| Julian Casablancas – 30 Minute Boyfriend Lyrics | 14 years ago |
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my god, this song is SEXY. amazing. i would almost say i'd love to hear this on phrazes, but it's a little too dancey to fit in with the album's vibe. the beat and the dark feel is there, but i don't know. not a phrazes track. in the beginning of the song, it sounds like he's just fooling around with this girl, but as time goes on it gets a bit more serious and he gets very obsessed. i'd like to hear jules sing this song about me. ;) |
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| Depeche Mode – Sweetest Perfection Lyrics | 14 years ago |
| i love the thug line. i don't know how anyone could find it stupid. it's so straight forward and bold. | |
| Depeche Mode – It Doesn't Matter Lyrics | 14 years ago |
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this is one of those songs that just hits you. i really relate to this one. it's about two people who were in love, they broke up, one moved on and is with someone else, and the other person hasn't moved on. they're still friends, and they might be together again someday. even if they do get back together, the speaker knows that it may not work out...maybe because the two don't know went wrong in the first place. "If we should meet again Don't try to solve the puzzle Just lay down next to me And please don't move a muscle" that's the only way for them to be together. don't think, just be. |
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| Patrick Wolf – Paris Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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this song saved my life. seriously, it did. that last verse. |
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| Patrick Wolf – Blackdown Lyrics | 15 years ago |
| were these the lyrics he put on his myspace a few months ago? i can't recall. | |
| Patrick Wolf – Penzance Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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My love, come stop me I am haunted and possessed And with my darkest hour yet to come It's only you, only you can stop me I cannot even explain how powerful those lines are, let alone this song. Patrick is the God of music. |
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| Franz Ferdinand – Ulysses Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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i adore this song. i've had it on repeat for a few hours now. i hear "that hot blood grew cold" rather than "that hub grew cold" |
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| The Killers – This Is Your Life Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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This song is beautiful. It's definitely my favourite on D&A, perhaps my favourite Killers song of all time. Candy talks to strangers Thinks her life's in danger No one gives a damn about her hair It's lonely down on track street She used to go by Jackie The cops, they'll steal your dreams and they'll kill your prayers Take a number where the blood just barely dried (This is the beginning of Candy/Jackie's 'career' as a prostitute. She beings talking to men she doesn't know with the job, because she has to make money and get by somehow. Her life is in danger, she has to save herself. No one cares what she looks like, she's just there for their pleasure. It might be a bit graphic, but the "Take a number where the blood just barely dried" refers to the bed(s) that she has sex on and the blood is on the sheets, or it is metaphorical for her own pain. The men are lining up to use her, taking numbers to be next. She has dreams to get out of the place she's in, praying that her prostitution will be enough money to be free again. The cops, though, bust her actions and she thinks that they're stealing her chance.) Wait for something better No one behind you Watching your shadows This feeling won't go (Jackie knows that something better has to come along eventually, but she has a feeling of constant hopelessness. She wants a day where people don't always see her as this terrible thing. The shadow line probably refers to her shadow at night while on the street corner or wherever she might be.) Crooked wheels keep tuning Children, are you learning Climatize but don't you lose the plot A history of blisters Your brothers and your sisters Somewhere in the pages we forgot (This part is Brandon/the narrator/or even a man in Jackie's life speaking, inserting his own thoughts in to Jackie's story. Her sad state keeps snowballing, nothing is getting better. He's telling us to learn from Jackie. You can focus on the place that she's gotten herself to, but you can't forget the plot. You can't ignore the chain of events that got her to this wretchedness. They are ultimately to blame for Jackie's loneliness.) Take a number Jackie Where the blood just barely dried You know I'm on your side (The men are the usually ones that are controlling her life, and now, she has to take her own number. She's in line behind all those men, her state has gotten so bad. Brandon/narrator/man in Jackie's life, though, is good. He wants to help her and show her the path. Wait for something better No one behind you Watching your shadows You gotta be stronger than the story Don't let it blind you Rivers of shadow This feeling wont go (Same as previous chorus for the most part. Jackie can't make excuses and say, "Oh, well I'm stuck here now. Look at all that I've done. I'm terrible." She has to be stronger than that, and not be overcome by her dark past. And the sky is full of dreams But you don't know how to fly I don't have a simple answer But I know that I could answer Something better (This is a bit self-explanatory. She sees he future and what she wants for herself. She just can't obtain it. Brandon/narrator/man in Jackie's life doesn't know how he can exactly help her, but he knows that anything would be better that the answer (prostitution) that she made for herself. This feeling won't go Wait for it (x4) |
