I don't think this song is supposed to be about being abducted by aliens...its more like a metaphor for something deeper.
The star maker, dream maker, and spaceman are role models to society.
The Chorus:
"The Starmaker says it ain't so bad, the dream makers gonna make you mad"
I interpret this to mean not that the dream maker is gonna make you mad. The Starmaker (person in control) is saying that the dream maker is dangerous, don't trust him. It's like the politics of fear. The spaceman represents another role model (possibly propaganda?) warning you not to follow your dreams because "It's all in your mind".
Think about it in the context of a revolution. The government (Star maker) tells the people that the revolutionaries are untrustworthy in order to suppress them, and that right now "it ain't so bad". (Like Bush talking about the state of the American economy). It's the government lying to the people in order to manipulate them to support them.
I just feel that the meaning of this song runs deeper than alien abduction...
Like others, I'm glad Flowers stayed with the story-telling. One of my favorite things about The Killers. I agree the song is metaphoric, which at the same time, makes it possible to have a lot of different interpretations.
Like others, I'm glad Flowers stayed with the story-telling. One of my favorite things about The Killers. I agree the song is metaphoric, which at the same time, makes it possible to have a lot of different interpretations.
I see this song as someone who was disenchanted about the live he is living and wanting to quit the ways of how it has been going. Particularly because of the things that have been going on around him, he feels as if he should not be doing what he is doing. Maybe Flowers is talking about continuing his music career on these times we live.
But then he has a turning point, somewhat like an epiphany and makes him change his mind. He is set to carry on with whatever way he has been living. Though sometimes he still "hear those voices at night sometimes". Those voices that caused the hesitation in the first place.
I don't think this song is supposed to be about being abducted by aliens...its more like a metaphor for something deeper.
The star maker, dream maker, and spaceman are role models to society.
The Chorus: "The Starmaker says it ain't so bad, the dream makers gonna make you mad"
I interpret this to mean not that the dream maker is gonna make you mad. The Starmaker (person in control) is saying that the dream maker is dangerous, don't trust him. It's like the politics of fear. The spaceman represents another role model (possibly propaganda?) warning you not to follow your dreams because "It's all in your mind".
Think about it in the context of a revolution. The government (Star maker) tells the people that the revolutionaries are untrustworthy in order to suppress them, and that right now "it ain't so bad". (Like Bush talking about the state of the American economy). It's the government lying to the people in order to manipulate them to support them.
I just feel that the meaning of this song runs deeper than alien abduction...
Like others, I'm glad Flowers stayed with the story-telling. One of my favorite things about The Killers. I agree the song is metaphoric, which at the same time, makes it possible to have a lot of different interpretations.
Like others, I'm glad Flowers stayed with the story-telling. One of my favorite things about The Killers. I agree the song is metaphoric, which at the same time, makes it possible to have a lot of different interpretations.
I see this song as someone who was disenchanted about the live he is living and wanting to quit the ways of how it has been going. Particularly because of the things that have been going on around him, he feels as if he should not be doing what he is doing. Maybe Flowers is talking about continuing his music career on these times we live.
But then he has a turning point, somewhat like an epiphany and makes him change his mind. He is set to carry on with whatever way he has been living. Though sometimes he still "hear those voices at night sometimes". Those voices that caused the hesitation in the first place.
Anyway, whatever it is, it rocks!