Lyrics for Midnight Show as interpreted by K-nuxXx

Midnight Show Lyrics
I know what you want
I wanna take you a midnight show tonight
If you can keep a secret
I got a blanket in the back seat of my mind
And a little place that sits beneath the sky
She turned her face to speak
But no-one heard her cry
Drive faster, boy
Drive faster, boy

I know there's a hope
There's too many people trying to help me cope
You got a real short skirt
I wanna look up, look up, look up, yeah yeah

We were just in time
Let me take a little more off your mind
There's something in my head
Somewhere in the back said
We were just a good thing
We were such a good thing

Make it go away without a word
But promise me you'll stay
Fix these things I've hurt

Make it go away!
Drive faster, boy

Oh crashing time can't hide a guilty girl
With jealous hearts that start with gloss and curls
I took my baby's breath beneath the chandelier
Of stars in atmosphere
And watch her disappear
Into the midnight show

Oh faster, faster, faster, faster, faster
Oh no no no no no
If you can keep a secret
Well baby, you can keep a secret
If you keep a secret

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blood_victor
06-04-2005

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lyrics, disposition, power to confront it and sneer. Fucking total...Everything is in the ambiguity of his voice, his intentions...His fear in your face. You can't stand how much you want it...

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cyrolophosaurus
06-08-2005

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One word: MURDER.

"I took my baby's breath beneath the chandelier of stars and atmosphere, and watched her disappear?"

Somehow I doubt it's simply kissing her breath away. And the synthesizer background mimics the distant sound of sirens, just like in "Jenny Was A Friend Of Mine." This band is clearly fixated on death, jealousy, and murder.

Also, at the very end, you can hear the distant and enraged lyric, "She said she loved me!"

Great song. Surprised it hasn't gotten more comments.

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starryeyes
06-15-2005

Rated -2 
Well, Brandon Flowers, the lead singer of the Killers, is unbelievable attractive. And this song is about him taking some girl (preferrably me) out to mess around. Wow, that's hot.

"Well, let me take a little more off your mind"
Mmmm.....Brandon...

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Rizo
06-22-2005

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Im suprised there hasnt been more comments either! I love love love this song! I never really listened to it when I first bought the album but its really grown on me. Ive spent many hours trying to figure out exactly what its about. My latest theory is that he’s planned to kill his girlfriend….im not sure if she’s cheated on him but she’s definetly done something wrong – “crashing time cant hide a guilty girl”….i think he’s told her that they are going to a secret place where they can be alone, and to fool around, but he’s really taking her there to kill her and doesn’t want anyone to know where they’re going. Driving out to wherever he’s taking her though, I think the conscience starts to kick in inside his head – “There's something in my head, Somewhere in the back said, We were just a good thing, We were such a good thing” – I think “let me take a little more off your mind” is being sarcastic as he’s about to kill her. “make it go away” is referring to the voice in his head….and also possibly her dead body after he realizes what he’s done. I think the “midnight show” is the murder itself…maybe he gets off on the drama and theatrics of it…and I think the “chandelier” underneath which he kills her, is the moon. I used to think this was just a song about going out in the dark to find somewhere to get it on, but I love that its about a murder now…theres something very sexy about this song, Brandon sure knows how to tell a good story!

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holdtherelish
06-26-2005

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omg you guys i've never thought about it, but Rizo you've got it! that's exactly what it is and cyrolophosaurus, i never heard the "she said she loved me" in the backround until you mentioned it wow! Now, if you think about all of their songs are seemingly about love, but alot throw a little hate, jealousy, anger, and even murder in a few. then their name is the Killers so why not? wow *shivers* even if his songs are about those things, he oddly enough sings them so that right then and there you're ready to jump in bed w/ him. Brandon is an AMAZING artist. I love that boy!

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Rizo
07-06-2005

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They are making a movie out of the murder trilogy, i so cant wait! Oh and the lyrics "She said she loved me!" are the best in the song, you should all try driving while listening to this really loud, and then scream out this part, its so fun! You sure get some funny looks though!!

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yipperduigs
07-07-2005

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I thought the line was "a crashing tide can hide a guilty girl" as in he's gonna throw her into the sea ?

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Rizo
07-08-2005

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Yes, you are exactly right yipperduigs! I just read back over my post and realise i said time instead of tide. Oops! I think he's dumping the body in the ocean. I read in NME that their new song "leave the bourbon on the shelf" is when he kills her, midnight show is disposing of the body, and Jenny is him justifying himself to the cops when he's caught. Cant wait to hear the new album! And also the 25 min movie the killers are making about the murder trilogy!

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smo_go1
07-08-2005

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its a good thing my friend introduced me to thses guys coz they really do kick arse. this song is really good like most of the others from them but i think its about a girl he knew and really liked but she wasnt so sure about him and he bacame obbsesed and it lead to murder somehow

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hobbes67
07-13-2005

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Yah i was watching muchmusic here in canada eh, and the lead singer dood said that when he writes songs, he thinks of them as movies or something along those lines... so i see this one as a lil "movie" that he wrote but is singing

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tequila_
07-21-2005

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This song screams murder;
this song screams sex appeal..
..in that morbid, sexy way.

I just friggin -love- it.

mr. flowers you are a genious (and a sex god)

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Oonagh
07-25-2005

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I sooo agree with tequila. i mean he sings about murder and it sounds so sexy. the whole album has dark and sleazy undertones where the more you think about the lyrics and composition the more cthonic they get!!!

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The_Decockster
07-27-2005

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This song has one of my favorite lines ever : "I took my baby's breath beneath a chandelier/of stars and atmosphere/and watched her disappear"

That's awesome!

