The Killers - Bling (Confession of a King) Meaning

Bling (Confession of a King) Lyrics

When I offer you survival,

You say it's hard enough to live,

It's not so bad, it's not so bad

How do you know that you're right?



I awoke on the roadside,

In the land of the free ride,

And I can't pull it any longer,

The...

1. anonymous

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   Jan 12th 2023 !⃝

   First hearing this song in some background, it immediately hooked me. There is deep wisdom in it as it describes how to reach higher states of being oneself.
   First, after the sun is beating down his neck an he cannot pull any longer, that guy is running with the devil, but having to excuse for what he has done along his way. The elements decide his fate, not heself. He is like a stone hopping on the water, never knowing when to drown. He is offered survival, but thinks it is not worth it. But there is also hope, "you will stand up, poor and tired, but more than this", and "its not so bad, its not so bad".
   Now, he describes the process. When you are not nervous any more, you are at the right track. Then he tells about the bodily sensations in this process; "I feel my vision slipping in out of focus" - he sees nomally and in a different way, alternating. Our eyes are able to do so, it is real. He goes further into this direction, with his mind, which then changes. And then, he feels like a wind is blowing against his face. It is real, also, I know it by own experience. Then he feels a riptide inside, a very strong inner flow, and he puts some obstacles into it, testing whether it is right or wrong. Finally, there are no more obstacles and the riptide hits the bottom which the upside of the pelvis. And this new, he has never felt this before, and is astonished about it. So, he gets his glory. Which means some kind of enlightenment or hhger state of existence, sheer being. Bling.
   Then, in the Royal Albert Hall concert, Brandon runs up to the balcony to preach down: When he was younger he had to glow - few choice, a lot of fire - but when he became older, things changed. He understood that one can stand up, be more than this, and take it higher and higher and higher which means the same as he told before, just in other words. It is up and down at the same time. Down to the wire, also down to the bottom, and out of the fire of osessive and hooking drives towards a peaceful and at the same time very powerful state of freedom. "It aint hard to hold when it shines like gold." Yes, then everything start shining a little, you can see it out of focus if you make it to get there. And there are tons of love. "Pushing on to that horizon" ...
   Yes, I remember you very well, Brandon, and many, many thanks. This helped me a lot as it showed me a part of my way.
2. anonymous

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   Mar 16th 2015 !⃝

   The song is just bringing words of encouragement. To tell us that it is even when you are nervous that you are right.
   The offering of survival are the advices that are offered to us.
   He also instances of two people. One did it the easy way by meeting with the devil and the other did it the hard way by pushing on even if the sun was beating down his neck. But higher and higher we are gonna be make it down to the wire we gonna it out of the fire.
   It isn't hard to hold when it shine like gold.
   This is my interpretation
3. anonymous

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   Aug 14th 2012 !⃝

   I agree with the whole salvation from God theory. This man has been offered survival but chooses to go his own way and 'run with the devil', whilst he makes up excuses of why what he is doing is okay.
   "It aint hard to hold when it shines like gold", is the bad things or sin that this man is doing, but from an earthly perspective these things seem so good, and it isnt hard to do them when they're so appealing
4. anonymous

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   Jan 27th 2011 !⃝

   As a Christian, I see things from that perspective. This song helped me get out of doing drugs in high school. I almost got kicked out of school for doing it on campus, I lost a good percentage of my friends, and I didn't know where to go. One day that week I was listening to this song and it hit me like a car going 90 on the interstate. God has offered me survival, through Him, and I chose to ignore it. I wanted to do it my way and I screwed it up badly. I let the elements decide my fate. I let myself run with the devil for a bit. I was poor and tired, but God now shows me that I'm more than that. All of us are.
   
   We're gonna make it out of the fire.
   
   You may interpret this song how you want to, I for one highly believe that songs should not be taken from just one perspective. Put your own experiences into it. But this is how I see it =]
5. anonymous

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   Jan 26th 2011 !⃝

   I think this song is about (irrational) promises; how someone in a bad spot will believe anything that someone else is telling them. In truth, one will believe bullshit if they want something bad enough (it ain't hard to hold/when it shines like gold).
   
   I listened to this song lots when I was in the process of leaving my wife of 9 years...for another woman; my high-school girlfriend, whom was also leaving her spouse. This was the song that 'perked up' me and the latter, as we tried to justify what we were in the process of doing.