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The Killers - When You Were Young Lyrics & Meanings
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When You Were Young Lyrics & Meanings: You sit there in your heartache / Waiting on some beautiful boy to / To save your from your old ways / You play forgiveness / Watch it now, here he comes / / He doesn't look a thing like Jesus / But he talks like a gentleman / Like you imagined when you were young / / Can we climb this mountain / I don't know / Higher now than ever before / I know we can make it if we take it slow / Let's take it easy / Easy now, watch it go / / We're burning down the highway skyline / On the back of a hurricane that started turning / When you were young / When you were young / / And sometimes you close your eyes / And see the place where you used to live / When you were young / / They say the devil's water - it ain't so sweet / You don't have to drink right now / But you can dip your feet / Every once in a little while / / You sit there in your heartache / Waiting on some beautiful boy to / To save you from your old ways / You play forgiveness / Watch it now, here he comes / / H
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Taking Back Sunday - When You Were Young (The Killers cover) Lyrics & Meanings
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When You Were Young (The Killers cover) Lyrics & Meanings: You sit there in your heartache / Waiting on some beautiful boy to / save you from your old ways / You play forgiveness / Watch it now ... here he comes! / / He doesn't look a thing like Jesus / But he talks like a gentleman / Like you imagined when you were young / / Can we climb this mountain / I don't know / Higher now than ever before / I know we can make it if we take it slow / Let's take it easy / Easy now, watch it go / / We're burning down the highway skyline / On the back of a hurricane that started turning / When you were young / When you were young / / And sometimes you close your eyes / and see the place where you used to live / When you were young / / They say the devil's water, it ain't so sweet / You don't have to drink right now / But you can dip your feet / Every once in a little while / / You sit there in your heartache / Waiting on some beautiful boy to / To save you from your old ways / You play fo
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Biffy Clyro - When You Were Young (The Killers cover) Lyrics & Meanings
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When You Were Young (The Killers cover) Lyrics & Meanings: You sit there in your heartache / Waiting on some beautiful boy to / To save you from your old ways / You play forgiveness / Watch it now, here he comes / / He doesn't look a thing like Jesus / But he talks like a gentleman / Like you imagined / When you were young / When you were young / When you were young / / Can we climb this mountain, / I don't know / Higher now than ever before / I know we can make it if we take it slow / Let's take it easy / / We're burning down the highway skyline / On the back of a hurricane / That started turning / When you were young / When you were young / When you were young / / They say the devil's water / It ain't so sweet / You don't have to drink right now / But you can dip your feet / Every once in a little while / / When you were young / When you were young
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The Killers - Show You How Lyrics & Meanings
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Show You How Lyrics & Meanings: You have one saved message / To listen to your messages, press one, to ch- / First saved message. Message sent yesterday at 10:41 pm. / / Ha / / I gotta tell ya / I'll make it better / But I know there's somethin' I needed to say / When I was out, though / Maybe you were better alone / I know I'll make it home / / She told me sweet thang / Run a labor / In your shoes / Touch me till I follow in love / I wanna help her / Maybe we were better alone / I wanna show you how / / And then we walked out / Make it made now / I said I want it but I never alone / I wanna show you / Maybe we were somethin' uncool / I wanna make you sing / / / Uh uh oh / Uh uh oh / Uh uh oh
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The Killers - Be Still Lyrics & Meanings
