Starfish Sleeping

Album: Right Here (2009)
Play Video

Songfacts®:

  • Boh Runga said this song is about "living without someone who was a big part of your world and how the memory of them can creep in even when you make a conscientious effort to forget about them. Doing the every day can take you back to times shared when that someone was there to do the every day with you." "Starfish Sleeping" is, she said, "a reluctant admission to missing someone."

    The starfish is actually a sleeping position, lying on one's back with both arms up and around the pillow. If Miss Runga is sleeping in this position there is an obvious inference about her relationship with the person who she is missing, but to say more than that would be tactless, to put it mildly. >>
    Suggestion credit:
    Alexander Baron - London, England

Comments

Be the first to comment...

Editor's Picks

Todd Rundgren

Todd RundgrenSongwriter Interviews

Todd Rundgren explains why he avoids "Hello It's Me," and what it was like producing Meat Loaf's Bat Out of Hell album.

Band Names

Band NamesFact or Fiction

Was "Pearl" Eddie Vedder's grandmother, and did she really make a hallucinogenic jam? Did Journey have a contest to name the group? And what does KISS stand for anyway?

Janet Jackson

Janet JacksonFact or Fiction

Was Janet secretly married at 18? Did she gain 60 pounds for a movie role that went to Mariah Carey? See what you know about Ms. Jackson.

Mike Scott of The Waterboys

Mike Scott of The WaterboysSongwriter Interviews

The stories behind "Whole Of The Moon" and "Red Army Blues," and why rock music has "outlived its era of innovation."

Justin Timberlake

Justin TimberlakeFact or Fiction

Was Justin the first to be Punk'd by Ashton Kutcher? Did Britney really blame him for her meltdown? Did his bandmates think he was gay?

Kelly Keagy of Night Ranger

Kelly Keagy of Night RangerSongwriter Interviews

Kelly Keagy of Night Ranger tells the "Sister Christian" story and explains why he started sweating when he saw it in Boogie Nights.