Stars

**Stars** is an unreleased song by Evan Barlow and YUNGBLUD.

## Background

Evan Barlow first performed the song at 1999—a nightclub in Paris—on 10 February 2020, while opening for Saint PHNX. He stated that YUNGBLUD was in it before singing YUNGBLUD’s verse, as he wasn’t there to do it.

## Lyrics

[Evan Barlow]

Don't reach for the stars, yeah

It's all in your head, it's all in your head

You won't make it far, yeah

Left for the dead, lay with your friends

Ride under the stars, yeah

You won't make it there, you won't make it there

You won't make it there, you won't make it there

Don't reach for the stars

The brighter the stars, yeah

It's all in your head, it's all in your head

You won't make it far, yeah

Left for the dead

Think of your friends

Brighter than stars, yeah

It's all in your head, it's all in your head, it's all in your head

You're already dead, you're already dead

Gotta swallow, I've finished another bottle

It's turning me hollow inside, acting like a zombie

[?] to grab another 50

Back 'til I pass out and black out into tomorrow

Wake up, same feeling

Sweaty palms, shaking arms

Having visions of fake shit

I don't wanna take shit

Voices controlling all the fake shit

Drank shit, drench shit, fuck I can't take shit!

Then I give into the pills

As I rummage through the cupboards for the thrills, hey

And welcome to the land in all feels

The land where you get inside, it's still real

Just stick 'em in and out of reality

We'll be dead, just having another casualty

Fuck it, he ain't gotta stare at it of you got [?] thinking rationally

These dragons keep attacking me, dragging me and scratching me

[?] and then dropped inside a bag

And this feeling that I'm feeling is of one I can't describe

Feeling is enough and it just numbed me deep inside

Like the way I shoulder me, offer up a hold on me

This hold on me, disowning me, remember that I'm trying to remember [?]

Stars, yeah

It's all in your head, it's all in your head

You won't make it far, yeah

Left for the dead, take from your friends

The brighter the stars, yeah

It's all in your head, it's all in your head

It's all in your head, you're already dead

I've been dead—ooh, don't reach for the stars, yeah

Oohh

[YUNGBLUD]

I've been dead for far too long

I've been chasing every single word I store

[?]

I see you've been training too well

I see it as part of myself

It wasn't for somebody else

Come on, get in on this, come on, get in on this

Stuck right, I can't lie

I got feelings in my mind

I can fight, I'm both sides

Will I see it one more time?

I don't wanna wake in the morning

The stars are still up and they're calling

It's not an obsession, it's stands for depression

Why are you flying before it?

Left for the dead, won't make it there

[Evan Barlow]

Don't reach for the stars

They're part of the stars, yeah

It's all in your head, it's all in your head

You won't make it far, yeah

Left for the dead

Make 'em your friends

The brighter the stars, yeah

It's all in your head, it's all in your head

It's all in your head, you're already dead

You're already, dead

## References

1. ↑ YouTube — "(unreleased) Stars - Evan Barlow - Yungblud cover - (live)". Published 11 February 2020.