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Be Still Lyrics & Meanings: Be still / And go on to bed / Nobody knows what lies ahead / And life is short / To say the least / We're in the belly of the beast / / Be still / Wild and young / Long may your innocence reign / Like shells on the shore / And may your limits be unknown / And may your efforts be your own / If you ever feel you can't take it anymore / / Don't break character / You've got a lot of heart / Is this real or just a dream? / Rise up like the sun / Labor till the work is done / / Be still / One day you'll leave / Fearlessness on your sleeve / When you've come back, tell me what did you see / What did you see? (what did you see?) / Was there something out there for me? / / Be still / Close your eyes / Soon enough you'll be on your own / Steady and straight / And if they drag you through the mud / It doesn't change what's in your blood / (Over rock, over chains) / Over chains / (Over traps, over plains) / When they knock you down / / Don't break character / You've got a lot of heart / I
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The Killers - A Dustland Fairytale Lyrics & Meanings
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A Dustland Fairytale Lyrics & Meanings: Dustland fairytale beginning / But just another white trash / County kiss / And Sixty one / Long brown hair and foolish eyes / He looks just like you want him to / Some kind of slick chrome American prince / A blue jean serenade / Moon River what'd you do to me / And I don't believe you / / Saw Cinderella in a party dress but / She was looking for a night gown / I saw the devil wrapping up his hands / He's getting ready for the show down / I saw the minute that I turned away / I got my money upon tonight / / A Change came in disguise of revelation / Set his soul on fire / She said she'd always knew he'd come around / And the decades disappear like sinking ships / We persevere / god gives us hope / But we still fear / We don't know / The mind is poison / Castles in the sky / Sit stranded vandalized / The draw bridge is closing / / Saw Cinderella in a party dress / but She was looking for a night gown / I saw the devil wrapping up his hands / He's getting ready for t
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The Killers - Miss Atomic Bomb Lyrics & Meanings
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Miss Atomic Bomb Lyrics & Meanings: You were standing with your girlfriends in the street / Falling back on forever, I wonder what you came to be / I was new in town, the boy with the eager eyes / I never was a quitter, oblivious to schoolgirls' lies / / When I look back on those neon lights / The leather seats, the passage rite / I feel the heat, I see the light / / Miss Atomic Bomb / Making out, we've got the radio on / You're gonna miss me when I'm gone / You're gonna miss me when I'm gone / / Racing shadows under moonlight / Through the desert on a hot night / And for a second there we'd won / Yeah, we were innocent and young / / Cast out of the night, well you've got a foolish heart / So you took your place but the fall from grace was the hardest part / It feels just like a dagger buried deep in your back / You run for cover but you can't escape the second attack / Your soul was innocent, she kissed him and she painted it black / You should have seen your little face, burnin' for love / Holdin on' f
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The Killers - Here with Me Lyrics & Meanings
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Here with Me Lyrics & Meanings: Wheels are turning / I remember when you were mine / Now just to reach you / Baby, I'd stand in line / / But there's another world / We're living in / Tonight / / And there's another heart / That's fading in / The light / / Don't want your picture / On my cell phone / I want you here with me / Don't want your memory / In my head, no! / I want you here with me / / Spent the summer, just laying out in the sun / Time seems to move so slow / When you're taking it as it comes / Maybe we were just too young / / Your body was tanned and your hair was long / You showed me your smile and my cares were gone / Falling in love filled my soul with fright / You said
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The Killers - Christmas in L.A. Lyrics & Meanings
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Christmas in L.A. Lyrics & Meanings: Woke up to sun streamin' in my room / Warm beachfront palm December afternoon / You close your eyes, another year bows by / Somewhere in the wind, just another lie / / My parents sent a Christmas card and tennis shoes / 'We understand you staying, and we're proud of you' / There's a well rehearsed disinterest in the atmosphere / I don't know if that's what this town gave me, or if it led me here / / And I played so many parts, I don't know which one's really me / Don't know if I can take another Christmas in L.A. / Another pitcher of sangria in an empty beach cafe / Another Christmas in L.A. / Hold me tighter Carmelita, I don't know how long I can stay / / Left a girl behind in my old man's truck / And sometimes I wonder where she ended up / Maybe she got married, had a couple of kids / Who do you think you're fooling man, of course she did / / I'm walking in Dan Tana's bar, try and talk with Harry Dean / I don't know if I can take another Christmas in L.A. / Another c
