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September 08, 2004

I Need Direction to Perfection

I must thank you, Andy, for encouraging me to buy The Killers' Hot Fuss CD. I am in love. Well, at least I am in love with tracks 3-5. I don't know about the rest of the CD so much, because I keep going back to those tracks and listening to them over and over and over. Which is my way.

I will say this about those tracks, though - they didn't grab me right away. But after listening to them 4-5 times they started sinking into my brain in the most profound way. And now I listen to them obsessively.

Eventually I hope to get around to listening to the rest of the tracks in the same way.

My favorite song is called "All These Things That I've Done." I especially like the two verses that come right after the tempo of the song speeds up at the beginning.

So give this a listen five times and then let me know what you think.

The Killers, "All These Things That I've Done"

When there's nowhere else to run
Is there room for one more song
One more song
If you can hold on
If you can hold on, hold on

I wanna stand up, I wanna let go
You know, you know - no you don't, you don't
I wanna shine on in the hearts of men
I want a meaning from the back of my broken hand

Another head aches, another heart breaks
I'm so much older than I can take
And my affection, well it comes and goes
I need direction to perfection, no no no no

Help me out
Yeah, you know you got to help me out
Yeah, oh don't you put me on the backburner
You know you got to help me out, yeah

And when there's nowhere else to run
Is there room for one more song
These changes ain't changing me
The cold-hearted boy I used to be

Yeah, you know you got to help me out
Yeah, oh don't you put me on the backburner
You know you got to help me out, yeah
You're gonna bring yourself down
Yeah, you're gonna bring yourself down
Yeah, you're gonna bring yourself down

I got soul, but I'm not a soldier (x 10)

Yeah, you know you got to help me out
Yeah, oh don't you put me on the backburner
You know you got to help me out, yeah
You're gonna bring yourself down, yeah
You're gonna bring yourself down
Yeah, oh don't you put me on the backburner
You're gonna bring yourself down
Yeah, you're gonna bring yourself down

Over and in, last call for sin
While everyone's lost, the battle is won
With all these things that I've done
All these things that I've done
If you can hold on
If you can hold on

Posted by Highwaygirl on September 8, 2004 06:25 AM to the category The Key of Life
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