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When You Were Young Lyrics
You sit there in your heartache
Waiting on some beautiful boy 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 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 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
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07-24-2006
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07-24-2006
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07-24-2006
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07-25-2006
love this song :)
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07-25-2006
And to ultradirty, you can't turn a song into christian rock shit...even if they played it on a christian station how would that change the song?
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07-26-2006
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07-27-2006
This song, to me, is effing genius. I love it, love it, love it.
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07-28-2006
I don't think it was written to be specifically about a woman, since as I said before, there is no mention of she of any other female-related words. If a man wants to interpret this song for himself, then he can freely do so because the song doesn't specify the gender. That is the beauty of this song, IMHO. That is what I meant when I said you guys were jumping the gun by assuming the "you" was female. I'm sorry I didn't make that any clearer.
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07-28-2006
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07-29-2006
according to these lines I am suggesting that this song is about a girl or a gay guy because these gender specfic words point that the other person is a guy so the you has to be a female.
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07-29-2006
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07-30-2006
What a shit name for a band!
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07-31-2006
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08-01-2006
When i first heard this song i got the impression that this song is about a girl who is hoping a really great guy will come along and save her from all the mistakes she has made in her life. She expects this guy to be "good-looking" and "perfect" (you sit there in your heart ache, waiting on some beautiful boy to save you from your old ways) but when she finds a guy he's not the type of guy she expected to fall in love with (he doesn't look a thing like jesus) but he turns out to be just what she needs and treats her very well just like she wanted all along (but he talks like a gentleman, like you imagined when you were young).
There's also a hint that her friends/family tell her he isn't a good guy and to stop seeing him. (they say the devils water it aint so sweet, you dont have to drink right now) She thinks she has the right to go for a different guy she would normally go for (but you can dip your feet, everyone in a little while)
The song also suggests they may have troubles in their relationship because of her friends/family so they need to take things slow to make it work. (can we climb this mountain, I dont know, higher now then ever before i, know we can make it if we take it slow, take it easy, easy now watch it go)
Anyway, thats just my opinion, this song can have different meanings for different people. By the way, it sort of reminds me of marissa and ryans relationship on the oc and the way marissa feels about ryan
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08-03-2006
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08-04-2006
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08-06-2006
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08-06-2006
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08-08-2006
I don't know
Higher now than ever before"
Could they be talking about good old caine mountain? Sounds like the killers like to sing about drugs. haha jk but think about it
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08-08-2006
Definetly shows how the Killers are influenced by Springsteen...
Has a great chorus, with the off-kilter token-Eighties synths!
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08-09-2006
The most telling line is the last one, however, "but more than you'll ever know". In it, we can see that she didn't give this boy a chance. But he probably would have been the best thing that ever happened to her. So sad.
Also, I don't think it's a coincidence that he refers to alcohol as "the devil's water" especially since the metaphor of jesus the savior has already been established. The devil is the tempter, the one who gives you foggy goggles at the bar, leading her astray to all sorts of miscreants.
I love the last chorus where the music builds as he says "he doesn't look a thing like jesus..." and then releases at "...talks like a gentleman, like you imagined". It affects me so much I want to raise my chin up and strut down these city sidewalks with my joe-cool sunglasses on. So much pride, so much integrity.
It flows well into "Jenny was a Friend of Mine" too, and so I find myself listening to this song and then all of "Hot Fuss". Can't wait for the new album.
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08-10-2006
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08-12-2006
The song is about a girl "sitting in her heartache", who needs a man to come and rescue her. Because when she was young, she always dreamed of Prince Charming to rescue her. She "plays forgivness" by telling him that she's been hurt more than she has. She wants him to change her old ways of doing wrong. The devil's water is about her not forgiving the man that did her this way in the first place, she didn't give him a chance to make a mistake, she just chose to suffer and wait on her Prince, but he didn't look like a savior, but he's what's she's left with.
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08-13-2006
PROBABLY ONE OF MY MOST FAVORITE SONGS...until, of course, it gets insane air time on the radio, cause then it will just be annoying...even more annoying then other songs cause I'll remember it being my favorite and how they ruined it for me, those stinking Dj's...
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08-13-2006
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