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The Killers - Quiet Town Lyrics & Meanings
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Quiet Town Lyrics & Meanings: [Intro] / Oh yeah, oh no, the train, the train. Every 2 or 3 years, the train kills somebody. Every 2 or 3 years, yeah. Everybody knows about the train, OK? You hear it constantly. Eh, I— I think the train is a way to find your way out of this life, if you get hit by it / / [Verse 1] / A couple of kids got hit by a Union Pacific train / Carrying sheet metal and household appliances through the pouring rain / They were planning on getting married after graduation / Had a little baby girl, trouble came and shut it down / Things like that ain't supposed to happen / / [Chorus] / In this quiet town, families are tight / Good people, they still don't deadbolt their doors at night / In this quiet town / / [Verse 2] / When we first heard opioid stories, they were always in whispering tones / Now banners of sorrow mark the front steps of childhood homes / Parents wept through daddy's girl eulogies / And merit badge milestones with their daughters and sons / Laying there lifeless in t
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The Killers - Quiet Town Lyrics & Meanings
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Quiet Town Lyrics & Meanings: [Intro] / Oh yeah, oh no, the train, the train. Every 2 or 3 years, the train kills somebody. Every 2 or 3 years, yeah. Everybody knows about the train, OK? You hear it constantly. Eh, I— I think the train is a way to find your way out of this life, if you get hit by it / / [Verse 1] / A couple of kids got hit by a Union Pacific train / Carrying sheet metal and household appliances through the pouring rain / They were planning on getting married after graduation / Had a little baby girl, trouble came and shut it down / Things like that ain't supposed to happen / / [Chorus] / In this quiet town, families are tight / Good people, they still don't deadbolt their doors at night / In this quiet town / / [Verse 2] / When we first heard opioid stories, they were always in whispering tones / Now banners of sorrow mark the front steps of childhood homes / Parents wept through daddy's girl eulogies / And merit badge milestones with their daughters and sons / Laying there lifeless in t
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The Killers - Smile Like You Mean It Lyrics & Meanings
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Smile Like You Mean It Lyrics & Meanings: Save some face, you know you've only got one / Change your ways while you're young / Boy, one day you'll be a man / Oh girl, he'll help you understand / / Smile like you mean it / Smile like you mean it / / Looking back at sunsets on the East side / We lost track of the time / Dreams aren't what they used to be / Some things slide by so carelessly / / Smile like you mean it / Smile like you mean it / / And someone is calling my name / From the back of the restaurant / And someone is playing a game / In the house that I grew up in / And someone will drive her around / Down the same streets that I did / On the same streets that I did / / Smile like you mean it / Smile like you mean it / Smile like you mean it / Smile like you mean it / / Oh no, oh no no no / Oh no, oh no no no
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The Killers - The Way It Was Lyrics & Meanings
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The Way It Was Lyrics & Meanings: I drove through the desert last night / I carried the weight of our last fight / / Elvis singing 'Don't Be Cruel' and I wonder if you feel it too / It's like we're going under / Somewhere outside the lonely Esmeralda county line / The question of my heart came to my mind / / [Hook] / If I go on with you by my side / Can it be the way it was? / When we met did you forget about those golden nights? / / Maybe a thief stole your heart / Or maybe we just drifted apart / / I remember driving in my daddy's car to the airfield / Blanket on the hood, backs against the windshield / Back then this thing was running on momentum, love and trust / That paradise is buried in the dust / / [Hook] / If I go on with you by my side / Can it be the way it was? / When we met did you forget about those golden nights? / / All of our plans have fallen through / Sometimes a dream it don't come true / / Darling, Darling / (If we go on can it be) / Can it be the way it was when we met? / Did yo
