5-25-11 - "When You Were Young" ~ The Killers

The Killers may not be everyone's cup of tea, and to be honest I don't love every song of theirs.  But I do like most of their stuff, and I love this one.  The hook is catchy, the lyrics are intriguing, and, well... it's just a fun song.


There are probably some life lessons to be gleaned here.  A relationship isn't salvation. "Pole, pole." (Slowly, slowly in Swahili - what the porters will tell you as you attempt to summit Mt. Kilimanjaro).  The Devil's Water isn't just a river in England (but it is a river in England...); it'll mess you up if you drink too much... but lyrical interpretation is in the ear of the listener - what does the song say to you?


Theatrical music video (some really cool location shots here):

Just the track:  "When You Were Young" (grooveshark)


Bonus acoustic version at Abbey Road:

(lead singer Brandon Flowers clearly values the piano and the emotion more than, say, hitting notes that make sense in this version... but it's still cool)


"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..."