One, two
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
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
Lyrics submitted by Linger:, edited by taniwhali, ms3cbm, Mrwiggels69
Andy, You're a Star Lyrics as written by Dave Brent Keuning Brandon Flowers
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A guy named Andy Messersmith went to school with Brandon Flowers. They went to Juab High School in Nephi, Utah, and Andy was the popular sports star, and he tortured Brandon and made his time there miserable. So Brandon wrote this song sarcastically.
Most ironic thing: Brandon Flowers is a famous, rich celebrity, and Andy Messersmith still works at Juab High School in Nephi, as a gym teacher. Karma.
@Ruedescascades I wonder what Andy Messersmith said if he heard this song.
Found this explanation of "Hot Fuss" online. Not sure who the author is...but he or she is spot on. I cleaned it up a bit and put in my own interpretation:
An Examination of the Homosexual Subtext of The Killers' "Hot Fuss"
omfG this is so amazing!!!! srsly, i literally read it 10000k times.<br /> about believe me natalie: they've adimitted that this song is about a dancer of studio 54 called natalie who has diagnosed with aids, just for the record.
@elmcityslim The author is Ryan Basil at Noisey.Vice.com. I've done a lot of research about this album, all of which was sparked by that article.
I think the song talks about how the singer is stalking Andy, but he is imaging about how he would be with Andy. 'In a car with a girl, promise me she's not your world', tells me he's stalking him and is jealous of the girl cause he knows Andy isn't gay but he tries to image it anyway. That's what I think. Not very sure.
THIS IS LEGIT, I PROMISE:
okay, brandon flowers lived in Nephi, Utah, about 30 miles from where I live. the song is about ANDY, a wrestling star at Juab high school. his plaques seriously drape the halls. THIS SONG IS MOCKING ANDY. something to do with a prom incident where andy went with a girl brandon asked...or something like that. Andy is actually the wrestling coach/PE teacher at my school, NSH, imagine that. i was in his class today and asked him about it.
Peaceeee.
Listening to this song, I picture it almost like he's singing it to a kid that is throwing all his effort to some white trash girl who's just gonna break his heart...and he's got all this potential, but he doesn't realize it...he's too caught up chasing tail. So, Brandon's telling him, 'promise me she's not your world, cuz you're a star.' and maybe you or nobody else sees it...but i do. that's kinda how i feel this song.
that's exactly the same i thought when i was listening to this song...
This is what Brandon said about what inspired the song: “I think it came from…I wouldn't say that I was an outcast at school, but when you’re at school, it’s always the case that the more athletically-gifted kids, the popular kids, are somewhat glorified, and that frustrated me a bit. I guess I was trying to be ironic with that song, and that’s where it stemmed from.”
The lyrics certainly convey a certain level of "stalker-ness," but I also get the impression that this song is set on the high school level. For some reason, whenever I hear it, I envisioned some slightly-disturbed kid, perhaps a gay boy, who is obsessed with one of the school's athletes.
For example:
"On the match with the boys" conjures up images of wrestling, so maybe he is on the wrestling team. "On the field I remember you were incredible" suggests, to me at least, an athletic field. Football, or soccer, perhaps. And, most strongly, "leave your legacy in gold on the plaques that line the hall." Legacy, based on the other lyrics, seems like an athletic legacy -- championship games, most valuable player, et cetera. These line the halls of the locker oom, on which the singer requests he leave his number. And at the risk of over-interpretation, maybe he's talking about a locker room?
With regards to the gay male aspect, I really don't have much support; it just feels like that's the scenario, though I could be wrong. The "hey shut up, hey shut up" lyrics strike me as being the other jocks at this high school telling the school "fag" to "shut up," and suggests that the stalker / singer is considered an outcast by the other students.
No dude. I totally thought of the same thing everytime I heard it. Except I never listened to the lyrics enough to realize Andy was a stalker.
While your explanation is plausable and in my view right, I reckon 'hey shut up' is someone pretending to be modest. As in 'you did great', 'hey shut up'.
no no, "hey shut up" is him talking to himself.<br /> <br /> like saying to himself in his head, you cant think that! you cant say that!
That's exactly how I pictured it!(:<br /> Except, I imagine the gay boy being friends with Andy.<br /> The "Hey, shut up" part seems, for me, to be Andy modestly telling the boy to shut up.
its about andy messersmith i think thats how you spell his name but i know andy he was really good at wrestling and football and he was the wrestling coach at my high school and he coached my brother i have heard two stories that andy was mean to brandon and also that they were friends but im pretty sure they were friends but andy hates talking about it my sister asked him and he got a little mad but yeah its about him
The guitar in this is really beautiful!
Not sure if this song is not sarcastic? Andy was Brandon's sports' coach at high school who was mean to him.
thanx that'd make more sense
Not coach.... Andy was "a star" at their high school. They didn't get along well, Andy kinda took brandon's girl... or a girl he liked, not entirely sure. But yeah, the song was written as a diss. Andy doesn't like it much either.... he got fired from his last job after a kid pushed him too far about it, andy kinda snapped. He's a teacher/coach at my old high school now, most people like him, but nobody mentions the song much anymore, and when they do he leaves the room. He's not stupid, doesn't want to lose it and do something stupid again...