anonymous September 11th, 2007 06:35AM  
The 'mine' in the line 'nobodys eyes but mine' is clearly collective for all the people (ie the town, the staff, the girls and boys at shcool) who've carefully watch Andy's talent unfold before them.

Haven't you ever seen someone with such incredible talent that you never want to see them be distracted (by a girl etc)
It's obviously a homage to a talented person form the perspective of admirers

anonymous November 22nd, 2007 10:10PM  
Ok let me put this all straight.
1.) the killers are from las vegas ok there done done.
2.) brandon is bisexual ok not gay not straight bisexual!!
3.) its not about stalking it's about brandon, he had a crush on a guy in high school who's name is andy and he was a football player and he liked him that's it. Thus "on the field I remeber you where incredible."
there those are the facts ok don't not belive anything else.

anonymous December 4th, 2007 11:08PM  
Ok So why does the narrator have to be male? Has anyone thought of that? Just because It’s a guy singing the song doesn’t mean that the song is about the person singing it. Simply said the narrator could be a female looking in on a guy she is infatuated with. I’m mean come on "hey shut up" is kind of girly. like when chick get together and talk "like whatever" and "no way" and "so not" its so early 90's just a thought!

anonymous December 12th, 2007 10:51PM  
Oh for the love of GOD. Can someone PLEASE do some critical analysis here! First of all, it is just stupid to assume that all Brandon's songs are autobiographical. Thats like saying Emily Dickinson had a crazy intense lovelife, or that Edgar Allen Poe really cut up an old man and put him under the floorboards.

That not withstanding, Brandon wrote this song knowing that he, a man, would be performing it, and there are distinct ambiguities in the context. Also, I think we can pretty much all agree that Andy is a football star, and if we follow that logic its not unreasonable to assume that the locker that is referred to is a GYM locker; something that only another guy would have access to. I'll admit I'm rather inclined to believe that the narrator is gay and after Andy, haha. I love the gays.

anonymous December 18th, 2007 12:52AM  
Augh okay all you ignorant morons. This is a gay song and it's really pathetic how FAR you're willing reach just to prove it's not.

1. "In the car with the girl promise me she's not you're world". If the singer IS a girl then that means she's a lesbian right?

2. "Andy you're a star in nobody's eyes but mine". Ok now don't try telling me the singer hates Andy or is jealous of him because obviously Andy is a star in the singer's eyes.

3. "Leave your number on my locker and I'll give you a call". Self explanatory.

Ok. So I'm not saying Mr. Flowers is gay by no means. I think artists can sing whatever they'd like about whomever they'd like. I think this is a great song. But please. The narrator is clearly gay. CLEARLY.

anonymous January 12th, 2008 05:16PM  
1) How did an interpretation of a song to rather or not Braden Flowers is gay
2) Andy could possibly be a girl. (The song is not nessisarily about a football star)
3) What makes you think Branden wrote the song. It could have easily been written by Ronnie, Dave, Mark or even some writer.
4) Branden is married
5) Who cares if he is gay

anonymous January 16th, 2008 05:37PM  
Ok, here's what I think. The singer has a major crush on the football star of his high school (even stalking him), but Andy is in denial about being gay. The song is about him tell him how much he loves him and that he wants him to come out.

anonymous February 4th, 2008 01:36PM  
Brandon Flowers is definitely not gay he is married to Tana Mundowsky and now has a son named Aamon flowers, how can you even consider Brandon to be gay. He is straight and The Killers are American.

anonymous April 1st, 2008 03:31PM  
I agree that his song is about the football player or w/e, but one thing I'd like to say is... BRANDON IS NOT GAY! He is married and has kids and stuff! Gosh, ever think that Andy could have been a good friend? Or maybe something like that?

anonymous May 27th, 2008 10:29AM  
Someone loves a boy called Andy who's a sports star. She stalks him but he's not interested in her and has another girlfriend.
'In a car with a girl, promise me she's not your world
Cause Andy, you're a star'

She tries to convince him only she thinks he's special and everyone else is really against him.

This is my interpretation, it could just be generalised to stalking someone and the sotry about Andy just represents this.

anonymous June 26th, 2008 07:59PM  
Jesus, guys, read the freaking comments before restating what's already been said.

I'll briefly sum them up for you.

1) Brandon's married to a woman.
2) He admitted in an interview that the song is about his high school crush on a guy. He [Brandon] was questioning his sexuality. Bradon assures his audiences that he is straight.
3) The crush's name is Andy Messersmith.

That is all.

