prongs666 December 7th, 2005 03:18PM  
That actually makes a lot of sense making the CD into a story, but hearing it as a single, one would get a totally different interpretation, don't you think? I'm gonna go and listen and see.

anonymous December 27th, 2005 11:36PM  
Danger death and sex, the whole works.

anonymous January 9th, 2006 10:49PM  
I think "kk" could be right, although when it says 'There's too many people trying to help me cope' its not about the loss of jenny, because it was suspected he had to see a number of psycologists, they are the ones trying to help him cope.

What I don't get it "I can't hide a guilty girl" what did this girl do? Were they a couple when S found out she was hanging out with another guy and then he kills her? I got this idea as he said "with jealous hearts."

sg January 10th, 2006 08:07PM  
I just thought that I would share a part of an interview with Brandon I found a while ago. Brandon said: "She died because of water, but she wasn't drowned." So far I think that kk's interpretation makes the most sense to me.I always thought that the trilogy started with leave the bourbon on the shelf, and ended with jenny was a friend of mine,with midnight show in the middle. Does anyone know for sure the order?

steve0 April 22nd, 2006 10:00PM  
I believe this is part two of the trilogy, with Jenny was a Friend of Mine third and Leave the Bourbon on the Shelf first (and still to come). I believe this song is a framed story of sorts, he with a girl in his car but at the same time keeps reverting back to the murder. "She turned her face to speak, but no-one heard her cry". and "There's something in my head Somewhere in the back said We were just a good thing We were such a good thing" he's recounting this story to the girl he is currently with (which does him in in the 3rd part and is probably why he's being interrogated by the police).

The last lines of the song puzzle me however, "And watch her disappear/Into the midnight show..." This leads me to believe the midnight show isn't a show at all but is either a metaphor for either the ocean where it seems he dumped the body (The crashing tide can hide a guilty girl) or simply a metaphor for the great beyond, where he sent her.

anonymous July 1st, 2006 01:53AM  
okay so
i'll try not to be like everyone else and repeate everything said above, however order
it is kind of like back and forth really as the beginning of jenny is obviously when she is still alive but it fades into the questiong
also
if you don't already know there is a movie being produced about the murder
"Oh crashing time (tide) can't hide a guilty girl"
this line wasn't really talked about fully,
she is guilty in his opion because she wasn't with him but another guy. I think it is tide because it exsplains how water is involved but she doesn't drowd. it could also be guessed that she isn't guilty at all but just his guilt... and the words are just slered around a bit

anonymous July 14th, 2006 07:03PM  
What it sounds like to me is a man (the speaker) catches his girlfriend cheating on him, so he kills her and dumps the body.

prongs666 July 17th, 2006 10:57AM  
Yeah...Thats basically it except for the fact that he has sex with her first...And it doesn't necisarily mean that it was his girlfriend...Or that she cheated on him...

rachel July 25th, 2006 01:37AM  
This song is about a bad girl and the guy is gonna give her all the thrills "drive faster boy"..The guy has maybe broken up with his girlfriend or is still with her but he wants to break free and be destructive and ruthless.."also drive faster boy I think is about the girl tellin him to thrust faster.."you got a real short skirt I wanna look up look up look up" bad girl but he doesn't care about being gentlemen like..He just wants her.. But then he realises that she's not as good as his old gf..Shes just a whore "midnight show" is ultimatley reffering to death his girlfriend may have died "I took my babys breath beneath the chandelere of stars and atmosphere and watched her disappear into the midnight show" and then he's sayin I'm gonna take you to a midnight show..Which is reffering to a car with a blanket at a look out or something..Its definately sinister

anonymous February 20th, 2007 08:11PM  
It's about sex, that's all. It's about being gratified by gratifying someone else. She wants it, he's wants to give it to her. When he does he watches with satisfactions as he "takes her breath" and watches her disappear into a fit of...well...ecstasy.

GibsonGirl64 May 6th, 2007 08:51PM  
Only one thing is confusing me...If the guy kills Jenny in "jenny was a friend of mine" (JWAFOM), then how did he see her at the party. Or did he not kill her? Cause that was definitely a break up thing in JWAFOM. And this was probably after the break up. And if he did rape or assault her, then she would probably have some sort of restraining order. I mean, it makes sense about the whole jealous thing, so he does another girl....but how did he see her there? Someone please leave a comment answering this.

