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Thread started 08/28/06 5:44am

kidelrich

"When You Were Young"

Fantastic. It sounds like U2 and The Cure all wrapped up in awesomeness.

When You Were Young

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

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
(He talks like a gentlemen, like you imagined when)
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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Reply #1 posted 08/28/06 7:01am

kidelrich

Itunes Play Count: 25(since Saturday)
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Reply #2 posted 08/28/06 4:54pm

SleezyG

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i seriously can't wait for this album. i'm growing a beard in anticipation.
now i know what this is all about. now i know exactly what i am.
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Reply #3 posted 08/28/06 6:01pm

sosgemini

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who?
Space for sale...
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Reply #4 posted 08/28/06 10:59pm

kidelrich

SleezyG said:

i seriously can't wait for this album. i'm growing a beard in anticipation.


I already got one. Well, a chin beard. Great sig!
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Reply #5 posted 08/28/06 10:59pm

kidelrich

sosgemini said:

who?


The Killers. New song.
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Reply #6 posted 08/29/06 12:17am

Christopher

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this is a pretty cool song. what did you think of the other one bling bling or somethin?
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Reply #7 posted 08/29/06 5:06am

kidelrich

Christopher said:

this is a pretty cool song. what did you think of the other one bling bling or somethin?


They have another new one?
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Reply #8 posted 08/29/06 9:21am

Axchi696

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I like it, but it does seem to bite U2 pretty hard. The guitar solo, in particular, sounds quite a bit like 'Crumbs From Your Table'.

...not that that's necessarily a bad thing...
I'm the first mammal to wear pants.
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Reply #9 posted 08/29/06 9:21am

Axchi696

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or did I mean 'Miracle Drug'...
I'm the first mammal to wear pants.
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Reply #10 posted 08/30/06 4:36pm

kidelrich

Listening for the 40th time now.
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Reply #11 posted 08/30/06 7:53pm

meow85

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Just heard it last night. I like it well enough, but I swear to God I've heard those lyrics somewhere before. Is it a cover?
"A Watcher scoffs at gravity!"
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Reply #12 posted 08/31/06 1:03am

kidelrich

meow85 said:

Just heard it last night. I like it well enough, but I swear to God I've heard those lyrics somewhere before. Is it a cover?


Nah, it's not a cover. But it owes a debt to the 80s, to be sure.
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Reply #13 posted 08/31/06 3:01pm

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kidelrich said:

meow85 said:

Just heard it last night. I like it well enough, but I swear to God I've heard those lyrics somewhere before. Is it a cover?


Nah, it's not a cover. But it owes a debt to the 80s, to be sure.


They had to have taken/borrowed/stolen lyrics from somewhere else, because I know I've heard them before, and that one time's the only time I've heard the song. A poem or a lesser known song, maybe? Maybe it's a reference to something else?
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"A Watcher scoffs at gravity!"
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