This song seemingly tackles the methods of deception those who manipulate others use to get victims to follow their demands, as well as diverting attention away from important issues. They'll also use it as a means to convince people to hate or kill others by pretending acts of terrorism were committed by the enemy when the acts themselves were done by the masters of control to promote discrimination and hate. It also reinforces the idea that these manipulative forces operate in various locations, infiltrating everyday life without detection, and propagate any and everywhere.
In general, it highlights the danger of hidden agendas, manipulation, and distraction, serving as a critique of those who exploit chaos and confusion to control and gain power, depicting a cautionary tale against falling into their traps. It encourages us to question the narratives presented to us and remain vigilant against manipulation in various parts of society.
Coming out of my cage
And I've been doing just fine
Gotta gotta be down
Because I want it all
It started out with a kiss
How did it end up like this?
It was only a kiss, it was only a kiss
Now I'm falling asleep
And she's calling a cab
While he's having a smoke
And she's taking a drag
Now they're going to bed
And my stomach is sick
And it's all in my head
But she's touching his chest now
He takes off her dress now
Let me go
And I just can't look, it's killing me
And taking control
Jealousy, turning saints into the sea
Swimming through sick lullabies
Choking on your alibis
But it's just the price I pay
Destiny is calling me
Open up my eager eyes
'Cause I'm Mr. Brightside
I'm coming out of my cage
And I've been doing just fine
Gotta gotta be down
Because I want it all
It started out with a kiss
How did it end up like this?
(It was only a kiss), it was only a kiss
Now I'm falling asleep
And she's calling a cab
While he's having a smoke
And she's taking a drag
Now they're going to bed
And my stomach is sick
And it's all in my head
But she's touching his chest now
He takes off her dress now
Let me go
'Cause I just can't look, it's killing me
And taking control
Jealousy, turning saints into the sea
Swimming through sick lullabies
Choking on your alibi
But it's just the price I pay
Destiny is calling me
Open up my eager eyes
'Cause I'm Mr. Brightside
I never
I never
I never
I never
And I've been doing just fine
Gotta gotta be down
Because I want it all
It started out with a kiss
How did it end up like this?
It was only a kiss, it was only a kiss
Now I'm falling asleep
And she's calling a cab
While he's having a smoke
And she's taking a drag
Now they're going to bed
And my stomach is sick
And it's all in my head
But she's touching his chest now
He takes off her dress now
Let me go
And I just can't look, it's killing me
And taking control
Jealousy, turning saints into the sea
Swimming through sick lullabies
Choking on your alibis
But it's just the price I pay
Destiny is calling me
Open up my eager eyes
'Cause I'm Mr. Brightside
I'm coming out of my cage
And I've been doing just fine
Gotta gotta be down
Because I want it all
It started out with a kiss
How did it end up like this?
(It was only a kiss), it was only a kiss
Now I'm falling asleep
And she's calling a cab
While he's having a smoke
And she's taking a drag
Now they're going to bed
And my stomach is sick
And it's all in my head
But she's touching his chest now
He takes off her dress now
Let me go
'Cause I just can't look, it's killing me
And taking control
Jealousy, turning saints into the sea
Swimming through sick lullabies
Choking on your alibi
But it's just the price I pay
Destiny is calling me
Open up my eager eyes
'Cause I'm Mr. Brightside
I never
I never
I never
I never
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Mr. Brightside Lyrics as written by Dave Brent Keuning Brandon Flowers
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I don't think it's necessarily about sex. It's about wanting to start the day with some love and affection. Maybe a warm cuddle. I'm not alone in interpreting it that way! For example:
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Mr Brightside isn't about someone cheating on you. It's about the insecurity and jealousy that can rise up and ruin a relationship, breaking down the trust. Think about it: "and it's all in my head".
And in the chorus we have "turning saints into the sea". Women suspected of witchcraft were often thrown into water, and if they drowned were they innocent, if they survived they were a witch, and were to be killed anyway. The exact same thing's going on here, metaphorically. Even if the partner was completely innocent - a "saint", so to speak, the relationship is still being destroyed by the jealousy and insecurity.
