This is a hauntingly beautiful song about introspection, specifically about looking back at a relationship that started bad and ended so poorly, that the narrator wants to go back to the very beginning and tell himself to not even travel down that road. I believe that the relationship started poorly because of the lines:
"Take me back to the night we met:When the night was full of terrors: And your eyes were filled with tears: When you had not touched me yet"
So, the first night was not a great start, but the narrator pursued the relationship and eventually both overcame the rough start to fall in love with each other:
"I had all and then most of you"
Like many relationships that turn sour, it was not a quick decline, but a gradual one where the narrator and their partner fall out of love and gradually grow apart
"Some and now none of you"
Losing someone who was once everything in your world, who you could confide in, tell your secrets to, share all the most intimate parts of your life, to being strangers with that person is probably one of the most painful experiences a person can go through. So Painful, the narrator wants to go back in time and tell himself to not even pursue the relationship.
This was the perfect song for "13 Reasons Why"
Nobody ever had a dream 'round here
But I don't really mind that it's starting to get to me
Nobody ever pulls the seams 'round here
But I don't really mind that it's starting to get to me
I've got this energy beneath my feet
Like something underground's gonna come up and carry me
I've got this sentimental heart that beats
But I don't really mind that it's starting to get to me
Now, why do you waste my time?
Is the answer to the question on your mind
And I'm sick of all my judges
So scared of what they'll find
But I know that I can make it
As long as somebody takes me home
Every now and then
Oh, have you ever seen the lights?
Have you ever seen the lights?
I took the shuttle on a shock wave ride
Where people on the pen pulled a trigger for accolades
I took a bullet, and I looked inside
And it's running through my veins
An American masquerade
I still remember grandma Ditzy's wake
I've never really known anybody to die before
Red, white and blue upon a birthday cake
And my brother - he was born on the fourth of the July, and that's all
So why do you waste my time?
Is the answer to the question on your mind
And I'm sick of all my judges
So scared of letting me shine
But I know that I can make it
As long as somebody takes me home
Woo!
(Every now and then)
(Every now and then)
You know I see London; I see Sam's Town
Pulls my hand, and let's my hair down
Rolls that world right off my shoulder
I see London; I see Sam's Town now
But I don't really mind that it's starting to get to me
Nobody ever pulls the seams 'round here
But I don't really mind that it's starting to get to me
I've got this energy beneath my feet
Like something underground's gonna come up and carry me
I've got this sentimental heart that beats
But I don't really mind that it's starting to get to me
Now, why do you waste my time?
Is the answer to the question on your mind
And I'm sick of all my judges
So scared of what they'll find
But I know that I can make it
As long as somebody takes me home
Every now and then
Oh, have you ever seen the lights?
Have you ever seen the lights?
I took the shuttle on a shock wave ride
Where people on the pen pulled a trigger for accolades
I took a bullet, and I looked inside
And it's running through my veins
An American masquerade
I still remember grandma Ditzy's wake
I've never really known anybody to die before
Red, white and blue upon a birthday cake
And my brother - he was born on the fourth of the July, and that's all
So why do you waste my time?
Is the answer to the question on your mind
And I'm sick of all my judges
So scared of letting me shine
But I know that I can make it
As long as somebody takes me home
Woo!
(Every now and then)
(Every now and then)
You know I see London; I see Sam's Town
Pulls my hand, and let's my hair down
Rolls that world right off my shoulder
I see London; I see Sam's Town now
Lyrics submitted by foldsbaldwin, edited by phoebe9261, YSoSidious
Sam's Town Lyrics as written by Dave Brent Keuning Brandon Flowers
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I guess i have to educate you all
Brendan is from Henderson, Nevada. Henderson is south of las vegas, it is fairly easy to see the strip from a good place. I know this because i also live in Henderson, Nevada
Sam's Town is not in Las Vegas. It is a smaller casino in henderson, similar to the station casinos (you can look those up)
This song talks about how nobody in this town wants to do anything great. I know, i live here. He wants to be famous and sees important things in his future (i.e. sam's town is a metaphor because it was the local casino and represented something bigger than what it was)
The second verse is where he goes to the strip and sees that it isnt that special. so he looks beyond that. Because if you live near Vegas, you know its not as great as its believed to be
It actually sucks
Your welcome.
Thank you super de duper guy :) (Isn't that a word from Barney..the big purple creature:). Not sure if you are actually correct, but thanx for the effort.
I live in the Vegas area, too. In case you haven't noticed, a lot of people still call the Henderson and Summerlin areas "Vegas", because it's still considered a part of the city. You tell people you're from Las Vegas and they say, "What part?" Then you can elaborate. It's like when I lived on the outskirts of Detroit -- people still considered it part of Detroit.<br /> And if you think Sam's Town isn't in Vegas, you're sadly mistaken. The address is 5111 Boulder Highway, Las Vegas, NV 89122. I would know, I live right next to it.<br /> Henderson is, I'm sure you know, 89015. Not 89122.