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The Killers - I Feel It in My Bones Lyrics & Meanings
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I Feel It in My Bones Lyrics & Meanings: Dear Santa, / / I’m writing you a letter, / I’m sure you've got it all figured out. / Things haven’t been easy / Between me and you, / I guess that there are things that you can’t undo / / Maybe I was naughty once but now I’m nice! / / (Boy you made the list, you know I checked it twice. / Well guess what, you're still on it! Hahaha!) / / And I feel it in my bones / And I feel it in my bones / / Nights have been restless, / Pillows and sheets. / Bet you got it all figured out. / I sweat like a snowman out in the sun, / Dreaming that there ain't nowhere to run to, baby / Nowhere to hide. / / Hey, Kringle! / You mean to say when you were young, you never got wild? / Kid, don’t you get it? / I’m gonna make an example out of you for every mother’s child / / And I feel it in my bones / (I’m coming for you) / And I feel it in my bones / / Silver bells and reigns / Tinsel, holly. / What happened to the rose red cheeks, / Chimney, big bag pres
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The Killers - Terrible Thing Lyrics & Meanings
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Terrible Thing Lyrics & Meanings: [Verse 1] / The parking lot is rammed with shotgun pickup trucks / At the Jones Rubber plant where all the guys end up / Beer-drinking boy scouts living life like they ain't stuck / On these quicksand streets with their girls in a sling / I'm in my bedroom on the verge of a terrible thing / / [Verse 2] / Around here, we all take up our cross and hang on His holy name / But the cards that I was dealt will get you thrown out of the game / Hey momma, can't you see your boy is wrapped up in the strangle silk / Of this cobweb town where culture is king? / I'm in my bedroom on the verge of a terrible thing / / [Chorus] / I close my eyes and think of the water / Out at the Salt Creek when I was young / / [Verse 3] / Down at Old Mill Park, half the town's in tow / To crown the Bathing Beauty of the rodeo / While her mother fights back proud tears a young cowboy gives the nod / The chute opens, bull draws blood, and the gift is accepted by God / The chute opens, bull draws blood, a
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The Killers - Money on Straight Lyrics & Meanings
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Money on Straight Lyrics & Meanings: [Chorus] / Get your hair cut / Get your money on straight / Get your head right / And don't forget where you come from / Who you friends are and all that shit / / [Verse 1] / Ever since I could hear the voice of mourning / Stories of pain and fear / Ringing in my eardrum / And ever since I come home / There's been somebody with the loaded gun / Get your finger on the trigger, son / Ringing in my eardrum / / [Chorus] / Get your hair cut / Get your money on straight / Get your head right / And don't forget where you come from / Who you friends are and all that shit / / [Verse 1] / Ever since I could hear the voice of mourning / Stories of pain and fear / Ringing in my eardrum / And ever since I come home / There's been somebody with the loaded gun / Get your finger on the trigger, son / Ringing in my eardrum / / [Chorus] / Get your hair cut / Get your money on straight / Get your head right / And don't forget where you come from / Who you friends are and all that shit /
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The Killers - Runaway Horses Lyrics & Meanings
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Runaway Horses Lyrics & Meanings: [Intro] / Oh, my heck, so, yeah, the Ute Stampede, I mean that's a tradition for sure, um. One year we wish— it was raining, all, like stampedes and this horse come out, and everyone, you know, said it was supposed to be the best, and it fell in the mud, and, I mean, you should see its leg just totally snapped. It was just hanging there. And the girl, you know, laid dow— it was the saddest thing, I mean, I think, most of the crowd was crying. She set up and laid over her horse and just cried and hugged her horse and, 'cause she knew that, you know, that was her last moments with that horse / / [Verse 1: Brandon Flowers] / Small town girl, Coca Cola grin, honeysuckle skin / Born beneath the ready sign of a strawberry moon / Small town girl shows up for her friends, crazy about The Bends / I was there when she first put away childish things / / [Chorus: Brandon Flowers & Phoebe Bridgers] / We had spring in our heels / Unwavering forces, headfirst into the unknown / Like r