"But it's just the price I pay" - of course, a ruined relationship is going to be the price you pay for letting your unfounded jealousy be "taking control". Really, Brandon's encouraging people in the same situation to "open up [their] eager eyes" - to see what's actually going on, to face everything instead of burying your head in the sand.
It's almost bordering on possessiveness though - "gotta gotta be down because I want it all" - there's a controlling side to (him) that wants to monitor (her), and because he can't, he starts inventing scenarios of her cheating on him to justify the resentment he's starting to feel because he doesn't OWN her. There's an insidious side to this relationship, so maybe that's what's meant by him "coming out of [his] cage" - he had this metaphorical cage imposed on him for a reason. Maybe there was a past relationship he ruined in a similar way, and he's tried to repress himself so the same doesn't happen, but he finds himself acting the same as before, and feels this is what he will always be - "destiny is calling me". And yet this optimism and hope that he can shake this insecurity off makes him believe he is "Mr Brightside", even though he knows "I never" can change.
Spot on interpretation. Only thing i would say is that this strikes similar chords with ultra rapid bipolar disorder, and borderline personality disorder. Half way through the chorus with the "destiny is calling me" represents, in my mind, a hypomanic shift to being incredibly positive, turning him into Mr. Brightside- the person that everyone knows him to be, even though sometimes he can be down on himself because of his jealousy issues. He says this is just the price he pays because when he is Mr Brightside, everything looks so great for him, why not be down every so often to feel so good. The fact that he repeats the whole thing again is just symbolic of how these types of disorders cycle.
@Loquacity dang.. are you a wizard?
@Loquacity It doesn't need much thought to come to your conclusion, bang on, mate.
@Loquacity I made an account just for this: thank you, you are spot on oh great wizard. @9btd Perfect analysation, being one of those crappy people like Mr Brightside I can tell you that this: <br /> <br /> "He says this is just the price he pays because when he is Mr Brightside, everything looks so great for him, why not be down every so often to feel so good" <br /> <br /> spooked me in ways you can't imagine. It's exactly the thing(in those same words) that kept me from going to a therapist all my life. I'm in the best relationship yet and almost lost it again, made my first appointment next week! :-)
@Loquacity Brandon flowers said in an interview that the sing is based off real llife events of him getting cheated on
@Loquacity <br /> Hi. My only pushback is with your interpretation of the lines "Jealousy, turning saints into the sea<br /> Swimming through sick lullabies<br /> Choking on your alibies"<br /> <br /> Brandon Flowers is known to be a fairly devout Christian, so he should have some knowledge of New Testament text and teachings.<br /> Matthew 18:6: "but whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in Me to stumble, it would be better for him to have a heavy millstone hung around his neck, and to be drowned in the depth of the sea." The concept of "sainthood" is a Christian one, especially a more orthodox catholic one. It is believed that one cannot sin until they reach "the age of reason" - this, all "little ones" are innocent (which is why we have the term "childhood innocence"). Thus, I really think Brandon is making an illusion to the threat Jesus makes to those who would cause any saintly person (not just children) to "fall".<br /> <br /> Jealousy is related to envy, which is one of the seven deadly sins. Thus, unchecked and uncontrolled jealousy can cause someone to have the evil thoughts that Brandon is experiencing through his lyrics here. Ever just get extremely angry at someone for a scenario you made up in your head? That happens all the time in relationships where one partner is riddled with jealousy and distrust. That is what is happening here.
Well, now that you mention it it -could- maybe be about a prostitute, but that's not the way i personally interpret the song.
The way i see it is...ok, no idea what the first bit about coming out of his cage is, perhaps that's just him taking a turning point in his life and like gaining confidence and going out and meeting a woman. k, so, yeah, he meets this woman and it "starts out with a kiss" but then he starts falling in love with her when perhaps he shouldnt (maybe he knew that she would not be interested) so he asks himself "how did it end up like this" ie, how could he make the mistake of falling in love with a woman that's only interested in having a spot of fun. --That's just my theory on the first half of the first verse, really.
