| The Killers – A Crippling Blow Lyrics | 12 years ago |
| Since I find Day & Age is the least interesting Killers album, it took me a while to discover this song. It is amazing. I don't understand why it isn't on Day & Age. I find it better than 90% of the album! | |
| The Killers – All the Pretty Faces Lyrics | 12 years ago |
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To me, the protagonist in this song addresses two different people: a) the wife he estranged from b) a mistress/fling/groupie The main part is addressed to/about his wife, but I feel the part "you're not telling anyone about me" is addressed to the mistress. He cheated on his wife with someone and forbids the mistress (in a threatening way) to tell anyone about it. |
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| The Killers – Battle Born Lyrics | 12 years ago |
| I think his latest performances are amazing. He's growing as a performer and band leader. He seems to enjoy it a lot more too, smiling a lot. Compare This River is Wild at Royal Albert Hall and at Brussels/Wembley, and you know what I mean. | |
| The Killers – A Matter of Time Lyrics | 12 years ago |
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Sadly, I relate to this lyrics and most of the other ones on the album. Call it the long-term relationship blues. To me, it's about the tension building up in a marriage that you can feel, but that's not being talked about (out of fear what it will bring). You feel there's something awfully wrong, but you can't seem to fix it ("it's just a matter of time"): - "You're looking for a way out I can feel it" - "Your feelings are your own Now you keep 'em under lock and key" - "There's a panic in this house and it's bound to surface Just walkin' through the front door makes me nervous It's creepin' up the floorboards, got me wondering where I stand I cannot put out the fire, I got a book of matches in my hand" And you wonder how it came to this, while you used to be so happy and in love together (the passage about the heart and laughing with her girfriends). You're sad and angry because s/he married you and promised to be with you forever: "We found ourselves We belong in it forever Ain't that what it's all about? Make the promise and keep it Come hell or high water We'd figure it out" You're angry and want to confront him/her: "I know you're weary, look at me Flailin' in the corner Here's the towel Go on, throw it in" You feel sad and like everything's gone to hell, pleading for some sympathy: "Can't you see that it's tearing me up inside? Look what's laying at our feet That's the wreckage of broken dreams And burned out hales And it's here on our street " To me, The Way it Was and Runaways are also about these same feelings: a marriage that seems to be breaking apart but you really don't want to. |
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