Jilted Lovers and Broken Hearts

This is probably my favorite song on the album AND probably the only song by Brandon or The Killers that I can find a very obvious meaning for.

I see it, basically, as a man being cheated on. "See, I've been loving you blind." He's been loving his wife without really seeing what's going on. "Caught up in the middle of a worn out dream." Their marriage is getting tiresome. "I knew we were in trouble, But baby I almost screamed when I saw you dancing..." He catches her cheating on him with another man. "Why did you roll your dice? Show your cards?" Why would she gamble what they have together? "Jilted lovers and broken hearts." Obvious. "You're gonna wish you could go back and fold." She's going to wish she could go back before she gambled with their relationship.

Etc, etc...The rest is easy to figure out.

I like this track after Only the Young and Crossfire. It definitely sounds like Killer-esque.

As for a meaning I think the title is kind of obvious. The possible end of a relationship and maybe the guy remembering the times they had good and bad, and he feels kinda bad about it.

I hear "that you'd be speaking in riddles and you'd never confide" and at the end he says "Will I ever win?" rather than well i will win

Love this song, the lyrics are so true to heart for me. It's also very catchy and almost sounds like the Killers music. Some of the lyrics are wrong though...

Is there anyone out there? Somewhere I can belong The city just ain't so kind tonight

I need a place to take refuge See, I've been loving you blind I guess I made it hard for me to find That we were caught up In the middle of a Worn out dream

I knew we were in trouble But baby I almost screamed

When I saw you dancing On the moon now I watched him spin you round and round Why did you roll your dice? Show your cards? Jilted lovers and broken hearts You're flying away While I'm stuck here on the ground

Is there anyone out there Somewhere I can belong Man, the city just ain't so kind tonight

And if I had my suspicions, I kept them out of my heart. Just wish I would have known right from the start That she'd be speaking in riddles And you'd never confide

You know I knew we were in trouble But honey I almost cried

When I saw you dancing On the moon now I watched him spin you round and round Why did you roll your dice? Show your cards? Jilted lovers and broken hearts You're out on the wind While I'm still waiting to be found

You did a fine job of hiding That crooked ace up your sleeve You doubled down my direction You kissed me on the cheek and leave

I followed you through the darkness I followed you through the cold Woman I can tell you one thing You're gonna wish you could go back and fold

Why did you roll your dice? Show your cards? Jilted lovers and broken hearts You're flying away While I'm stuck here on the ground

Why did you roll your dice? Show your cards? Jilted lovers and broken hearts You're out on the wind While I'm still waiting to be found

Will I ever win Only time will tell You gotta suffer to remember how well Our ideals never really marched in time That's the bottom line Jilted lovers and broken hearts

This song makes me think of a guy i knew growing up, due to circumstances we never dated, but we did have feelings for each other. Apparently he thought we would get together when we got older, but i met someone in college and got married. Ten years later he is still single and blames me for not pursuing something with him. We come from different worlds, his family is wealthy, mine is blue collar, so i love the line, "our ideals never really marched in time, that's the bottom line." it sums up the feelings i had about us being out of sync and never really getting together.

I do agree it is probably more about cheating than unrequited love.

That's perhaps my favorite song in the Flamingo album.

This song makes me think of a guy i knew growing up, due to circumstances we never dated, but we did have feelings for each other. Apparently he thought we would get together when we got older, but i met someone in college and got married. Ten years later he is still single and blames me for not pursuing something with him. We come from different worlds, his family is wealthy, mine is blue collar, so i love the line, "our ideals never really marched in time, that's the bottom line." it sums up the feelings i had about us being out of sync and never really getting together.

I do agree it is probably more about cheating than unrequited love.