My main interpretation comes in when it starts to talk about this other man that the woman is spending time with. Now, there are one of two situations this guy is in. 1) Him and this woman have just been seeing each other, she's not attached to him really. 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'. 2) They are together, and they do want each other, but every time she goes out with other male friends he starts getting jealous and worried. 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.
(2) seems quite likely to me, it fits in really well with the end of the verse and the whole chorus: the talk about jealousy, sick lullabies - his thoughts&dreams(turned to nightmares by his paranoia) and then he says "but it's just the price i pay" ie, he has to put up with this paranoia if he wants to be with her.
Dunno, i could be -entirely- wrong, but that's just what i think :)
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
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.<br /> <br /> Ironic that this is such a great partysong, isn't it?
Gotta add something..<br /> <br /> Could "It started out with a kiss/How did it end up like this/It was only a kiss, it was only a kiss" refer to that his gf has kissed someone before, and that this is the reason for him now being so paranoid?
Unless you say something extremely retarded, theres no "wrong" interpretations.<br /> Or should I say, very few.<br /> That's the beauty of music :)
Totally agree with you!! When people get jelous, I beleive it´s because their vulnerable. At 1st the "coming out of my cage..." should be he has everything, but he wants more"got to be down because I want it all" so it could be he´s trying to push a relationship, and he has a one night stand or has a sort of fling with a girl and gets too attached. I don´t see it as a love song... Also he could´ve recently been out of a relationship.. and that´s why he´s "down, and wants it all" to fill those empty spaces... just a thought
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! THANKS :D
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.<br /> <br /> 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. He is saying "i've been doing just fine, gotta gotta be down" but it (it = the jealously) started out with a kiss and then the rest of the song logically follows on. 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. Brightside. <br /> <br /> also follow me on twitter if you find this reply and just dm me about it to remind my future self. @jacktpowell
@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?<br />
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.
"Coming out of my cage" means that he got out of jail. 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. "How did it end up like this?"
"Swimming through sick lullabies - Choking on your alibis - But it’s just the price I pay - Destiny is calling me" Because he choked on his alibi when being interogated, he payed the price of going to jail, and that led to Jenny getting involved with someone else. 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 think your right zeve
i think thats righ 2
wow, never looked at it like that.<br /> <br /> thanks for your insight, that actually makes sense.
spot on! thanks that is brilliant
I'm afraid not... "Jenny" is a character in three of the Killers' songs, "Jenny Was A Friend Of Mine", "Midnight Show" and "Leave The Bourbon On The Shelf" which are collectively known as the Murder Trilogy. 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: 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.' Now, he's flashing back to her constantly and realizing that it was just a kiss, she probably didn't do much more than that and he killed her for it. That would explain the somewhat jumbled feeling of the song, and still makes sense in the sceme of things.
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."
He trys to reassure himself by the repetition of, "it was only a kiss, it was only a kiss" and he was trying to grasp whether and how it meant nothing to this girl so he should stop thinking about her.
"Now I'm falling asleep And she's calling a cab While he�s having a smoke And she's taking a drag"
This verse shows how she can just quickly move on to other men, with the 'cab''
Then we had the vivid imagery that haunts him as he pictures this girl with other men which she just hooks up and has fun with. 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.
"Destiny is calling me/ Open up my eager eyes/ 'Cause I'm Mr Brightside" - he's optimistic and makes the most out of this situation. 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.
driaxx, my take is that you're spot on. 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.
<br /> THANK YOU. 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. lol its always fun reading them though.<br /> <br /> Everyone's entitled to their own interpretation, but personally I think yours was 110% spot on and it was nice to read how you explained it. <br /> <br />
Ok guys, I figured the whole song out.
"I'm coming out of my cage... It was only a kiss, it was only a kiss." Here, he's talking about how he's coming out of his box that he's been in and he's giving all he's got for this girl because he thinks he loves her after 1 single 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.
