Frontier City Lyrics

Lyric discussion by SpiralStaircase 

Cover art for Frontier City lyrics by Kings of Leon

Frontier City is an amusement park in Oklahoma City. Nathan worked there when he was 16 as a janitor picking up cigarette butts for his "a**hole boss" The song is a mixture of both Nathan and Caleb's experiences. In one of their home movies Caleb talks about how the song is about death coming to get you no matter what and how everyone at one point wishes that they could live forever. It was made by Caleb when he got out of surgery for his shoulder.

I love this song so much! It sucks that the song is only on the Only By the Night (Deluxe Version) on iTunes.

You are absolutely correct. You must be a die-hard fan! I love this song!

he wrote Closer after the surgery too, all doped up on pain killers and wine. Seems to me that's when he does his best writing!! Closer and this are two of my favorites by them. Caleb is a genius