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You sit there in your heartache
Waiting on some beautiful boy to
To save your from your old ways
You play forgiveness
Watch it now, here he comes
He doesn't look a thing like Jesus
But he talks like a gentlemen
Like you imagined when you were young
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
When you were young
And sometimes you close your eyes
And see the place where you Used to live
When you were young
They say the devil's water - it ain't so sweet
You don't have to drink right now
But you can dip your feet
Every once in a little while
You sit there in your heartache
Waiting on some beautiful boy to
To save you from your old ways
You play forgiveness
Watch it now, here he comes
He doesn't look a thing like Jesus
But he talks like a gentlemen
Like you imagined when you were young
When you were young
I said he doesn't look a thing like Jesus
He doesn't look a thing like Jesus
But more than you'll ever know
Waiting on some beautiful boy to
To save your from your old ways
You play forgiveness
Watch it now, here he comes
He doesn't look a thing like Jesus
But he talks like a gentlemen
Like you imagined when you were young
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
When you were young
And sometimes you close your eyes
And see the place where you Used to live
When you were young
They say the devil's water - it ain't so sweet
You don't have to drink right now
But you can dip your feet
Every once in a little while
You sit there in your heartache
Waiting on some beautiful boy to
To save you from your old ways
You play forgiveness
Watch it now, here he comes
He doesn't look a thing like Jesus
But he talks like a gentlemen
Like you imagined when you were young
When you were young
I said he doesn't look a thing like Jesus
He doesn't look a thing like Jesus
But more than you'll ever know
Lyrics submitted by sam_attack
Track duration: 03:40
"When You Were Young" as written by Brandon Flowers, Dave Brent Keuning, Mark August Stoermer, Ronnie Jr. Vannucci
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
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they meet up again, a little reunion or so? he's nothing like ideal perfect man that she's envisioned but he's still the sweetest guy she remembered when they were young.
then he talks about could they rekindle their little flame? and go through rough patches tougher than before. but they can take their time.
and she can close her eyes, day dream and remember the place where she lived, her hometown.
the devil's water not being so sweet can be a little metaphor how in life, there's gambles and risky choices that people put themselves through, but once in a while it's good to give yourself a challenge. so even though it might be a good idea for her to be with him, it might be worth the chances. she'll forgive him for what he's done to her or what he's done to others.
Brandon Flowers I can tell is a lot like myself. The way he views relationships and innocence. The clearest indication of this is in their x-mas release, "A Great Big Sled"
This song follows the same idea of innocence. He acknowledges that as you grow you lose that innocence. When you a kid, you dream of prince charming, or in this case, "Jesus" because you are raised as good religious (i want to say christian) girl.
The girl in this song in particular lost her innocence....just as the majority of "slutty" girls do nowadays. They lose all respect and can only attract degenerates and jerks, and then wonder why they can't find a good guy.
Well, I give Brandon props for being the type of guy he is. In his song he acknowledges that its OK to make some mistakes. To dip your feet in the devils water. Essentially saying he understands the urge to do crazy things. But if you do it too much its going to get bitter.
But then, this girl finds some guys that respects her and treats her just how she imagined when she was younger.
The problem is, this girl doesn't know what to do or how to act.
Can we climb this mountain? Obvious reference to 'I got you Babe' (Put your little hand in mine, and there aint no mountain, you and I can't climb."
Can the relationship last? They don't know, but they are trying.
The main line here is, "he doesn't look a thing like Jesus, but more than you'll ever know"
This references the fact that the guy is "saving" her from her disruptive past.
Its a song for all those girls out there that dreamed of something more in life, but seemed to have gotten stuck with dirt. Brandon is essentially saying, "don't give up, some guy out there can save you, but he might not look like you think he will."
When you are still very young you believe that one day, quite soon, you'll meet a boy that will always truly love you, whose heart is as pure and innocent as yours and he will do everything right, he'll fix you, make your life better- and he's good-looking too! And you wait for this person, you don't look around into the real world, you stay in your fantasies, disappointed of the fact that all the guys around you act so differently from him. One day, after having waited oh-so long, you meet a man who steals your heart. He isn't anything like you imagined your love to be "he doesn't look anything like Jesus", in fact he's not that innocent, good-looking or loving by any means, he hurts you but he's the first to turn your head, to charm you in a manner that no other guy has ever did before ("talks like a gentleman" just like ME68 has said before). And this girl falls for this because it feels good or at least that's what she believes. She sticks with him (more than you'll ever know) however as an young adult starts to realize where she got to. She realizes her unhappiness with how everything went and at times she thinks back ("and sometimes you close your eyes/and see the place where you used to live/when you were young") of the time when she still had this dream, the belief in something so absolutely beautiful and good, this feeling of security based on a lack of knowledge about the "real world". I feel like every "when you were young" is a mourning, a yearning for this long gone naivity.