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| The Killers – Human Lyrics | 15 years ago |
| In case this hasn't been said, it is DANCER. Brandon even said it was. He commented on the "denser" speculation, and he said that sounded just plain odd. | |
| The Killers – Spaceman Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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This song is undoubtedly about being abducted by aliens. It could also have some religious connotations, which in generally common in Killers songs. Brandon vowed to go back to his storytelling lyrical style, and here we have it! The next album is going to be ace if this and Neon Tiger are any indications. |
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| Patrick Wolf – The Towans Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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There is NOTHING more perfect than these 8 lines. Every time this part of Lands End begins, I'm right there with Patrick. We're in Cornwall, sitting on a cliff, watching ships being tossed by the sea. He's so powerful. I adore Patrick more than words can express. |
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| Larrikin Love – On Sussex Downs. Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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this song is gorgeous. it shows the beauty in simplicity, enjoying your own company and the carefree pleasures of nature. with this said, i do prefer the patrick wolf cover over the original. |
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| Patrick Wolf – Demolition Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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There are few songs as beautiful and heart wrenching as this one. I agree with most of you on the subject of this song, and I've experienced that subject quite recently. You fall in love with someone, throwing every part of your soul into the relationship. You know that it'll end one day, and everything you gave will go along with it. That thought nags at you day in and out. It's unavoidable that perfection will turn to rubble. And as the day for the relationship to end comes, you want to be free from the misery and pain, but yet you'd do anything to hold onto the love, commitment, and sacrifices. You try so hard to turn the relationship around and save it from falling apart. Alas, there's nothing you can do. The love is gone, the relationship is gone, and the pain is always present. Such a perfect song. |
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| The Killers – Sweet Talk Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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I haven't had much time to mull over this one, but it's either a love song or a more religious song. This song, just like Tranquilize, is a perfect blend of Sam's Town and Hot Fuss. It's gorgeous. I love it. The synth slays me. |
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| The Killers – Leave the Bourbon on the Shelf Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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Yeah. Okay. This song lived up to every dream I had. I'm pretty sure we all know what this is about by now. Haha. But the lyrics and the vocals capture that screwed up obsessive love he had for Jenny. |
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| The Killers – Leave the Bourbon on the Shelf Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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Yeah, I submitted these lyrics, but I managed not to read them at all. I haven't heard nothing but a 30 sec clip, and that's as far as I'm going until Sawdust comes out. I'm sure this song will completely blow my mind. :D |
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| The Killers – Tranquilize Lyrics | 16 years ago |
| I do think the final bit has to do with politicians, TheTellTaleHeart. I know for a fact that Brandon does not support the popular sentiment of Bush bashing, so he is definitely not calling out Bush specifically with that lyric. | |
| The Killers – Tranquilize Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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Okay, DID post a disclaimer at the beginning of this, but it was taken off. These lyrics were compiled by a few of us over at TKC (The Killers Community) and they are nowhere near finished/correct. They will be edited once we get a better version to judge from. I haven't had much time to interpret this song, as I'm still in shock. This song has already brought the Killers' success to a higher level...it's genius. Brandon's lyrics always amaze me, but this is so deep, so electrifying. He has never written better. They have never made a more gripping song. I must say that it has the same dark romantic feel from Hot Fuss. I find it interesting that this song fully embodies Hot Fuss and Sam's Town, like I said with the darkness from HF, but also with the heavier rock of ST. ST might've been a walk in the sunshine, but Tranquilize is the epilogue to the story...what happens when the sun goes down on Sam's Town. Lou's grave vocals and Brandon's punctuate wails perfectly offset each other...they carrying a this frantic, paranoid feel throughout the track. The children's choir brings that feeling to the next level...it's absolutely haunting. This song was carefully crafted by the boys...it's so obvious. It's gives you a nightmarish feeling, but Lou's part at the end shows the light at the end of the tunnel. God, I am so amazed. These boys are meant for greatness...if anyone had a doubt, Tranquilize has surely won them over. |
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| The Killers – Shadowplay (Joy Division cover) Lyrics | 17 years ago |
| This is such a great cover! I ♥ the Killers to end. | |