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The Killers - Andy, You're a Star Lyrics & Meanings
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Andy, You're a Star Lyrics & Meanings: One, two, three / / On the field I remember you were incredible / Hey, shut up, hey, shut up, yeah / On the field I remember you were incredible / Hey, shut up, hey, shut up, yeah / On the match with the boys, you think you're alone / With the pain that you drain from love / In a car with a girl, promise me she's not your world / 'Cause Andy, you're a star / Get down, hey / / Leave your number on the locker and I'll give you a call / Hey, shut up, hey, shut up, yeah / Leave your legacy in gold on the plaques that line the hall / Hey, shut up, hey, shut up, yeah / On the streets, such a sweet face jumping in town / In the staffroom, the verdict is in / In a car with a girl, promise me she's not your world / / 'Cause Andy, you're a star / In nobody's eyes but mine / Andy, you're a star / In nobody's eyes but mine / Andy, you're a star / In nobody's eyes / In nobody's eyes but mine / Ive shit my pants
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The Killers - Joel the Lump of Coal Lyrics & Meanings
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Joel the Lump of Coal Lyrics & Meanings: Some time ago, at Santa's place / Up in the old North Pole / There lived a lump of anthracite / Whose parents called him Joel / / Joel, Joel, the lump of coal / Happy as a lump can be / He just wants to keep Santa warm / And make the elves cozy / / But Santa Claus had other plans / For Joel one fateful day /
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The Killers - Who Let You Go? Lyrics & Meanings
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Who Let You Go? Lyrics & Meanings: Who let you go? / Who let you go? / Who let you go? / Who let you go? / Who let you go? / Who let you go? / Who let you go? / Who let you go? / / I feel it inside / Down in my soul / And I just can't hide things / That I know / / We could be friends / And I promise that it won't get bad / But hopefully that story ends / But you ain't got nothing I never had / So let's take it slow / / Who let you go? / Who let you go? / Who let you go? / Who let you go? / / Someone must have loved you / Not the way that I do / You're missing what I'm trying to say / Ain't nothing getting in my way / / So tell me that's fantastic / And promise me, you'll always sigh / I find it so romantic / When you look into my beautiful eyes / And lose control / / Who let you go? / Who let you go? / Who let you go? / Who let you go? / Who let you go? / Who let you go? / Who let you go? / Who let you go? / / I don't know / What it means / But I've been wondering / Who let you go? / / And h
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The Killers - Why Do I Keep Counting? Lyrics & Meanings
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Why Do I Keep Counting? Lyrics & Meanings: There’s a plane and I am flying. There’s a mountain waiting for me. Oh these years have been so trying, I don’t know if I can use them. Am I strong enough to be the one? Will I live to have some children? / / Help me get down, I can make it. Help me get down. Help me get down, I can make it. Help me get down. If I only knew the answer, I wouldn’t be bothering you. Father, help me get down, I can make it. Help me get down. Help me get down, I can make it. Help me get down. If I only knew the answer, and if all our days are numbered, then why do I keep counting? / / My sugar’s sweet, and so obtainable. This behavior’s so unexplainable. The days just slip and slide like they always did. The trouble is my head won’t let me forget. I took one last good look around. (So many unusual sounds.) I gotta get my feet on the ground. / / Help me get down, I can make it. Ahhh . . . Help me get down, I can make it. Help me get down. Help me get down, I can make i
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The Killers - Runaways Lyrics & Meanings
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Runaways Lyrics & Meanings: Blonde hair blowin' in the summer wind / A blue-eyed girl playing in the sand / I'd been on a trail for a little while / But that was the night that she broke down and held my hand / The teenage rush, she said, 'maybe I'll just runaway, we got time' / Well that ain't much... / We can't wait 'til tomorrow / You gotta know that this is real, baby why you wanna fight it? / It's the one thing you can choose, oh! / / We got engaged on a Friday night / I swore on the head of our unborn child that I could take care of the three of us / But I got the tendency to slip when the nights get wild. / It's in my blood / She says she might just runaway somewhere else, some place good / We can't wait 'til tomorrow / You gotta know that this is real, baby why you wanna fight it? / It's the one thing you can choose / / Let's take a chance baby we can't lose / Mean we're all just runaways / I knew that when I met you, I'm not gonna let you runaway / I knew that when I held you, I wasn't lettin' go /
