Lyrics for Get Trashed as interpreted by aisha_08

Get Trashed Lyrics
Sitting here on the bed,
Trying to clear my head,
But Brooke you just won't budge,
So I look back instead,
Why'd you go away?
Useless when I say,
Hey,
Baby I'll be the best
'Cause I'm a jealous mess,
So wash your hands from all this dirt,
And take my words for what they're worth,
Baby I'll be the best,
But you stand to protest,
And my stomach has been so abused,
Your confusions got me so confused,
But everything will be alright
If I get trashed tonight.

Sitting here on the bed,
Trying to clear my head,
But Brooke you just won't budge,
So I look back instead,
Why'd you go away?
Useless when I say,
Hey,
Baby I'll be the best
'Cos I'm a jealous mess,
And my stomach has been so abused,
Your confusions got me so confused,
But everything will be alright
If I get trashed tonight.


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tequila_
07-09-2005

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WHERE DID YOU FIND THIS SONG?! I CAN'T FIND IT ANYWHERE!!!!!

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pookie
07-17-2005

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this song was a bside. it came with their single Smile Like You Mean It in the UK.

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ramones83
07-23-2005

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Strange tune, but good. Go to interpunk.com and you can order the single, that's the only place I've found it....

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Flowers*forever
08-17-2005

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if you have iTunes, on the home page, on the left side click on choose store and select UK and type in the killers.. they have a bunch of songs including this one!

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fallen_angel91
08-27-2005

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brandon sounds so miserable when he sings this song. it sounds like he's got a hangover! he's trying to put everthing out of his head, but brooke (the girl he liked) is just stuck in his brain and won't budge. I think it's about this guy who really liked a girl and told her he'd be the best but she went off with some other bloke (so he's a jealous mess) and it's doing his head in so he just goes out every night and gets totally trashed because it numbs the pain.

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loveisblind
11-12-2005

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i agree with fallen angel...i don't much like this song, because brandon sounds so whiny and the whole sound is just...i don't know. it seems like they were going for the same effect as "everything will be alright" and it just didn't come it right. still the lyrics are catchy. they could make this a good song if they wanted...

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remember rio
12-10-2005

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not one of their best songs! a bit flat sounding, gets better in the middle and Im really not sure about the cheese grater!! Sounds like their 1st idea for everything will be alrite.

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killing_spree
01-07-2006

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Simple, but it reaches out to a lot of people.

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citizenerased19
02-11-2006

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Yeah that weird percussion starts to 'grate' after a while, I wish it was slightly quieter. But it grows on you nevertheless, that whole jealousy thing really shows fallen angel nailed it.

PS imagine if you were actually the girl Brooke (if thats her real name). How cool would that be?! But then again, she let him get away, haha!

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___ronweasley
03-27-2006

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if the itunes thing didn't work for you, here's a clip: http://clearingmusic.com/lizardking/shop/samples/02%20-%20The%20Killers%20-%20Get%20Trashed%20-%20Smile%20Like%20You%20Mean%20It.mp3

The first time I heard the clip i wanted to cry, it was SUCH a disappointment. Most of the Killers' B-sides are WONDERFUL but this is just annoying. I can only hope that the rest of the song is some how miraculously better. And that Brandon and the gang made this a B-side for another country b/c they were trying to keep it away from their american fans.

Everything Will Be Alright was my favorite song ever for a while. I have no idea why they recorded this..........

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a_bx
04-14-2006

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i agree, not one of the best killers songs....actually hands down its he worst. but i still listen to it occasionally which says something about the quality of the rest of their songs!

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Queen Vegeta
04-17-2006

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I admit, you guys disappoint me. Though, to be honest, the first time I heard this song I was very 'wtf' about it. Just because it's so different sounding and really quite odd. But then, if you listen... if you really listen, you can hear how everything comes together.

I agree with fallen_angel91. I think you hit the proverbial nail on the head, here. Brandon does sound miserable. He sounds drunk or hungover or somewhere halfway in between the two. And yes, the odd backing percussion can get a bit annoying, but I also think that's the point. The monotony of Brandon's voice inflection and of the percussion and of everything about the song, basically, is re-enforcing what the song's about. Heartache, heartbreak and obsession.

It's that feeling when you think you're completely head over heels for someone else and either the feelings aren't returned or they cheat on you. "Your confusion's got me so confused" speaks volumes about this... this other person (Brooke or whomever) knows about his feelings but either doesn't know if she wants to be with him. It's a totally devastating feeling.

