Flesh and Bone

I think this is most definitely a battle of beliefs vs. passions. Brandon Flowers being an active mormon has found himself loving Sin City (Las Vegas), is hard to stay out of the trends and pressure (especially in the music industry) and all those things that involved sin:

"They say I'll adjust God knows I must But I'm not sure how This natural selection picked me out to be A dark horse running in a fantasy"

But somewhere in between he finds balance and courage to keep his faith intact, and proudly wears the flag of the place that he loves the most:

Somewhere outside that finish line I square up and break through the chains And I hit like a raging bull Anointed by the blood, I take the reins Cut from the cloth, of a flag that Bears the name of "Battle Born" (Nevada)

so then he emphasizes that even though you could be afraid (future, afterlife ? etc) at the end of the day you are flesh and bone (human), something the mormom often refer to God being like, with the ability to sin and be weak. Just like the "valley" (Vegas is a valley)

At the end he says to keep fighting, keep battling, the is not end to it. Just gotta do it because "we are the descendants of giant men"

Like many other The Killers songs written by Brandon Flowers, this song is much about the mormon religion and las vegas. In these lyrics alone, he mentions God, hell, and flesh and bone. Regarless of the meaning, the lyrics are great and the music even better. Love this song.

This song, like much of the album, is about overcoming adversity. It starts as a simple synth layer and then quickly sets the fast pace for the album. That's very different than most of their other songs and it shows growth in their musicianship. I think the "what are you made of?" bit is sort of a motivational mantra that means "you're still alive, you can do this". That maybe going from a small beat to a song with so much power shows a sort of phoenix from the ashes type of comeback? It'd definitely be relevant to the band as they were on hiatus...

I'm so in love with Brandon Flowers, he's sooo handsome and soooo hot!

SO WHAT ARE YOU MADE OF??

LETS GO.

This is a continuation to a Dustland Fairytale.

I absolutely adore the Killers and Brandon Flowers! <3

Okay. I like the Killers and this song. But the lyrics crack me up: "this natural selection picked me out to be a dark horse running in a fantasy." Like, what?

I'm not sure what the significance of this is, but I noticed several lines in a row that seem to be tie-ins with Day & Age songs.

"Defences are down / The stakes are high" reminds me of "When your chips are down / When your highs are low" from "Joy Ride" (not that similar, but a bit reminiscent), then "The fairytale end" reminds me of the opening line "Dustland fairytale beginning" from "A Dustland Fairytale", and finally "The staggering blow" reminds me of the titular line of "A Crippling Blow".

The "dustland fairytale" one definitely seems like it must have some purpose, although I'm not sure what it is, since this song seems to me to be a significantly different story to "A Dustland Fairytale" (otherwise I might think that this is meant as the sequel or something). The other possible tie-ins aren't all that similar and might be me reading into it too much, but the fact that they're all right there together suggests to me that it was on purpose, although I don't know for what purpose.

I just went to see the Killers in concert, my oh my were awesome! I came back uplifted, and still am happy to have at last got to see them! Brandon Flowers has an aura about him! I felt uplifted by watching him couldn't keep my eyes off him! Thank you the Killers for great concert!