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DOGbreath
07-27-2005

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the killers have 3 song that are a murder story , this 1 , jenny was a freind of mine and an unrealesed 1 called "leave the bourbon on he shelf " according to NME !!

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~Sandy~
07-30-2005

Rated +1 
LOVE THIS SONG! Brandons voice is so sexy....heres wat I think the lines mean:

I know what you want- (come, lets go 2 a place, mess around)
I wanna take you a midnight show tonight (it’s a surprise)
If you can keep a secret(don’t tell anyone your going)
I got a blanket in the back seat of my mind (I know I’m gonna kill u)
And a little place that sits beneath the sky (I know where I’m gonna kill u)
She turned her face to speak
But no-one heard her cry (noone saw/heard her leave)
Drive faster, boy (I used to it was the girl sayin drive faster boy, then I figured out he was thinking.
his thoughts: he has to get to the place, before anyone realizes shes gone or before he changes his mind)
Drive faster, boy

I know there's a hope
There's too many people trying to help me cope (2 many people consoling me that ur dead)
You got a real short skirt (slut.)
I wanna look up, look up, look up, yeah yeah (But I’m gonna kill u instead)

We were just in time (in time 2 kill u)
Let me take a little more off your mind (Like all off it…)
There's something in my head (Thoughts in his mind)
Somewhere in the back said
We were just a good thing
We were such a good thing

Make it go away without a word (he’s pushing the thoughts away)
But promise me you'll stay (she didn’t agree to promis.)
Fix these things I've hurt

Make it go away! (The voices!)
Drive faster, boy (push away the voices, concertrate)

Oh crashing time can't hide a guilty girl (shes “guilty” she needs to punished for her sins.)
With jealous hearts that start with gloss and curls (
I took my baby's breath beneath the chandelier. (He killed her)
Of stars in atmosphere
And watch her disappear (watched her die)
Into the midnight show

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Nikki Murder
08-05-2005

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"A little place that sits beneath the sky" THE OCEAN, "Watch her disappear"... WATCHED HER FLOAT AWAY, "We WERE such a good thing" NOT ANYMORE, blah.

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loveisblind
08-05-2005

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tequila, every word you said, i am agreeing to...

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lil_1
08-18-2005

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Wow thi is such an amazing song! Brandon Flowers is just brilliant, its about him murdering his gf...i thihk maybe because she cheated on him or has done something wrong cos he calls her a guilty girl. He is driving her to the place where he is going to kill her and has told her he is going there just to make out. Whilst he is driving he's thinking to himself 'drive faster' before he changes his mind or if somebody realises they are gone. There is a sarcastic tone in this when he says 'let me take a little more off your mind' when he murders her. He is doubting whether he should kill her when a voice comes into his head saying 'we were such a good thing'. He murdered her underneath the stars 'i took my babys breath beneath the chandelier, of stars and atmophere and watched her dissapear' so her then threw her body into the sea 'a crashing tide can hide a guilty girl'. I think htis song is genius as Brandon Flowers can tell a story about murdering his gf and yet i wuoldnt mind bein his gf..lol...hes amazing!

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mikeyc
08-25-2005

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this is the second song in the murder triliogy. Third is jenny and the first wasnt on the CD. It's about him killing his girlfriend and dumping her body.

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meridell5
08-31-2005

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Seriously fantastic song, but isn't "blossom curls" rather than "gloss and curls"...maybe I'm wrong.

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bigbooty
09-04-2005

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when i first heard this song i thought brandon was horny because of the lyrics "you've got a really short skirt i want to loook up etc..." i still think he was horny when he wrote it but i actually listened to it and all this murder stuff....and it sort of freaked me out for 2 seconds then i was like"this song rocks"

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emily14
09-13-2005

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Drive faster, boy!! I love it!

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laxmiddie21688
09-24-2005

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I don't think the line about "we were such a good thing" is doubt as to what the narrator is doing; rather, I think it's him saying in his to head to his girlfriend "why did you go and cheat on me and ruin our perfectly good relationship and make me have to kill you?". It's a combination of despair, rage, and betrayal, not doubt. At least I think so.

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a child forever
10-14-2005

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murder? I think you guys are fucking crazy, i just take it as like a love related song about a guy and this well known girl (by him) going out on a night with the intent of getting the lust going.


"If you can keep a secret
I got a blanket in the back seat of my mind
And a little place that sits beneath the sky" --a blanket and a little place that sits beneath the sky, in other words, a spot beneath the sky where they can get under the covers at.


"You got a real short skirt
I wanna look up, look up, look up, yeah yeah" This one obviously implies a sexual craving.


"We were just in time
Let me take a little more off your mind" ---have just arrived at the midnight show, wanna drink, you can even say in order to relax.


"Somewhere in the back said
We were just a good thing
We were such a good thing"----"were", as in no longer together.

"Oh crashing time can't hide a guilty girl"---"crashing time", when the depression starts to kick in after the use of drugs, hence the alchohol, and the guilt for what she knows is going to end up happening after the show caused by the fact that they're no longer boyfriend/girlfriend, so those kind of feelings (sexual) would be wroung to have then, atleast for some.


K, now the whole "if you can keep a secret, well babby you can keep a secret" confuses me,, why would she want to keep...HM, maybe she wants to keep the fact they slept together again a secret from brandon's and the girl's inner circle.?

not sure about that last part, but it defenitely keeps consistency with the other translations.

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a child forever
10-14-2005

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but then again it doesnt mean the the other translations and this whole imagined scene is what brandon was writing about in this song, but i like this place cuz it triggers your mind to imagine, which is always good for thinking. This translation seems more realistic than him mudering a girl, unless he intended on just making a fictional story. I take this song as a real expierence in his life, UNLESS he and his band ARE in fact killers, which seems crazy, and i dont even know them.

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