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The Killers - Change Your Mind Lyrics & Meanings
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Change Your Mind Lyrics & Meanings: Racy days / Help me through the hopeless haze / But my oh my / Tragic eyes / I can't even recognize myself behind / So if the answer is no / Can I change your mind / / Out again, a siren screams at half past ten / And you won't let go / While I ignore, that we both felt like this before / It starts to show / So if I had a chance / Would you let me know / / Why aren't you shaking / Step back in time / Graciously taking / Oh you're too kind / / And if the answer is no / Can I change your mind / / We're all the same / And love is blind / The sun is gone / Before it shines / / And I said if the answer is no / Can I change your mind / If the answer is no, / Can I change your mind
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The Killers - My List Lyrics & Meanings
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My List Lyrics & Meanings: Let me wrap myself around you, let you show me how I see / And when you come back in from nowhere, do you ever think of me? / Your heart is not able / Let me show you how much I care / / I need those eyes to tide me over, I'll take your picture when I go / Gives me strength and gives me patience but I'll never let you know / I got nothin' on you, baby, but I always said I'd try / Let me show you how much I care / But sometimes it gets hard and don't she know / / Don't give the ghost up just clench your fist / You shoulda known by now you were on my list / Don't give the ghost up just clench your fist / You shoulda known by now you were on my list / / Don't give the ghost up just clench your fists / You should have known by now you were on my list / When your heart is not able / And your prayers, they're not fables / / Let me show you, let me show you / Let me show you, let me show you / Let me show you how much I care, oh
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The Killers - Battle Born Lyrics & Meanings
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Battle Born Lyrics & Meanings: You lost faith in the human spirit / You walk around like a ghost / Your star-spangled heart / Took a train for the coast / / When you shine you're a hilltop mansion / So how'd you lose the light? / Was it blown by the wind, / In the still of the night? / / We're up against the wall / / Up against the wall / There's something dying on the street / When they knock you down / You're gonna get back on your feet / (No you can't stop now) / / I always saw you as a kind of keeper / A mother to a child / But your boys have grown soft / And your girls have gone wild / / From the blue ranch to the black hills / To the redwood sky / The season may pass / But the dream doesn't die / / Now don't you drop the ball / / Up against the wall / There's something dying on the street / When they knock you down / You're gonna get back on your feet / (No you can't stop now) / / When they break your heart / When they cause your soul to mourn / Remember what I said / Boy you was battle born /
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The Killers - When the Dreams Run Dry Lyrics & Meanings
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When the Dreams Run Dry Lyrics & Meanings: [Verse 1] / Can't hear myself think through the crashing of the rain / I'm passing judgement in the fast lane / And smoothing out a rough stone / Guess it comes with age / You start to wonder about the time theft / How much of it you got left / Comes in with the age now / / [Chorus] / When the dreams run dry / I will be where I always was / Standing at your side / Letting go of the reins / We're all going to die / / [Verse 2] / When they're closing up the door / Nobody wishing that they weren't more / Don't bother with your suitcase / We'll beat the birds down to Acapulco Bay / Oh, Honolulu on hearsay, running at our own pace / And I'll be on your side when the dreams run dry / / [Chorus] / When the dreams run dry / I will be where I always was / Standing at your side / Letting go of the reins / / [Outro] / Reach for the summit / Of an ancient design / On the verge of eternal / On the heels of divine / If you stumble and fall (If you stumble and fall) / I
