The Killers – Everything Will Be Alright

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  My Interpretation:Ok, I believe that the meaning behind this song is in the bridge. It has to do with him finding this woman, unlike any other he has met, kind of a "love at first sight" story. He is so surprised to find someone so beautiful, however something happened to them. The lines "I never knew, I never knew", signify this. We can only guess what happened, as it is not revealed. I'll break it down, however.
  
  "I wasn't shopping for a doll" - He was not searching for a woman in his life when he found this chick.
  
  "To say the least, I thought, I've seen them all"- He has been with countless amounts of women in the past and he believes he has been with all types of them.
  
  "But then you took me by surprise" - Obviously he meets this wonderful girl.
  
  "I'm dreaming about those dreamy eyes" - Obviously, he's thinking about her
  
  "I never knew, I never knew" - This is where it gets mysterious. What did he not know? What I think is that he has found out that she has another man in her life. She is completely devoted to this man. This drives him mad because he has fallen in love with her as soon as he met her.
  
  "So take your suitcase, cause I don't mind" - He is basically saying "Fuck this, it's not worth the effort. I just want you out of my head since I cannot have you"
  
  "You don't need to compromise" - This tells us that this girl is upset that he wants her out of his life. Hence, the compromise.
  
  "I'm dreaming about those dreamy eyes"- Even after all this, he still thinks about her. She won't leave his thoughts.
  
  "I never knew, I never knew....But it's alright"- He has accepted defeat and says to himself "That's life. It's out of my control, I can't do anything about it"
  
  So that's the bridge. That tells us the story. Now what is interesting, I believe, is that the lyrics at the beginning of the song are the events following those after the bridge. He sets out to find her and wants her to come back with him. Even though he told her that he does not want her in his life, he can't help how he feels and repents to her. Beautiful song.

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  General Comment:I think Brandon Flowers was secretly in love with Robert Smith of the Cure.

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  General Comment:Nothin' to dispute in these lyrics...just a good ol' love song, B. Flowers put it DOWN on this one!!!! THE MOST UNDERRATED SONG, IN MY OPINION, The Killers ever made!!!!!!!

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  General Comment:some Killers' music are like Cure's music. I think Brandon flower was a fan of the Cure. I watched an interview where brandon says he loved Robert Smith and was always fascinated by his hair.

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  General Comment:Epic!

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  General Comment:I've got two concert tickets for an upcoming show and now I just need to make a phone call to give the extra away! Can't wait to see this great band. Hope you're having sex to the reruns of Dawson's Creek while I'm at the concert with a great guy. Your choice, asshole :D

  Flag MissCharlotteSometimeson October 27, 2011   Link

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    You're numb OK. Hope babs can afford to take you to see a good concert. Still leaching off them, of course. It must make you feel all rugged and manly to have to have girls support you. Hey, you can always move back home to Georgia to live with your biggest fans. Good practice for you for when you're in your mid 40's ;) If you're numb, it's because you've been boozing and/or cutting. Remember, cut vertically and deep. And toss the phone out the window before you do ;) I love ya, but I really do need to go to bed so I feel like going out and having fun tomrorow night...

    Flag HairyPalmJoeon October 27, 2011  

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    Denial...the sign of a guilty unemployed man. LOL. Couldn't have happened to a better man. (And I don't mean man in the usual way....I suppose I should have said BOY...or loser...or prick...or dick...or liar...or cheat...or manipulator...or coward...oh, the list could go on and on, but by staying up to toy with you I am taking a chance of not being rested enough to go out tomorrow evening. And we both wouldn't want that, now would we :D

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    Job? I don't think so.

    Flag FatBottomedGurlon October 27, 2011  
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  General Comment:I can listen to this song repeteadly or stay sometime without listening to it that when I do it again I never get tired of it. It´s like drinking that special wine and discovering that for each sip you take the better the wine gets. The song has a mood of darkness and the sound of the instruments is amazing. Things have not turned out right in the guy´s relationship and he keeps saying to himself that things will be fine. I love this song!

  Flag Cyrodecicco27on September 15, 2011   Link

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    It is a wondeful song, but what else should we expect from B.F. I don't believe "things will be fine."

    Flag GoRockTheirWorldon May 21, 2012  
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  General Comment:Mcrae92 and tbarkerisafag pretty much covered it. It's a great song by an exceptionally talented Brandon Flowers. The emotion Flowers puts into the song is perhaps more telling than the lyrics themselves.
  

  Flag MaryMaryQuiteContraryon September 06, 2011   Link

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  General Comment:When he says "And I won't forget you
  At least I'll try" is he trying to say "i probably wont forget, but im goning to try my hardest to forget you."

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  General Comment:and am i the only one who finds this song creepy instead of optimistic?
  
  i mean i love it but the guy kind of sounds like a stalker.

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