| The Killers – All These Things That I've Done Lyrics | 17 years ago |
| this song changed my life in a matter of five minutes. i love this song, and it is mainly about being led away from what you've been taught to be right. this is the ultimate killers song and anthem. amazing. i bow down to brandon flowers and his songwriting. | |
| The Killers – For Reasons Unknown Lyrics | 17 years ago |
| May I mention that this is very likely their next single? It's such a fantastic choice...people seem to like songs with repitition as well, a-la Mr. Brighside. I can't wait for the video. | |
| Mickey Avalon – Jane Fonda Lyrics | 17 years ago |
| this song...wow. it makes me laugh. | |
| Fall Out Boy – The Take Over, the Breaks Over Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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Baby, seasons change but people don't Isn't that the truth? I can't wait for Feburary...all the songs I've heard are amazing. |
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| The Killers – On Top Lyrics | 17 years ago |
| i don't care what you people say, this song is secretly about sex. let brandon flowers deny it all he wants ;) really! listen to the way he breathes. it's too sexy not to be about sex. the little oh-ho in the chorus is genius by the way... | |
| The Killers – Show You How Lyrics | 17 years ago |
| whenever the song actually kicks in, i get the craziest chills. | |
| The Killers – Glamorous Indie Rock and Roll Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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this song is freaking amazing. satirical or not, it's love. |
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| The Killers – Get Trashed Lyrics | 17 years ago |
| Thank god for Brandon Flowers and his capability to write songs that somehow ease my heart. The meaning of the song has obvious now, but it's about loving someone with everything that you have, despite what they did to you, and the other person won't come back to you. God, doesn't that hurt? When you feel that kind of rejection, you'd do anything to not feel the pain, and his voice perfectly reflects the hopelessness of his situation. | |
| The Killers – For Reasons Unknown Lyrics | 17 years ago |
| Just as everyone else has said it's about falling out of love, but in this case it seems as if the song is about the happiness about being free. The song isn't sad in the least. | |
| The Cars – Dangerous Type Lyrics | 17 years ago |
| i think it's about a girl whos playing hard to get, and the guy is falling for it hard. | |
| The Killers – Replaceable Lyrics | 17 years ago |
| You know...this song is still amazing and beautiful a year and a half later. I compare it to the songs Hot Fuss and Sam's Town and this one still holds up beside them. Replaceable's lyrics are so honest and raw and that's what makes this song so great. | |
| The Killers – My List Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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I finally understand this song after going through probably the biggest heartbreak of my entire life. I see it as these two people were horribly in love and now something happened between them and the other person is trying their best to get them back and to show them how much they mean to them. The line about the eyes gets to me more than any other phrase ever could. So here is my very personal and emo interpretation of "My List". Let me wrap myself around you Let show me show you how I see it And when you come back in from nowhere Do you ever think of me? Your heart, not able Let me show you, how much I care [Let me hold you and love you and I can show you where you've gone wrong. I can show you the way I see; I see we can be happy if you'd let me explain to you how I feel. Now that you've left me, do you think of me as much as I think of you? I know that your heart isn't able to love me like it was able and I know you're scared to love me again, but I could fix it if you could give me a chance to show you how much you mean to me.] I need those eyes to tide me over I'll take your picture when I go Gives me strength and gives me patience But I'll never let you know I got nothing on you babe But I always said I'll try Let me show you How much I care Sometimes it gets hard Don't you know? [Your eyes are, and have always been, the one thing that could pull me through the worst. I'll take your picture with me now that I can't have those eyes. I need them give me strength and hope in life and you could never understand what they mean to me. Even though you've hurt me, I've got nothing on you. I don't want to get back at you. I always told you I'd always love you and I'd always try to keep you, so I'm going to hold up to my word and do whatever I can to keep you by my side. We both know that love is hard, but you have to try when things seem the bleakest.] Don’t give the ghost up just clench your fist You should have known by now You were on my list (x3) Your heart, not able Your ways, they're not able Let me show you (x3) How much I care [Please, just don't give up on us. Be strong and I know we can make it. After all this time, you should've know that I love you more than anything. Again, I know your heart is scared to love me and you don't know if you can anymore. But I can show you something new if you'd give me and us one more chance.] Lyndz |
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| Men, Women & Children – Who Found Mister Fabulous? Lyrics | 17 years ago |
| Love this song...no idea what it means! | |
| The Killers – A Great Big Sled Lyrics | 17 years ago |
| I absolutely love this song. It's synthy and has great lyrics..and not to mention fun. Who wouldn't smile at the sound of Brandon Flowers bursting out a 'ho ho ho'? | |
| The Killers – My List Lyrics | 17 years ago |
| This song just cannot be described. It's so powerful that it always brings tears to my eyes. | |
