But behind the anthemic tune and the stirring choruses, Mr Brightside is actually quite a sad song. Instead of breaking down with jealousy, the protagonist puts on a brave face. Brightside, after all. He was living with his sister at the time and was trying to avoid seeing his ex with another man.
I never get bored of singing it. Red Hot Chili Peppers. Sam Fender. It is still cheating, but far less vulgar? They were thrown into the sea, and if they survived they were witches and were killed. Even if the women were innocent, they would still drown and die. This could drive a sane person mad and could be the reason why he is asking her to let go of him and why she is not letting his insecurities and misconceptions win.
When he is in a mindset of suspicion, anything she says would be interpreted in the wrong way. But he is also paying the price of his own actions—suspecting her. He probably knew from the start, that this relationship was not meant to last. Maybe he was looking for a reason to end this relationship. Being in a relationship with no sense of what is happening is torture. The singer feels as if though he is being too optimistic in this relationship.
Is the truth that she is actually cheating on him, or is he truly imagining things in his head? With these two words, the singer is able to scream out his disappointment in how this relationship turned out. Drop your thoughts in the comments below and share this article with your friends. Tags: The Killers. I am the founder and lead author and editor of Justrandomthings music community.
January 24, August 27, However, because he's fallen in love with him, he's angry and upset because he knows that she doesnt want him, and is just going off with 'the next guy on the list'. He imagines "and it's all in my head" these other guys getting with her, and it starts "taking control" of his head; that's all he can think about. Nice one. I think the 'prostitute' idea came from the Moulin Rouge themed video.
He could just have been jealous at a flirtatious girlfriend during the chorus DavidArmitage on January 18, Jupp, two interpretations which are both kinda likely. The one I had was kind of similar to your second, however i've never thought of it as being his paraoia. Haven't really ackowledged the "and it's all in my head"-part, I think. I've always just seen it as him being cheated on, without being able to leave the relationship cause he loves her too much. But so yeah, nice one, think you pinned it down quite well.
Ironic that this is such a great partysong, isn't it? Gotta add something.. Unless you say something extremely retarded, theres no "wrong" interpretations. Or should I say, very few. That's the beauty of music : brighteyessucks on October 23, Totally agree with you!!
At 1st the "coming out of my cage Thanks so much for interpreting the song like this, it opened my eyes and now i can't hear the song without thinking of it like this! I can relate to the feelings, paranoia, and insecurities of the narrator. In the past I have been in a similar place in my life. It sucked. A lot. And the worst thing is: the imaginings were just that: all in my head. But at the time, they were quite intense and affected me a lot. And to the poster who said "people get jealous because they are vulnerable", I am persuaded that is absolutely true.
Does it not make more sense that the kiss that he refers to, is actually the kiss where she cheats on him. All paranoia etc comes from that kiss she had with another guy, and how it seems odd that she only a kissed him yet id had such a profound effect on him coz he was so in love MaxQQQ I'm in the exact spot your 2 is right now. I started singing this song randomly in the shower today and I guess it was a strange coincidence that I decided to look up what this song really meant.
Now I know where I really am and who I am. I'm Mr. MaxQQQ When he says "it starts with a kiss", could he have walked in on her, sees her give a brief kiss to someone else and nothing more but then his imagination takes off? Derf on May 23, General Comment I think you have to put the song in the same order of the record to kind of get a full grasp. The song before it on the cd is Jenny Was a Friend of Mine.
Basically, he commited a crime, assualt or manslaughter, against this girl Jenny. He is being questioned by the cops, etc, etc.
He was doing fine in jail. He discovers that the girl, Jenny, is now involved with someone else. I dont take "Started out with a kiss" to be between him and the girl. I think that has to do with the girl Jenny kissing someother guy and from there they have fallen for each other. Now, destiny is calling him and he has to move on. But he cant and I think thats why the whole song is repeated 3 times. Just my take.. I'm afraid not Bourbon is about killing Jenny, Midnight Show is the killer hiding the body, and Friend of Mine shows the thoughts of the killer as he's being interrogated about her death in police custody.
This song has nothing to do with Jenny, the album isn't really a continuous narrative : Sabazius on December 18, Sabazius: What if this is after he gets out of jail or maybe he was never actually convicted and keeps having flashbacks about what made him kill Jenny? Maybe that he got jealous when he saw her at the movies Midnight Show kissing another guy and got thrown into all these images of what she could have done, and that somehow made him snap and kill her.
Bourbon could be what he was kind of rambling to her as he killed her basically saying 'I would have been more than happy to drink alone, but you had to waltz in and ruin everything, and now look what happened. That would explain the somewhat jumbled feeling of the song, and still makes sense in the sceme of things. My Interpretation I think this song is about a flirty girl who keeps sending him mixed signals.
She just wants to have fun, but he kisses her and now he can't stop thinking about her. Now he doesn't just want fun, he wants her: "Gotta gotta be down Because I want it all. In the video clip, we can see that he's 'tired of playing games' and being led on from this girl through her semi-transperant image of her overshowing the chess game he's playing with the other man that wants her.
By throwing it, it signals that he's sick of playing games and he's just going to get over her. With the addition of the other men in the clip, we can see that Flowers is not the only man she's led on in this way. The other man see's Flowers with the girl and after the fireworks scene, rejects her.
This is where he 'looks on the brightside' "But it's just the price I pay" for kissing and opening his heart to a girl which he knew was flirty. Everything happens for a reason, this was fate telling him to open up his eyes and lower his naivety.
In the end, the girl's environment is silent and dull as Flowers walks away juxtaposing the commotion previously entailing the scenes. This shows that all the men got sick and tired of her mixed signals and this was The Killer's way of exemplifying that consequently, she was left with no one and got what she deserved. The only thing I cannot figure out which is probably really straight forward , are what the apples in the video clip represent. A great song I'm sure most people can relate to no matter how you interpret it.
Apples are known as the forbidden fruit - it's a biblical reference to the Garden of Eden, I think. The apple is a symbol of temptation. My God, I'm open to interpretation toward song lyrics, but some of these song interpretations from these users are so random that I had to double-check to see if I was on the right song.
Nylo on May 07, General Comment Ok guys, I figured the whole song out. It was only a kiss, it was only a kiss. The kiss means everything to him but it was only a kiss for the girl he fell for.
She moves on and he moves into the next verse. And taking control. While asleep, he dreams of her and this other guy going home and making love together.
You can tell that it's a dream of some kind when he says, "And It's all in my head. Because I'm Mr.
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