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The Killers — Mr Brightside
Album: Hot Fuss
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Released: 2004
Length: 3:43
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I'm coming out of my cage
And I've been doing just fine
Gotta gotta be down
Because I want it all
It started out with a kiss
How did it end up like this?
It was only a kiss, it was only a kiss
Now I'm falling asleep
And she's calling a cab
While he's having a smoke
And she's taking a drag
Now they're going to bed
And my stomach is sick
And it's all in my head
But she's touching his chest
Now, he takes off her dress
Now, let me go

And I just can't look - it's killing me
And taking control
Jealousy, turning saints into the sea
Turning through sick lullabies [acoustic version of the song says: "Swimming through sick lullabies"]
Choking on your alibis
But it's just the price I pay
Destiny is calling me
Open up my eager eyes
‘Cause I'm Mr Brightside

I'm coming out of my cage
And I've been doing just fine
Gotta gotta be down
Because I want it all
It started out with a kiss
How did it end up like this?
It was only a kiss, it was only a kiss
Now I'm falling asleep
And she's calling a cab
While he's having a smoke
And she's taking a drag
Now they're going to bed
And my stomach is sick
And it's all in my head
But she's touching his chest
Now, he takes off her dress
Now, let me go

'Cause I just can't look - it's killing me
And taking control
Jealousy, turning saints into the sea
Turning through sick lullabies [acoustic version of the song says: "Swimming through sick lullabies"]
Choking on your alibis
But it's just the price I pay
Destiny is calling me
Open up my eager eyes
‘Cause I'm Mr Brightside

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I never...
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Comments (37)add comment
I disliked this song when it was new.

I still dislike this song.
Posted 2 months ago by frisbeepilot    [ Reply ]
Posted 2 months ago by TallCreative1    [ Reply ]
I saw the Killers around 2013.  Concert was Sooooooo Gooooood!  Dance, baby dance!
Posted 2 months ago by AhhtheMusic    [ Reply ]
I'm  on the verge of 70, got a dodgy ticker and riddled with arthritis but nothing will stop me dancing to this.
Posted 4 months ago by sedjo    [ Reply ]
I always used to wonder what he was doing wearing her dress in the first place.
(but things are different now & you're probably not allowed to ask questions like that anymore...)

For the record - i like the song. We used to cover it in my last (female fronted) band. Another dimension with a girl singing it of course...
Posted 4 months ago by springof63    [ Reply ]
An anthem indeed, as the NYT attests. Also consider some of the remixes. 

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/1...
Posted 4 months ago by VBR96    [ Reply ]
 Hey_Porter wrote:

The perfect "send off" song: 

Watch An Entire Irish Pub Sing Along To The Killers' 'Mr Brightside' At Their Friend's Wake - Music Feeds



thank you for sharing this!
Posted 5 months ago by lily34    [ Reply ]
I love this song and this album, but my wife goes mental for it and watching her when it comes on is more than enough to make me rate it a 10. 
Posted 5 months ago by planet_lizard    [ Reply ]

The perfect "send off" song: 

Watch An Entire Irish Pub Sing Along To The Killers' 'Mr Brightside' At Their Friend's Wake - Music Feeds

Posted 5 months ago by Hey_Porter    [ Reply ]
 Detlaps wrote:

Why does this sound better on RP than on FM? :-k



A-FLAC 
Posted 6 months ago by evil.handiness84    [ Reply ]
Perhaps the best audience ever?!
Very impressive . . . 

