100,000 People Lyrics
Rake at the moon where the river flows
Cut from the cloth of the winter's cold
Bound by the voice that no one hears
I've been around in a way for years
Stray from the heart the more that you know
All gussied up with no place to go
Tableside with one of your dreams
Get what you want and not what you need
[Verse 2]
Parlor games and 6 o'clock news
Hands of a stranger touching you
Wide awake encased in a dream
Everything is not as it seems
All your time is heaven sent
Days and nights all start to blend
It's not like this town to set you free
The more you look, the less you see
[Chorus]
The table's set, the rose is out
You know what this is
Miles away from places you have been
The call was made to pull the shades
The start of something new
Still nothing makes me feel the way
You do, you do, you do, you do
You do, you do, you do, you do
You do, you do, you do, you do
You do, you do, you do
The ones they say have come here before
All gather 'round the corridor
I can't seem to place your name
Know the face that I can't explain
In my mind, you're everything
Lips don't move, but voices still ring
The light inside has lost its glow
The more you see, the less you know
[Chorus]
The table's set, the rose is out
You know what this is
Miles away from places you have been
The call was made to pull the shades
The start of something new
Still nothing makes me feel the way
You do, you do, you do, you do
You do, you do, you do, you do
You do, you do, you do, you do
You do, you do, you do, you do
[Outro]
The seasons change
My mind erased
The stars all fade
But one remains the same
You do, you do, you do, you do
You do, you do, you do, you do
Must I, your grace
Unveil the face
Only to say
Nothing takes the place?
You do, you do, you do, you do
You do, you do, you do, you do
You do, you do, you do, you do
You do, you do, you do, you do
About
“100,000 People”, along with “The Bandit”, is the co-lead single from Kings of Leon’s eighth album When You See Yourself.
Q&A
Find answers to frequently asked questions about the song and explore its deeper meaning
Caleb Followill:
I don’t know if I was creating characters, I was searching for characters, I was searching for a vehicle that kind of get out little peaces of myself without being obvious […] I thought if I could ever write stuff that is very obviously about my personal life, a lot of people would go “that’s how I related to that”, but it doesn’t really go anywhere from that. With this I thought “I’m gonna make it about something else and stick my things into it.” And 100,000 was pretty close to an experience that I actually had with my wife, her dad passed away, and he passed away from, you know, he had dementia […] Unfortunately I experienced that and saw that happening, and so… I found a way to […] kind of talk about it a little bit.
— via Apple Music
Caleb Followill:
I witnessed my father-in-law go through—I feel bad for not knowing the difference between Alzheimer’s and dementia—one of those very frustrating diseases that just slowly takes you down and takes your brain. I felt like I could write a love story about it, this man who is still in love with this woman. And maybe she’s gone, maybe she isn’t. Maybe he’s gone, maybe he isn’t. It’s one of those things where the whole song is just kind of searching for something.
Jared Followill:
It was originally called “100,000 People in the Old Folks' Home”. Caleb likes to be a bit more ambiguous, and he hates anything being obvious. The common denominator in all of it, the one thing that could bring him back, was this other person in his life.
— via Apple Music
- 2.The Bandit
- 3.100,000 People
- 5.A Wave
- 8.Supermarket
- 10.Echoing
- 11.Fairytale