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The Killers - Ultraviolet (Light My Way) Lyrics & Meanings
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Ultraviolet (Light My Way) Lyrics & Meanings: Ooooh / Sometimes I feel like I don't know / Sometimes I feel like checkin' out / I wanna get it wrong / Can't always be strong / And love it won't be long / / Oh sugar, don't you cry / Oh child, wipe the tears from your eyes / You know I need you to be strong / And the day is as dark as the night is long / Feel like trash, you make me feel clean / I'm in the black, can't see or be seen / / Baby, baby, baby light my way / Alright now / Baby, baby, baby light my way / / You bury your treasure / Where it can't be found / But your love is like a secret / That's been passed around / There is a silence that comes to a house / Where no one can sleep / I guess it's the price of love / I know it's not cheap / / Oh, come on / Baby, baby, baby light my way / Oh, come on! / Baby, baby, baby light my way / / Oooh ultraviolet / Oooh ultraviolet / Oooh ultraviolet / Oooh ultraviolet / / Baby, baby, baby light my way / / I remember / When we could sleep on stones / Now we
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The Killers - On Top Lyrics & Meanings
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On Top Lyrics & Meanings: Remember Rio and get down / Like some other DJ, in some other town / She's been trying to tell me to hold tight / But I've been waiting this whole night / / But I've been down across a road or two / But now I've found the velvet sun / That shines on me and you / / In the back, uh huh, I can't crack / We're on top / It's just a shimmy and a shake, uh huh / I can't fake, we're on top / We're on top / / The day is breaking, we're still here / Your body's shaking, and it's clear / You really need it, so let go / And let me feed it, but you know / / That I've been down across a road or two / But now I've found the velvet sun / That shines on me and you / / In the back, uh huh, I can't crack / We're on top / It's just a shimmy and a shake, uh huh / I can't fake, we're on top / We're on top / We bring the bump to the grind, uh huh / I don't mind, we're on top / It's just a shimmy and a shake, uh huh / I can't fake, we're on top / We're on top / / And we do
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The Killers - Dying Breed Lyrics & Meanings
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Dying Breed Lyrics & Meanings: [Verse 1] / There's gonna be opposition, ain't no way around it / If you're looking for strong and steady, well baby you found it / We'll weather the coldest nights / Baby, we're a dying breed / / [Verse 2] / When everyone's compromising / I'll be your die-hard / I'll be there when water's rising / I'll be your lifeguard / We're cut from a stained glass fountain / Baby, we're a dying breed / Na-na-na-na-na-na / Na-na-na-na-na-na / Na-na-na-na-na-na / Na-na-na-na-na-na-na / / [Pre-Chorus] / When facing the wind out with you / We rallied and raised up / So now when she comes back kickin' / We'll know what we're made of / There's gonna be opposition / We got everything we need / Ooh baby we're a dying breed / / [Chorus] / From the gutters heart to the girl in love / I was lifted by the sound of the spirit in me / Baby, we're a dying breed / / [Bridge] / I don't know what you want from me / Sometimes I don't know what to do / It's like I'm screaming in a dream / It's lik
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The Killers - Desperate Things Lyrics & Meanings
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Desperate Things Lyrics & Meanings: [Verse 1] / She was doing 60 in a 35 / I hit the lights and pulled her over / When I reached the window of the driver side / There was blood from her mouth, dry on her shoulder / I've never had much patience for guys that hit / For more than just obvious reasons / I asked if she wanted me to take him in / She laughed it off like lemonade / / [Chorus] / When you're in love, you can be blinded by your own heart / You'll bend your own truth, so twisted up you could justify sin / And when people in love are desperate enough to abandon their dreams / People do desperate things / / [Verse 2] / I've been taking lunch breaks at her work / When the restaurant ain't too crowded / She knows me and my wife got a little girl / We don't talk too much about it / The other night she met me way out west / Things went further than they should have / But when she undid the buttons of her dress / I didn't stop her, but I could have / / [Chorus] / When you're in love, you can be blinded by y
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