| Fall Out Boy – This Ain't a Scene, It's an Arms Race Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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I love this song, it's so catchy with great lyrics. This line is great... Bandwagon's full, please catch another |
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| The Killers – Where the White Boys Dance Lyrics | 17 years ago |
| Just because Brandon Flowers writes songs with gay meanings, does not mean he his gay himself! He has a wife, people! | |
| Teddybears – Punkrocker Lyrics | 17 years ago |
| I love this song! It's featured on a Cadillac commerical...and it's so catchy! | |
| The Killers – Daddy's Eyes Lyrics | 17 years ago |
| It can be found with a special version of Sam's Town...which can be bought at Best Buy...and probably other places. This comes on a seperate CD with All The Pretty Faces also. | |
| The Killers – Uncle Jonny Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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This is truly about Brandon's uncle. This song is hot...hot vocals, lyrics, bass. Here's a excerpt from an article in which Brandon talks about the song. UNCLE JONNY: Uncle Jonny is my mother’s brother. He’s the black sheep of the family. Every couple of years something would happen. He’s done everything from shoot himself to drug addictions yet somehow he’s ended up alright. He’s really a nice guy. He’s heard the song and he’s happy to be immortalised because he’s a rocker, he’s always got a Zeppelin shirt on. Jonny deserves the song’s riff (laughs). You don’t usually use the word riff with us, but this is one of the greatest riffs of all time. I guess it’s a little bit inspired by being on the road with U2. We learnt a lot from watching them. |
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| The Killers – Bones Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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When I hear the Killers, one of the things I think is synth. This song has those synths, and I think Bones wouldn't be Bones without them. This is in my top 3 songs in Sam's Town...it makes me want to dance and do some stuff ;) |
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| The Killers – This River Is Wild Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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This song is so amazing. It blows my mind...I love the 'shake a little part'. It's all about getting out, seeing the world, and living everyday to the fullest, not just watching life go by. |
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| The Killers – Where the White Boys Dance Lyrics | 17 years ago |
| oh...and i just thought of this. who's levon? is it her ex or someone else? | |
| The Killers – Where the White Boys Dance Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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It has nothing to do with Jenny, she was killed. Nor is this part of the Murder Trilogy, the third song is Leave The Bourbon On The Shelf. It's obviously about a a man cheating on a woman for another man, and she wants to go out and find a man to take off her mind, and she goes where the white boys dance. This song is so funky...and I find the vocals quite sexy. |
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| The Killers – When You Were Young Lyrics | 17 years ago |
| does it really matter if the song is from a gay point of view or not? can't we just take it as how it applies to life, and what it truly means? | |
| The Killers – Sam's Town Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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I still remember from my...(?) I'd never really known anybody to die before Red white and blue upon a birthday cake, my brother, he was born on the fourth of the July...and that's all I believe the question mark line says 'i still remember grandma dixie's wake' |
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| The Killers – My List Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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The 'when you rock and roll with me' part is only sung in live versions... |
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| The Killers – For Reasons Unknown Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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This seems like a breakup song, but more intelligent. This is why I love the Killers...they make music enlightening, smart, and beautiful. |
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| The Killers – Bling (Confession of a King) Lyrics | 17 years ago |
| lord...my computer always posts twice. can someone delete that? | |
| The Killers – Bling (Confession of a King) Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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This song might be my favourite that I've heard off of Sam's Town. I was very honoured to be the one to submit the lyrics. ANYWAY! This song means a lot to me...like lulabella said, this song is all about don't give up. Although I've read this song is about Brandon Flowers' alcoholic father, for me, it has more of an relationship meaning. I take it as a person in a relationship that's really having a hard time keeping everything in a good situation. Let's call this person Jane for the sake of making this easy on me. Jane really can't take it anymore. (And I can't pull it any longer, The sun is beating down my neck) Jane makes excuses to her loved one for why everything is going downhill, but the excuses won't solve anything, it all comes down to fate to decide what will happen. (So I ran with the devil Left a trail of excuses, Like a stone on the water, The elements decide my fate,) Jane keeps trying to keep the relationship going, and her significant other keeps saying, life's hard enough and their relationship just makes it more taxing. She thinks he's going to leave her, she pleads for him not to. She needs him to be strong; even though they have a lot going against