The Pillows - Ride on Shooting Star [English Cover]

Stream or download "The Kids Don't Need Masters - An English Tribute to The Pillows" featuring all my covers from YouTube and one not featured here:

This is the last song by The Pillows I intend to cover and make a video for. It’s my final love letter to a band that got me through late adolescence as well as middling adulthood in the same place at very different times in my life. I tried to showcase that in the video. Sorry there’s no cool FLCL anime clips. Hope everyone enjoys anyway!

BUT WAIT THERE’S MORE!!! IT’S PLUG TIME!!

ONE MORE SONG that won’t be released here on YouTube for starters! I’m trying to get the secret bonus song, as well as the rest, on streaming services and or BandCamp. I'll update these notes and the video when that happens. In the meantime, I’ve launched a Patreon where all the songs (including the bonus song) will be available first, followed by more bonus content. Watch to the end for details.

That'll also tell you about my new podcast, My Sister, Evangelion, and Me, in which we (my sister and I) watch all of Evangelion, reviewing and critiquing along the way. It’s a way to experience the show kind of as a book club welcoming to total anime newbs and returning fans alike!

Sorry for the massive amount of plugging. Streaming and/or BandCamp links coming soon!

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Lyrics

Im sitting on an orange slide
It reflects the sky
Absorbing all my pride now,
Dangled from a web

Spider
Don’t hesitate here
They'll catch me alive
I don’t have to hide my whole life
I’m gonna live all
My dreams out loud

Ride on shooting star
The voice inside my heart, yeah
A shotgun blast rings out
Oh can you hear it sing?

Grungy little hamster,
Time to grow up now?
Lobsters in a bucket,
Will try and bring you down

Sniper
What do you even see
In that decaying world
I really tried, I gave it my best shot
A useless chore to me
Im aiming for the sun

Ride on shooting star
I’m reaching out so far, yeah
But here in my withdrawal
I’ll deceive them all

Ride on shooting star
The voice inside my heart, yeah
Like a shotgun blast it rings
Oh can you hear it sing?

[Aitiustus]

Brother, I don't know what made me want to listen to this song tonight but I'm infinitely glad I did and ended up here.

[Goldsrcdprsnl]

Awesome cover! One of the best of this song I've heard. Great job!

[brunodelgadilloautor]

Gracias por traducir las canciones de The Pillows a inglés. Eres genial!!! Saludos desde México.

[Pebphiz]

Another home run of a cover! Regrettably I can't commit to the Patreon at the moment, but I've thoroughly enjoyed all of these, and if you ever put out more musical projects I WILL be listening.

[shavono]

this is awesome! I love how you found the meaning in this song and applied it to your life and your city, it's so charming :)

[nightfx]

This is awesome! You're a real talent <3!

[messengerofthesea]

Aw man the twang is just SLIGHTLY off, like it's the wrong pitch or octave or something. Still really good, and could be an artistic choice, but goddman is it bothering me.

[bittahcontender]

Dude, You got to do crazy sunshine next

[ZeroOskul]

Great lyrics!
I am working on my own.
Most people seem to do a direct translation which does not work in English.
This is really good.

[DomainfDom]

I've aways want good covers in English covers for these flcl songs

[redfrancisco]

I love this cover so much, as well as the freebie honey one on spotify, been listening to this for the entirety of my last school year and will probably continue to! Any chance you could make a Star Overhead cover? one of my favorite songs from them.

[jhwan-gyhy]

야 이건 소름 돋았다 인스타그램에 자전거 라이딩영상에 나도 이 곡을 넣어서 올렸는데