anonymous August 6th, 2007 07:23PM  
Wow how clever a murder trilogy
well this is just my opinion
the song is describing how "s" murders jenny
she was going to meet him and have sex with him
but s is gone crazy n is seeing to many therapists and is going to crack
he picks up a jenny who is his ex and wants to get back with her because thy were 'such a good thing'
she refuses him as she is with someone else and he gets angry and strangles her
Well baby... you can keep a secret....as she is dead an wil never be able to tell the secret
he washes her body to the sea
she was not drowned in the sea but the secret of the murder was killed with her when the sea washed away the body

anonymous August 8th, 2007 04:56PM  
This trilogy is supposed to be about a jealous boy who killed his girlfriend. This being the second part I believe he is going through with the murder, and not so much a flashback. I think he’s just super paranoid thinking that his girlfriend is cheating on him when she might not be and he tricks her and kills her hinting at the “If you can keep a secret I can keep a secret” This is how I see it…

"I know what you want"
Both are together and he believes either she is going to break up with him or she doesn’t want him anymore
"Im gonna take you a midnight show tonight"
He said he’ll take her out and the “midnight show” is a metaphor for murdering her or the ocean
"If you can keep a secret
I got a blanket in the back seat on my mind"
I think this refers to her and his secret. Hers being her affair and his being his desire to kill her.
"And a little place that sits beneath the sky"
the place is where he’s taking her to kill her
"She turned her face to speak
But no-one heard her cry"
She might be trying to explain something but he’s probably about to kill her and doesn’t let her talk
"drive faster, boy"
talking to himself saying to get away as fast as possible from the crime

"I know there's a hope
There's too many people trying to help me cope"
Seems that people are trying to tell him that she might not be cheating on him but he says to leave him alone
"You got a real short skirt
I wanna look up, look up, look up, yeah yeah"
I’m not totally sure but I think he might be mocking her basically calling her a whore
"We were just in time
Let me take a little more off your mind"
Tells her he knows about her affairs (if there is one going on)
"There's something in my head….We were such a good thing"
He thinks they were a good couple and can’t understand why she would do this to him
"Make it go away without a word"
The “it” could refer to his thoughts in the previous lines or his problem with his girlfriend
"But promise me you'll stay
And fix these things Ive heard
Make it go away!"
He either asks her to explain herself or tries to get her to stay long enough to murder her either way this is when he kills her

"The crashing tide can hide a guilty girl
With jealous hearts that start with gloss and curls"
Whether its “can” or “can’t” he throws her body into the ocean still thinking she cheated on him and she’s the cause of his jealousy

"I took my baby's breath beneath the chandelier
Of stars and atmosphere"
I think the “Chandelier” the next line should go together hinting that he killed her under the night sky
"And watched her disappear
Into the midnight show"
He watched her body disappear into the ocean or just watched her die.

The whole last part with the “If you can keep a secret, I can keep a secret” goes to tell that if she can keep her affair a secret he can keep her murder a secret while continuing to say to himself “She said she loved me”

Him saying to fix everything “I’ve heard” and “I know there’s a hope” makes me believe he never actually saw her do anything and just thinks she has cheated on him. But this is all just speculation. It’ll all probably make sense when “Leave the Bourbon on the shelf” comes out.

HottBeeotch November 4th, 2007 02:53AM  
I am drawing inspiration of this interpretation from the movie "Psycho" and other interpretations done on this song. If it doesn't make sense bear with me okay?(Also-i will say the word "probably" a lot-just as a warning) Sorry if it's too long.

The Boyfriend is driving to a Midnight Show(Midnight show probably meaning the sea or lake-as in the color "Midnight Black" but containing "stars and atmosphere") The "blanket in the backseat that's on his mind" pobably holds a body(Jenny's I think.) With the part where "she turns her face to speak" he probably hit a bump and it turned her head over and he probably imagined that she told him to drive faster as said in the lyrics: "no one heard her cry, drive faster boy". When he gets to "The Midnight Show", he starts to 'prepare' her body, and he starts to think that after this is done he will get people to "help him cope" with the murder. With him wanting to look up her skirt, he's probably taking her clothes off to hide evidence(to "take a little bit off her mind"). While he's doing this, he thought about back when they "were such a good thing". He says that a "crshing tide can hide a guilty girl" saying that the water will hide her body well. He remembers why he killed her-"with jealous hearts that starts with gloss and curls" probably meaning he saw her having sex with someone else, put a "jealous heart" in this body. With "taking his baby's breath"-meaning water filled her lungs or came into her mouth. The "chandalier of stars and atmosphere" is clearly a metaphor for a sky, or is probably reflected on the water in which she is dumped in. The part where the lyrics repeat "faster, faster, faster" is probably wanting her body to sink deeper into the water. And the whole "secret" part is saying that her body and her heart are holding secrets.

