im not a big killers fan, but ive realized this is a pretty good song, i find the video heavyhanded tho.
My take is its about a guy looking back on his past, and the regrets and losses that are an inevitable part of life. "Smile like you mean it" is actually kind of sarcastic, he is echoing what hes been told all his life, and realizing that it is 100% true, that life is about appearances("save some face"), and the loss, melancholy,nostalgia, existential pain he is feeling isnt really acceptable to express, its not something to acknowledge.
"And someone is playing a game
In the house that I grew up in"
This is a reflection on how time goes on, things and people fade, the past is forever gone, everything changes, seems to express existential angst.
Ive found myself thinking these things before i ever heard this song, which is why i like it.
This song should strike a chord with artistic types.
im not a big killers fan, but ive realized this is a pretty good song, i find the video heavyhanded tho. My take is its about a guy looking back on his past, and the regrets and losses that are an inevitable part of life. "Smile like you mean it" is actually kind of sarcastic, he is echoing what hes been told all his life, and realizing that it is 100% true, that life is about appearances("save some face"), and the loss, melancholy,nostalgia, existential pain he is feeling isnt really acceptable to express, its not something to acknowledge.
"And someone is playing a game In the house that I grew up in"
This is a reflection on how time goes on, things and people fade, the past is forever gone, everything changes, seems to express existential angst.
Ive found myself thinking these things before i ever heard this song, which is why i like it. This song should strike a chord with artistic types.
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