MrBrightsideLive
Posted 1 year ago by On_The_Beach    [ Reply ]
Go Blue!
Posted 1 year ago by GProkopo    [ Reply ]
A great CD...unfortunately their 'hits' get overplayed on the FM dial. Thankfully, THEY haven't found Midnight Show yet; it's my favorite on this CD, and I'd hate to get sick of it. But then again, every time I hear a song on the radio for the eleventy-millionth time, it just sends me back to RP!!!
Posted 18 years ago by crink51    [ Reply ]
I love these guys and since I don't listen to the radio, I can listen to them purely on my own terms.
Posted 18 years ago by jed2667    [ Reply ]
Super!! wreszcie jakiœ zajebisty kawa³ek ;) \:D/
Posted 18 years ago by paszczak    [ Reply ]
My roomate has been playing this too much so I'm getting kind of sick of it, but it is a pretty good song.
Posted 18 years ago by jlind    [ Reply ]
Why does this sound better on RP than on FM? :-k
Posted 18 years ago by Detlaps    [ Reply ]
Platypus wrote:
there's a couple of really good tracks on this album.
I take it this is not one of them
Posted 18 years ago by flandersdog    [ Reply ]
babygirl614 wrote:
An amazing song by an amazing new group. But they sounded British to me at first.
I couldn't have said it better. I love the video as well.
Posted 18 years ago by Drunkenlilacwine    [ Reply ]
An amazing song by an amazing new group. But they sounded British to me at first.
Posted 18 years ago by babygirl614    [ Reply ]
It is over-commercially played, but it really is a great song.
Posted 18 years ago by Ajiellyn    [ Reply ]
oh man, this song was on the radio all day every day for a week when i started my new job, which unfortunately makes me kinda hate it now. listening to rp at work makes life so much better.
Posted 18 years ago by th3boon    [ Reply ]
when i saw that these guys are from las vegas ... i wasnt surprised at all. this is a great album ... highly recommended
Posted 18 years ago by ObsidianInfinity    [ Reply ]
there's a couple of really good tracks on this album.
Posted 18 years ago by Platypus    [ Reply ]
gandalfbmg wrote:
this here just *sounds* better (higher quality) than FM...
Yeah, somehow this sounds better than what I hear pretty much every day in the warehouse...
Posted 18 years ago by Milo    [ Reply ]
Thank god I don't listen to commercial radio. I still really like this song.
Posted 18 years ago by mikedill    [ Reply ]
pixidrizzl wrote:
This song is definitely getting over played commercially but I still think it's fantastic.
I concur; the problem with commercial radio is that it beats a good song to death with overplay (everyone sick of Hoobastank now?)
Posted 18 years ago by cmrump    [ Reply ]
alniebel wrote:
The part in the lyrics where he says, "Jealousy..." sounds so much like Blondie's "Dreaming" anyone else??
Yep. Definite shades of Blondie there. :-$
Posted 18 years ago by rafterman    [ Reply ]
Overplay on commercial radio almost made me hate this... but it's a really good song if you take that away... this here just *sounds* better (higher quality) than FM... I heard a local kid's acoustic version of this, and it blew me away. The lyrics always kind of got to me too (been there, done that; you know).
Posted 18 years ago by gandalfbmg    [ Reply ]
The part in the lyrics where he says, "Jealousy..." sounds so much like Blondie's "Dreaming" anyone else??
Posted 18 years ago by alniebel    [ Reply ]
Unremarkable. <-(
Posted 18 years ago by Daveinbawlmer    [ Reply ]
i avoid commercial radio so i didn't know it was getting overplayed there...but it is starting to get over played on my ipod...it always reminds me of a friend who was dating his upstairs neighbor...but then she broke it off...then a few weeks later he heard she was seeing a new guy...only problem is that he heard it through the ceiling...so anytime he heard this song he'd get all fired up and angry...
Posted 18 years ago by octopoxho    [ Reply ]
Whoa, this has to be the most "popular" song I've heard played on RP... That being said, it's a decent song. Interesting Lyrics, fairly short, and so on.
Posted 18 years ago by FeydBaron    [ Reply ]
This song is definitely getting over played commercially but I still think it's fantastic.
Posted 18 years ago by pixidrizzl    [ Reply ]
I won't give it its first one--but I did consider it. As it goes on, monotonously, I AM considering it. . . .
Posted 18 years ago by Xeric    [ Reply ]
Sounds like that Underworld tune from Trainspotting to me. "Born Slippy."
Posted 18 years ago by Cambot    [ Reply ]
how about this song rocks? it is getting a to the point of being overplayed, but this song, and cd, is very entertaining.
Posted 19 years ago by lynnegrannen    [ Reply ]