This took forever and damn my fingers are sore.

anonymous November 24th, 2007 10:31PM  
So the murder trilogy has three parts. 1.) Leave the Bourbon on the shelf. 2.) Midnight show 3.) Jenny was a friend of mine.

So in Bourbon he's talking to Jenny and saying he won't let her go and that he's not satisfied (probably with her explanation of why she's dumping him or her explanation of how she was not cheating on him). The song starts with her telling him she's got a new place and that she's "letting him go." He says "jennifer you know I always tried, before you say goodbye" He keeps repeating "darling give me one more chance tonight, I swear I'll make it right" So he pretty much gets his ass dumped.

Midnight show:
Right after, he is pissed an jealous of the other man who must have caused the breakup. So he either kills her (took my baby's breath beneath the chandelier) and then drives away, or he throws her in the car and then kills her. The "too many people trying to help me cope" is either him telling her that his friends are all trying to help him get over her, OR it is after he has killed her and she's gone missing for a while that his friends are saying there is still a hope and they are helping him.

Jenny was a friend:
The line he keeps dropping to the police at the station. He is talking to a detective jsut saying they had a "fight on the promenad out in the rain" He denies any reason for killing her and asks if he can leave. He gets away

ShortMama234 January 28th, 2008 07:02PM  
If you listen to this song VERY closely, you can hear Brandon sing at what sounds like from a distance, "She said she loved me," twice towards the end. (I believe it starts at 3:10 or 3:11, not sure) This is the reason why the album Hot Fuss is so wonderful. It tells a story ... and there is some interpreting, but mostly they allow their fans to interpret the songs for themselves.This song to me is about a guy who takes a girl out on a date. He likes her, she likes him, but he has a secret that he wants to tell her before they start dating exclusively. (Hence the lyric "if you can keep a secret") Perhaps he might have even taken her to the place where he hid his girlfriend's body, but that is left up to the imagination. He asks her not to leave when he tells her what happened to his last girlfriend. (hence that he "took his baby's breath beneath the chandalier of stars in atmosphere and watched her disappear into the midnight show," beautiful lyric by the way) As he is telling her (loosely Natalie) the story of what happened, he is brought back to how he felt the night he killed her. (loosely Jenny, hence the "drive faster, boy" lyric, which envokes the sense of urgency that (loosely) Andy is telling.) Sorry for all of the "looselys" but I wouldn't want anyone to get the wrong idea that I think EVERY song on Hot Fuss tells the story of what lead up to the murder and afterward, although they are all somewhat closely linked. But I've listened to the entire album both ways, integrating the Jenny, Natalie, and Andy murder trilogy story into it and just listening to the songs for songs. It's wonderful to listen to an album two different ways and it still tells a somewhat dark, complex story. Maybe I hit the interpretation right on the head, maybe I didn't. But that's half the fun of it, isn't it? I have to say that it's by far one of my favorite albums. And the fact that Brandon Flowers is certifiably gorgeous and can really sing doesn't exactly hurt things either.

Do really miss their synth, glam rock days though ...

HottBeeotch May 25th, 2008 08:09PM  
I know I have written here before, but I must add one thing to add a touch of grotesque as I have had a sudden realization.

The Part about "gloss and curls"

"Gloss" could mean the 'stickyness' of flesh during "THE ACT", or the umm...bodily fluids.

"Curls", is the, well...pubes.

I'd hate to post this on here, but to me, it seems to make the song way more vivid.

anonymous June 7th, 2008 09:19PM  
I think drive faster which I think actually means to thrust, is what heard jenny tell the guy she cheated on him with. . Which explains the part where he says "promise me you'll stay and fix these things I've heard" . . .

killerfan12 September 4th, 2008 07:53PM  
The the same guy from "Leave the Bourbon on the Shelf" gets overwhelmed with jealousy. He asks Jenny to go hang out somewhere. The "blanket in the back seat" is a tool. He "takes his babies breathe beneath a chandelier of stars in atmosphere" (strangled her under the sky somewhere). Then it gets a little dicey, I think that he uses the "blanket in the backseat" to wrap her up and throw her into the ocean and "watched her disappear into the midnight show". He keeps asking if you can keep a secret, and at the end he says "you can keep a secret" which to me proves that he does kill her because the best person to keep a secret is a person who can't speak (or dead)

Musicmonkey1994 November 15th, 2008 12:06PM  
ok so i noticed alot of you misheard the lyrics he says "Oh crashing time can't hide a guilty girl" not tide and also he says"with jealous hearts that start with BLOSSOM curls" he doesnt say gloss and curls. ok so i hope that helped someone and dont question me i got these lyrics from my " Hot Fuss" music book.