A Dustland Fairytale
The Killers Lyrics
Dustland fairytale beginning
Just another white trash
County kiss
Sixty one
Long brown hair and foolish eyes
He looks just like you want him to
Some kind of slick chrome American prince
A blue jean serenade
And Moon River what'd you do to me
And I don't believe you
Saw Cinderella in a party dress but
She was looking for a night gown
I saw the devil warping up his hands
He's getting ready for the show down
I saw the minute that I turn away
I got my money on a pond tonight
Change came in disguised of revelation
Set his soul on fire
She said she'd always knew he'd come around
And the decades disappear like sinking
Ships we persevere god gives us hope
But we still fear
We don't know
The mind is poison castle in the sky
Sit stranded vandalized
The draw bridge is closing
Saw Cinderella in a party dress but
She was looking for a night gown
I saw the devil warping up his hands
He's getting ready for the show down
I saw the ending were they turned the page
I threw my money and I ran away
Strait to the Vally of the great divide
And were the dreams roll high
And were the wind don't blow
Out here the good girls die
And the sky won't snow
Out here the bird don't sing
Out here the field don't grow
Out here the bell don't ring
Out here the bell don't ring
Out here the good girls die
Now Cinderella don't you go to sleep
Its such a bitter form of refuge
Ah don't you know the kingdoms under siege
And everybody needs you
Is there still magic in the midnight sun
Or did you leave it back in sixty-one
In the of the cadence in the young mans eyes
And were the dreams roll high
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
Written by: Brandon Flowers, Dave Brent Keuning, Mark August Stoermer, Ronnie Jr. Vannucci
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It's a song about Brandon Flowers' parents falling in love. The title, Dustland Fairytale, alludes to the trailer park they both grew up in and that's where they fell in love.
Some of the lyrics toward the end of song hold special meaning. "Now Cinderella don't you go to sleep/ It's such a bitter form of refuge/ Don't you know the kingdom's under siege?/ And everybody needs you." Cinderella, Flowers' Mother, actually suffers from a brain tumor, and it's a message from her son to hang on. Read Full BioIt's a song about Brandon Flowers' parents falling in love. The title, Dustland Fairytale, alludes to the trailer park they both grew up in and that's where they fell in love.
Some of the lyrics toward the end of song hold special meaning. "Now Cinderella don't you go to sleep/ It's such a bitter form of refuge/ Don't you know the kingdom's under siege?/ And everybody needs you." Cinderella, Flowers' Mother, actually suffers from a brain tumor, and it's a message from her son to hang on.
It's also Brandon Flowers' favorite track on Day & Age. He said that on a french interview. "That's one of my favorite song on the record. The arrangements on this track were the most difficult thing to do, but it's worth it", says Flowers.
Some of the lyrics toward the end of song hold special meaning. "Now Cinderella don't you go to sleep/ It's such a bitter form of refuge/ Don't you know the kingdom's under siege?/ And everybody needs you." Cinderella, Flowers' Mother, actually suffers from a brain tumor, and it's a message from her son to hang on. Read Full BioIt's a song about Brandon Flowers' parents falling in love. The title, Dustland Fairytale, alludes to the trailer park they both grew up in and that's where they fell in love.
Some of the lyrics toward the end of song hold special meaning. "Now Cinderella don't you go to sleep/ It's such a bitter form of refuge/ Don't you know the kingdom's under siege?/ And everybody needs you." Cinderella, Flowers' Mother, actually suffers from a brain tumor, and it's a message from her son to hang on.
It's also Brandon Flowers' favorite track on Day & Age. He said that on a french interview. "That's one of my favorite song on the record. The arrangements on this track were the most difficult thing to do, but it's worth it", says Flowers.
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dkr2005
it has everything to do with his mother's terminal brain cancer diagnosis and resulting death.
"Out here the good girls die...
Now Cinderella don't you go to sleep,
it's such a bitter form of refuge
ah, don't you know the Kingdom's under siege
and everybody needs you"
he's pleading for his mom to keep fighting and to not give up.
RunFaster011
The Killers are the most underrated band.
clacsonornamental
Yes. No one buys their records or goes to their concerts. I hope they will make it someday.
ice paquet
@Jake Hixon them mean about Underrated in the sense of the popularity they're popular but no as the strokes or Arctic monkeys coz em from the same era 2000s
Arctic monkeys is the most Massive band from 2000s
Mike Hobbs
Crash Test Dummies. Now there is a TRUE underrated band.
Jake Hixon
Underrated?!?!?! 😂 what are you on about? Probably one of the biggest most popular current bands in the world especially 5 years ago.
Diane Edwards
Are you kidding me, underated 😂😂no way
maybeisabelleee
The Killers always manage to make me cry.
Sid Allen
Quiet town is the one that does it for me. I connect with it
Dilson Costa
Me too. You're not the only one.
Luke Berrie
When you understand what the lyrics mean, this song becomes so, so sad :(