I personally think it's a wonderful song and just because it's different and maybe not as polished as some of the other stuff, doesn't mean you should discredit it as a song. Also, I really don't think it was a failed attempt at 'Everything Will Be Alright'. I think I feel this way because to me, EWBA is about trying to convince yourself that thing's are going to turn around and be okay even though it's painfully obvious that they're not. It's one of those songs you sing to yourself when you're trying to convince yourself that you can get through this and overcome it. Whereas this song is definitely not that. It's about that initial feeling of heartbreak and worthlessness and he's not even going to TRY to convince himself that he can get over this. He's so hung up in this situation that the only thing he feels he can do to put it out of his mind, even for a little while, is Get Trashed.

I love this song, in all of it's weirdness and hopelessness. Give a try, kids. Have a listen and really listen. You might be surprised.

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Lia S
07-07-2006

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can you rlli say that this is as good as the others?? i have a 8yr old brother who could prob produce better. Don't get me wrong i love the killers but i rlli dnt like this!! If u listen to the lyrics its does say "eveything will be alright if i get trashed tonight". I know its all about heartache and being miserable, but it does seem like he wrote this one and then wrote everything will be alrite wen he got over it a bit. It uses similar chord progressions as well if u listen.

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Pink Angel Cake
09-24-2006

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I hated this song when I first downloaded it months ago. But now I love it. I sure most people who never really listened to The Killers would think this was a weird song and never listen to it again. I think that one of the reasons that I like this song is because I have a tolerance for The Killers. I gave this song a second chance after liking The Killers for a year and I think its a song that I could listen to with moderation.

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ShotgunXXWedding
12-30-2006

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Thank god for Brandon Flowers and his capability to write songs that somehow ease my heart. The meaning of the song has obvious now, but it's about loving someone with everything that you have, despite what they did to you, and the other person won't come back to you. God, doesn't that hurt? When you feel that kind of rejection, you'd do anything to not feel the pain, and his voice perfectly reflects the hopelessness of his situation.

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foundthevelvetsun7
05-13-2007

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It's on youtube as a slideshow video along with alot of the demos and b-sides.

Kind of weird. I'm not sure if I exactly like the scraping noise (whatever it is! ???). Actually, I hate it.
The song is okay. But not the best. The echoing is annoying. The lyrics are okay though. Still got to think on this, since i've only heard it once.

I admire you, ShotgunXXWedding. I have agreed with every single one of your comments on the Killers that I have seen, and that is pretty much all of them. Thank you for sharing your insight with all of us.

--Mari

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prodigalsun
05-30-2007

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I just have to say, it took me several listens, but I LOVE this song! Brandon really sounds like he is trashed, and it's funny and miserable at the same time. His speech is slurred and I can just picture him staggering around, waving a bottle as he sings. I think it's theatrically brilliant. The line, "But everything will be alright, if I get trashed tonight" is both funny and sadly realistic. I think it's great.

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Outrune
08-13-2007

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Just before I moved away to Australia, this girl who I had known and been friends with for a few months (and had feelings for) confessed that she had feelings for me too. It really messed me up and I was at a total loss as to what to do - waste the opportunity of my life and leave it behind for Oz, or stay behind for her, leaving my family in the process.

By coincidence, my friend sent me Get Trashed at pretty much the exact same time this happened and the song immediately stuck with me and has ever since. Especially the "Your confusion's got me so confused" line (she was deeply confused about whether to go out with me or not), plus the fact that I tend to drink a lot anyway to drown my sorrows.

Of course, the proper meaning is slightly different as has been explained already, but the song is special to me for the reasons above. Seeking solace in getting trashed.

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MarkieP
10-31-2007

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I always see this song as the after effect of "Everything will be alright", am I the only one?

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killers94
05-05-2008

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if you got to mp3rocket.com and download the software search get trashed..i found it on there! Im downloading it right now!

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killers94
05-06-2008

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i like this song though...it's about a guy moving being away from the one he loves, then he finds out she doesn't like him but before she was sending signals that she did. His stomach is so abused because he had feelings for her. And he is so confused about her and he thinks "getting traaashed" will help ease the pain. Thiis song is pretty good after you here it a few times. It kinda helps me through this bad time im going through because i thought this guy liked me (he was sending signals and we were always stairing @ each other) and then my ex-friend told him i liked him and now things are diffeent and it's just crazy...

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sny
07-23-2008

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I got this song in my Sawdust...
Brandon has many great ideas in his mind. Look at this song, man awesome!
The killers are the best band ever.
I think brandon is drunk. He's girlfriend is gone but he dosent want that to happen.
Plus his girlfriend might have done something that disappointed him. "coz i'm a jealous mess","my stomach has been so abused" explains his jealousy.

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