BristolCTgirl July 6th, 2008 01:44AM  
Where on earth do you get the idea that the Killers are from the UK? Gees, it's a common fact they are from the US. There are no accents people!

anonymous September 17th, 2008 08:50PM  
ALRIGHT SERIOUSLY I LIVE IN NEPHI AND ANDY IS MY WEIGHTS TEACHER! This song is about Andy being a dick to Brandon all through high school. That is why he wrote the song. Brandon doesn't like boys he is being sarcastic through the whole song. Andy gets pissed whenever somebody says that to him because he is guilty and embarrassed for being a jerk. and no plaques don't line the halls.

anonymous November 24th, 2008 08:10PM  
Look, I understand that most people want to compare this song to what Brandon Flowers hints in interviews. However, i just want to give my interpretation for what I believe the message of the song says to me. I believe the song is Brandon's attempt to try to write in the perspective of one of his female friends from high school. She is just like every other girl: she swoons over the star football player. She knows that he has this special girl in his life, but she (of course) has the desire to be with him. We know he must be a great football (or any other sport) star from the plaques on the wall. She doesn't want to hear all the other girls falling for him as well because he is her "star" and "in nobody's eyes but [hers]" Although she admires his greatness, but she wants to know his number and just meet him. She wants him to leave all his greatness on the walls and just be himself. She probably is also annoyed by how he believes to be the only sport star in the whole school. She just wants him to be famous in her life and no one else's. Special only in her eyes. Too bad she will never experience this after all the fame he has received. She also feels bad because he is a great star in her life, but she has done nothing. She is just her.

anonymous December 6th, 2008 02:06PM  
Okay, maybe I'm the only one that got this impression but here's what I think: Andy is actually a girl (yes I know some girls named andy), who is a bit of a tomboy. Her refusal to conform to the standard girly nature has made her a bit exiled, but she is very good at sports, even when playing with boys "On the mats with the boys you think you're alone". Its uncool to even talk to Andy, which explains the person doing the talking to say "hey shut up" quite a few times. The person doing all the talking also happens to like Andy "Andy, you're a star, in nobody's eyes but mine." And tries to be fairly discreet in trying to get her phone number. That's just my idea of what the song means =-)

nikkiee December 29th, 2008 08:08AM  
I'm pretty sure that it's not about homosexuality, Brandon is a morman, and is "very important to him" also "on the field you were incredible" could mean playing the field as in Andy dates a lot of girls, and the "in the car with a girl, promise me she's not your world" could be because he knows Andy dates a lot of girls. The character in the story is in awe but yet repulsed by his behavior. which is why Andy is a star. The "hey shut up" part could mean that Andy wants to keep his womanizing ways a secret. "Leave your legacy in gold on the plaques that line the hall" Could be all the high school girls he's done whatever with. I just really dont think this is about homosexuality.

imaginarybeast December 30th, 2008 04:11PM  
Steering away from Flower's sexuality, this song seems at first sarcastic and highly caustic. The speaker is clear that he does not think Andy is a star, and is rather

The lines

On the field I remember you were incredible
Hey shut up, hey shut up, yeah

imply both animosity and envy. Andy is clearly involved in some kind of sport, most likely football. More key are the words "Hey shut up", which many chalk up to rejection. If we continue reading, we shall explore how these contrast with the rest of the song.

On the match with the boys, you think you're all alone
With the pain that you drain from love
In a car with a girl, promise me she's not your world
Cause Andy, you're a star

The animosity grows to a fever pitch in this stanza. The lines practically drip with venom, accusing Andy of being both self-centered and sadistic. These are not the words of a spurned lover, but rather the words of a furious man. He continues that he wants nothing more than separation between Andy and this mystery girl in the car. Perhaps it is the object of his affection, perhaps the speaker here simply loathes Andy and everything he stands for. This remains a mystery.

Leave your number on the locker and I'll give you a call
Hey shut up, hey shut up, yeah
Leave your legacy in gold on the plaques that line the hall
Hey shut up, hey shut up, yeah

"Hey shut up" appears again, but this is mixed with "leave your number on the locker and I'll give you a call". This could be a quote or a recited response. The third line, however, brings us back to the theme of hatred, with a chiding comment about how Andy's achievements are limited to the first eighteen years of his life. Nobody will remember him besides those who pass the plaques upon the walls of his school.

Finally, we reach a downright baffling change in the direction of the song. The final few lines shift all the stardom into the speaker's view alone.

Cause Andy, you're a star
In nobody's eyes but mine
Andy, you're a star
In nobody's eyes but mine

The fury that had been built so carefully throughout the song takes on an entirely different meaning. All pretense of sarcasm is dropped, and the speaker candidly admits that he wants what Andy has. Nobody, he reasons, could possibly think higher of Andy. Andy is his hero, a man who has accomplished the speaker's every dream at the speaker's expense. It is possible that this is Flowers himself speaking to a figure in his past. While Flowers is making millions and is celebrated by hundreds of thousands, he still envies a high school footballer who won everything he wanted in the past.

andyman492 January 20th, 2009 11:51PM  
I think that andy is a very close friend who is a sports star but is getting caught up in the wrong crowd, maybe dating a girl who is not good for him and its ruining the relationship brandon flowers has with andy

cammy052 January 23rd, 2009 10:04AM  
well, I remember reading a bunch of articles after the album came out and Brandon Flowers admitted that in High School he had a crush on a star athlete. *This does not mean he is gay!!* He just had a crush. So this song is definitely about a boy's crush on the popular athlete.

brookelan March 1st, 2009 08:02PM  
so andy is amazing at sports like football thats where the on the feild you where incredible comes in.on the matts is wrestling. in the car with the girl promis me she's not your world is there is a girl that he is in love with but and takes her from him. so andy is a star in nobodies eyes bus his