"Now I'm falling asleep... And taking control." After the girl leaves him, he goes to bed thinking about her and falls asleep. 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." But this dream is so real to him that his stomach begins to be sick and it takes control of him, as seen in the lyric, "I just can't look, it's killing me, and taking control."
Next, the chorus, "Jealousy, turning saints into the sea... Because I'm Mr. Brightside." The thing that needs to be focused on here is the Mr. Brightside part. He is very jealous about this girl and it keeps killing him inside but the fact that he says that he is Mr. Brightside shows that he moves on quickly. The name, Mr. Brightside, refers to him always looking on the brightside of situations. He refers to this as his curse when he says, "But it's just the price I pay," and it is always his destiny to be broken hearted and move on to the next girl. He "opens up his eager eyes," looking for the next girl that he can fall in love with.
I think that the next verse and chorus refers to him going through the same process with another girl since it repeats the exact same thing, word for word. This adds to the effect of him saying that things will never change, that he will never find true love, that his destiny is to fall in love with girl after girl, and one by one, they will break his heart.
He finishes the song with a few, "I never's" and by this I think that he is again adding onto the effect that he will never find true love.
That is my interpretation of the song "Mr. Brightside" by The Killers
@pjs1111 Good interpretation, I respect that. Looking through these comments, it's actually pretty hard to decide which one I prefer the most. They're all pretty valid, I wish I was smart enough to come up with my own... But all in all, this is a great song, the tones and heavy kicks in the song really match up with Flowers' voice to deliver the jealous mood perfectly.
I also love this song.
But i think this woman is NOT a prostitute.
my theorie: He met a girl and they become friends.. more than that.. "it was only a kiss"
FOR HER..... he fell in love with this girl, but she has boyfriend or she loves anyone else....
of course he doens'nt like this
"I just can’t look its killing me And taking control"
this song seems so simple to me. <br /> <br /> He's just coming out of a breakup with a long time girlfriend. <br /> <br /> Then he goes out and starts enjoying himself but runs into this ex girlfriend and shes with another man. From seeing them kiss just once he leaves and then thinks about this whole scenario of them going home and he cant stand it. "lovesick lullabie" hes in bed and cant get this image out of his head of his girlfriend with this man. the hole verse describes this scenario. and all hes trying to look on the brightside of everything ebcause this sitation is making him so depressed.<br /> <br /> to me this seems like the only song meaning.
This is probably so different to what anyone else thinks, but I saw the song totally backwards (probably because it happened to me with my guy). I thought that it implied that the GUY kissed another girl, and his girlfriend caught him.
He keeps saying to himself "it was only a kiss, it was only a kiss". How could something so small end a relationship and "end up like this"? After she caught him cheating, she moved on to someone new, and now he's jealous. "Because I want it all" (wants more than just his gf) and "But it’s just the price I pay" also shows that he knows he made a mistake and wants her back.
Don't blow my head off, lol. I realise that The Killers probably did intend it to be the other way around as everyone else mentioned, but this is what the song means to ME. Everytime I listen to this song, I dunno whether to be happy or sad. It's really beautifully written. Luv it
I FUCKING LOVE THIS SONG. I have it on repeat right now..!
So... I think he had sex with a prostitute, but he thought she was going to be his girlfriend, and was disappointed when he saw her with another man. :(
"taking a drag" is a blowjob.<br /> <br /> Its about a prostitute.<br /> <br /> The man is smoking while his dick is getting sucked.
The singer didnt treat the girl as prostitute. He kissed her.
"Taking a drag" is also slang for taking one smoke of a cigarette.
Been there and felt that! .... I couldn't agree more with these lyrics!
He's definatley NOT talking about a blowjob. Watch the music video, he puts his hands near his mouth like he is smoking.
