# OneRepublic - Counting Stars

*OneRepublicVEVO* · https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hT_nvWreIhg

## Summary

This recording is the official music video for OneRepublic's song "Counting Stars." It consists entirely of the song's lyrics and music, including verses, choruses, and the repeated refrain about counting stars instead of dollars. There is no spoken discussion, so there is nothing to summarise beyond the song's lyrical content.

## Key points

- The song opens with the chorus: "Lately, I've been, I've been losing sleep, dreaming about the things that we could be."
- The central refrain is "no more counting dollars, we'll be counting stars."
- The verses describe life as "a swinging vine" and express tension between doing right and wrong.
- A repeated line is "Everything that kills me makes me feel alive."
- The bridge repeats "Take that money, watch it burn, sink in the river the lessons I've learned."
- The recording ends with ambient sounds of a ceiling rumbling, crashing, light buzzing, and footsteps.

## Notes

### Overview
This is the song "Counting Stars" by OneRepublic, presented as a lyric transcript with an upbeat rock backing.

### Structure of the Song
- The chorus repeats: losing sleep while dreaming of what "we could be," praying hard, and choosing to count stars instead of dollars.
- Verses use imagery of a "swinging vine," "flashing signs," and being "old" but not "that old," "young" but not "that bold."

### Key Lyrical Themes
- Tension between right and wrong: "I feel something so right doing the wrong thing" and "something so wrong doing the right thing."
- Risk and vitality: "Everything that kills me makes me feel alive" and "Everything that drowns me makes me wanna fly."
- Money and letting go: the repeated bridge "Take that money, watch it burn, sink in the river the lessons I've learned."
- Hope is called "our four-letter word."

### Ending
- After the final choruses and bridge, the recording closes with ambient sound effects: ceiling rumbling, a man loudly crashing, light buzzing, and light rustling footsteps.

## Transcript

[00:00] ♪ Lately, I've been, I've been losing sleep ♪ ♪ Dreaming about the things that we could be ♪ ♪ But baby, I've been, I've been praying hard ♪ ♪ Said no more counting dollars, we'll be counting stars ♪ ♪ Yeah, we'll be counting stars ♪ ("Counting Stars") (upbeat rock music)

[00:37] ♪ I see this life, like a swinging vine ♪ ♪ Swing my heart across the line ♪ ♪ And in my face is flashing signs ♪ ♪ Seek it out and ye shall find ♪ ♪ Old, but I'm not that old ♪ ♪ Young, but I'm not that bold ♪ ♪ And I don't think the world is sold ♪ ♪ On just doing what we're told ♪ ♪ I feel something so right ♪ ♪ Doing the wrong thing ♪ ♪ And I feel something so wrong ♪ ♪ Doing the right thing ♪ ♪ I couldn't lie, couldn't lie, couldn't lie ♪ ♪ Everything that kills me makes me feel alive ♪ ♪ Lately, I've been, I've been losing sleep ♪ ♪ Dreaming about the things that we could be ♪ ♪ But baby, I've been, I've been praying hard ♪ ♪ Said no more counting dollars, we'll be counting stars ♪ ♪ Lately, I've been, I've been losing sleep ♪

[01:37] ♪ Dreaming about the things we could be ♪ ♪ But baby, I've been, I've been praying hard ♪ ♪ Said no more counting dollars ♪ ♪ We'll be, we'll be counting stars ♪ ♪ Yeah, yeah ♪ ♪ I feel your love, and I feel it burn ♪ ♪ Down this river, every turn ♪ ♪ Hope is our four-letter word ♪ ♪ Make that money, watch it burn ♪ ♪ Old, but I'm not that old ♪ ♪ Young, but I'm not that bold ♪ ♪ And I don't think the world is sold ♪ ♪ On just doing what we're told ♪ ♪ And I feel something so wrong ♪ ♪ Doing the right thing ♪ ♪ I couldn't lie, couldn't lie, couldn't lie ♪ ♪ Everything that drowns me makes me wanna fly ♪ ♪ Lately, I've been, I've been losing sleep ♪ ♪ Dreaming about the things that we could be ♪

[02:36] ♪ But baby, I've been, I've been praying hard ♪ ♪ Said no more counting dollars, we'll be counting stars ♪ ♪ Lately, I've been, I've been losing sleep ♪ ♪ Dreaming about the things that we could be ♪ ♪ But baby, I've been, I've been praying hard ♪ ♪ Said no more counting dollars ♪ ♪ We'll be, we'll be counting stars ♪ ♪ Oh, take that money, watch it burn ♪ ♪ Sink in the river the lessons I've learned ♪ ♪ Take that money, watch it burn ♪ ♪ Sink in the river the lessons I've learned ♪ ♪ Take that money, watch it burn ♪ ♪ Sink in the river the lessons I've learned ♪ ♪ Take that money, watch it burn ♪ ♪ Sink in the river the lessons I've learned ♪ ♪ Everything that kills me ♪ ♪ Makes me feel alive ♪

[03:26] ♪ Lately, I've been, I've been losing sleep ♪ ♪ Dreaming about the things that we could be ♪ ♪ But baby, I've been, I've been praying hard ♪ ♪ Said no more counting dollars, we'll be counting stars ♪ ♪ Lately, I've been, I've been losing sleep ♪ ♪ Dreaming about the things that we could be ♪ ♪ But baby, I've been, I've been praying hard ♪ ♪ Said no more counting dollars ♪ ♪ We'll be, we'll be counting stars ♪ ♪ Take that money, watch it burn ♪ ♪ Sink in the river the lessons I've learned ♪ ♪ Take that money, watch it burn ♪ ♪ Sink in the river the lessons I've learned ♪ ♪ Take that money, watch it burn ♪ ♪ Sink in the river the lessons I've learned ♪ ♪ Take that money, watch it burn ♪ ♪ Sink in the river the lessons I've learned ♪

[04:13] (ceiling rumbling) (man loudly crashing) (light buzzing)

[04:29] (footsteps lightly rustling)