owned by the illuminati. Once they belong to the illuminati they have to do what they are told. In reverse partway through the song .. Hallelu hallelu hallelujah you are ruler sarin lucifer. Check it out for yourself .

   This interpretation has been marked as poor. view anyway
6. anonymous

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   Aug 20th 2013 !⃝

   I think this song is like a miror that anyone can see himself in it and have his own thought..
   But in my idea this song can be related to a wrecked relationship that he still wants to continue..
7. anonymous

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   Aug 12th 2013 !⃝

   it's about love and drugs
   
   spread the love and fly by the drugs
   
   and forget about the job , depression and counting dollars ..
   
   just count the stars by using drugs and having love
   
   just watch the money burned

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8. anonymous

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   Aug 9th 2013 !⃝

   simply it means having lots of money is not everything in life ,, he focus on morals and love and caring of each others etc by the term of "counting stars " better than counting dollars .. also he gives a sign to go out for protesting against what we were told since we were little like " being materialistic , greed , getting more money as much as you can and getting busy with counting dollars " .. the message of the song is so clear to me I guess :)
9. anonymous

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   Aug 6th 2013 !⃝

   I think this song is about a homosexual relationship and how the world is not sold on the idea and they are just acting the way society and the church say they should be. Right being wrong/ wrong being right. Money and stars has to do with the wasted legal fight but the stars represent all of the couples future dreams afterwards. The alligator must represent the dangers around every corner for such an individual. The church above them is trying to suppress or change them (even though they are just like them - shown by their synchronization) but the floor eventualy opens up.

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10. anonymous

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    Jul 23rd 2013 !⃝

    I think it's about chasing our dreams.
    
    'Lately, I've been I've been losing sleep thinking'
    'Dreaming about the things that we could be'
    
    The whole money issue is like not caring about money for now and going for the dream.
    
    Try listening to the song with that perspective in mind
11. anonymous

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    Jul 20th 2013 !⃝

    I'm pretty sure it's saying that we wrongly correlate money to happiness, and instead of "counting money" and worrying about status, we should be "counting stars"- i.e.: simple blessings, beauty in life, etc. The lyrics elude to it, and the video with office workers drives the point home [for me at least].
12. anonymous

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    Jul 18th 2013 !⃝

    I personally think this song is about drugs. The whole "right and wrong" thing is often told with drugs as an example; like how he says he "feels something so right doing the wrong thing". The thing about throwing lessons away and burning money... Morals are forgotten when you're high, and money goes so quickly buying drugs that it seems to burn. Loss of sleep and obsession are often things related to abuse of drugs. The praying is also interesting in many ways; drugs and religion do NOT go hand in hand. In religious families, friend groups, really anything, drug users are shunned and seen as sinners... So "praying hard" is very thought-provoking. The fact that the word "swinging" was used definitely gives you a sort of loose, party-animal kind of feeling. All in all, it could be interpreted as many things, but my best bet is drugs.

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13. anonymous

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    Jul 7th 2013 !⃝

    Counting Stars, in my opinion, its about morality, what is the right or wrong for everyone depends about family, religion.
14. anonymous

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    Jun 4th 2013 !⃝

    Even though, as a couple, they are going through some troubles and it pains him, he still wants to be there with her.
15. anonymous

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    May 15th 2013 !⃝

    Doing the right thing is not as appealing as doing the wrong thing and it makes them feel more thrilled and though they know it is harmful to them, they still do the wrong thing

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