I love this song too. It has everything. Love romance. Unexpected drama. But above all, tragedy.<br /> Brandon has been locked away in his own lonely place. Now he is starting to meet people and it has been progressing satisfactorily for him in these new experiences that he has been invlolved in. "Gotta gotta be down" refers to him being cool as in " get down, brother".<br /> And now that he is in the outside world, he wants to enjoy it all.<br /> If he asks "How did it end up like this?" it means that the first kiss at that time did not indicate to him that it would end in the serious place that it did. In the film clip he is with Izabella Miko who is a prostitute. Therefore we must assume that the lyrics are about a young man who falls in love with a prostitute. He pays her and they have sex. However during the commercial transaction, they kiss. From that moment on everything changes. He is now in love. We must assume that to some extent Izabella reciprocates his feelings.<br /> Brandon is in his apartment in bed after they have made love. She calls a cab to take her away to an appointment with Eric Roberts. When she arrives Eric is smoking a cigarette. She takes a drag because they are familiar and comfortable with each other. They have done this before, many times. They go to bed. Brandon's imaginings make him sick to his stomach. He loves her. He knows with his whole being that she loves him but she goes with other men for money.<br /> "It's all in my head" because he does not literally see any of this. "BUT"....It is actually happening and he knows it. Once she has sex with Eric Roberts, Izabella "lets Brandon go". She does not keep him in the sense of being faithful to him by keeping him in her mind and in her heart. <br /> "And I just can't look.." He can't look at what is going on in his mind. The thoughts are killing him and jealousy devours and torments him. "Turning saints..." This means the leading of good people into the sea to be drowned. the lullabies are childrens songs to make them go to sleep. but there is no peaceful child's sleep for Brandon. It is only torment and torture of his soul. Even her alibis of where she has been and what she has been doing make Brandon choke. Her alibis may even go the extent of saying that she loves Brandon and that the sex for money means nothing to her. In his own words 'it is the price he pays for falling in love with Izabella who is a prostitute.<br /> "Destiny is calling me....." Brandon's nature is to have an innocent enthusiasm for life. That's maybe why he was in his own cage. He was vulnerable. Brandon always looks at the bright side of things. Even tragic happenings in his life or the paths that are offered that lead to tragedy are looked upon by Brandon as bright and neede events.<br /> <br /> In the end he repeats - "I never.." Brandon never meant that one kiss to lead to his tragic feelings of having fallen in love with a prostitute who will never be faithful to him in the conventional sense.<br /> <br /> <br />
The guy is falling in love with a girl. He loves her, and he's completely open with her, he trusts her fully and he can't imagine himself with anyone else. However, there's times when jealousy rears its ugly head, maybe because he's been hurt in the past by her or by someone else. He starts doubting his trust in her, because she can really hurt him since he's so open with her and loves her with his life. Then he realizes that its 'all in his head' and that he should stop assuming the worst with her, because she really loves him. He needs to 'open up his eager eyes, cause he's Mr. Brightside', he needs to start looking at good conclusions like he usually does, not just the worst possible outcomes.
Sad to say, there's times when I'm Mr. Brightside. I love the girl and I trust her, but there's times when jealousy rears its ugly head and she helps me beat it back down. I love you baby and thanks for always standing by me. =]
'Coming out of my cage' - Falling in love.<br /> 'Jealousy turning saints into the sea' - Paranoia coming in.<br /> 'Open up his eager eyes' - Stop looking at the worst possible outcomes and just have some faith.
My interpretation of the song is that he wants a woman that is already seeing someone...
One day they kiss ("It started out with a kiss") this kiss results in him wanting her more & more, From then on he is constantly thinking about the girl he loves is being intimate with someone besides him ("And it's all in my head").
He wishes he could be the guy and starts to get very jealous of the fact that he isn't ("Jealousy, Turning saints into the sea").
When he says "But it's just the price I pay" I believe this relates to the fact he has kissed a girl that he knew he would not be able to have a relationship with in the first place, thus the 'price he pays' is all of the mental images and constant jealousy that he suffers from then on.
In verse 3 & 7 he also says "Let me go"... I believe this is him begging for the mental images and jealousy to go and for him to just forget the whole thing.
If you watch the video, it also become apparent that the girls boyfriend seems to mistreat and use her... Although the song doesn't back this up at any point the relevance of the girl in a strop on her own seems to serve a relevance to the lyrics.
Hope my interpretation was of some use.
Kiz