them, there's more to it all than the problems. (When I offer you survival, You say it's hard enough to live, Don't tell me that it's over, Stand up, Poor and tired, But more than this) He thinks it's all better between them, he thinks it's all perfect, but Jane sees otherwise. He isn't worried about the relationship, so obviously he's not going to see things from a negative view. He makes her think everything is okay, but only for a while. (How do you know that you're right? If you're not nervous anymore, It's not so bad, it's not so bad) Jane keeps switching between two ideas: it's all okay and it's not okay. She doesn't know what to think, so she keeps pushing on for a point of perfection in the relationship, but obstacles get in the way. (I feel my vision slipping in and out of focus, But I'm pushing on for that horizon, I'm pushing on, Now I've got the blowing wind against my face) He starts throwing little arguments at her, and she keeps questioning is it okay? She finally realizes their relationship is going nowhere, it's horrible. The realization of this hits Jane hard. She knows she won't feel happiness until the holes in the relationship are patched, and it doesn't seem likely that will happen. (like rain in the desert) So, she might as well throw in the towel. (So you sling rocks at the rip tide, Am I wrong or am I right? I hit the bottom with a "huh!" (??) Quite strange, I get my glory in the desert rain, Watch it go..."bling".) Jane knows in the end, they're going to make it through, make it out of all the hell, and the relationship is going to climb 'higher and higher'. (Higher and higher, We're gonna take it, Down to the wire, We're gonna make it, Out of the fire, Higher and higher.) She realizes how great they are, and knows that it really won't be that hard to hold on. He'll always remember her for trying to keep it together no matter where they might end. (It ain't hard to hold, When it shines like gold, You'll remember me. ) In the end, I feel it is a song of confusion, insecurity, and holding on through the hard times. I can see myself in this song so much. It's beautiful how the Killers' music can mean something so great to everyone. I also suggest everyone read my comment on Sam's Town...it's better than this one ;) Lyndz |
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| The Killers – Bling (Confession of a King) Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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This song might be my favourite that I've heard off of Sam's Town. I was very honoured to be the one to submit the lyrics. ANYWAY! This song means a lot to me...like lulabella said, this song is all about don't give up. Although I've read this song is about Brandon Flowers' alcoholic father, for me, it has more of an relationship meaning. I take it as a person in a relationship that's really having a hard time keeping everything in a good situation. Let's call this person Jane for the sake of making this easy on me. Jane really can't take it anymore. (And I can't pull it any longer, The sun is beating down my neck) Jane makes excuses to her loved one for why everything is going downhill, but the excuses won't solve anything, it all comes down to fate to decide what will happen. (So I ran with the devil Left a trail of excuses, Like a stone on the water, The elements decide my fate,) Jane keeps trying to keep the relationship going, and her significant other keeps saying, life's hard enough and their relationship just makes it more taxing. She thinks he's going to leave her, she pleads for him not to. She needs him to be strong; even though they have a lot going against them, there's more to it all than the problems. (When I offer you survival, You say it's hard enough to live, Don't tell me that it's over, Stand up, Poor and tired, But more than this) He thinks it's all better between them, he thinks it's all perfect, but Jane sees otherwise. He isn't worried about the relationship, so obviously he's not going to see things from a negative view. He makes her think everything is okay, but only for a while. (How do you know that you're right? If you're not nervous anymore, It's not so bad, it's not so bad) Jane keeps switching between two ideas: it's all okay and it's not okay. She doesn't know what to think, so she keeps pushing on for a point of perfection in the relationship, but obstacles get in the way. (I feel my vision slipping in and out of focus, But I'm pushing on for that horizon, I'm pushing on, Now I've got the blowing wind against my face) He starts throwing little arguments at her, and she keeps questioning is it okay? She finally realizes their relationship is going nowhere, it's horrible. The realization of this hits Jane hard. She knows she won't feel happiness until the holes in the relationship are patched, and it doesn't seem likely that will happen. (like rain in the desert) So, she might as well throw in the towel. (So you sling rocks at the rip tide, Am I wrong or am I right? I hit the bottom with a "huh!" (??) Quite strange, I get my glory in the desert rain, Watch it go..."bling".) Jane knows in the end, they're going to make it through, make it out of all the hell, and the relationship is going to climb 'higher and higher'. (Higher and higher, We're gonna take it, Down to the wire, We're gonna make it, Out of the fire, Higher and higher.) She realizes how great they are, and knows that it really won't be that hard to hold on. He'll always remember her for trying to keep it together no matter where they might end. (It ain't hard to hold, When it shines like gold, You'll remember me. ) In the end, I feel it is a song of confusion, insecurity, and holding on through the hard times. I can see myself in this song so much. It's beautiful how the Killers' music can mean something so great to everyone. I also suggest everyone read my comment on Sam's Town...it's better than this one ;) Lyndz |
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