The Killers: Sam's Town Meaning
Sam's Town Lyrics
but I don't really mind that it's starting to get to me
Nobody ever pulls the seams round here,
but I don't really mind that it's starting to get to me
I've got this energy beneath my feet
like something...
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#1 top rated interpretation:I believe it's about Brandon flowers being stuck in the boring town he grew up in ("nobody ever had a dream 'round here", "nobody ever pulls the seams 'round here"), which is in Henderson, next to Las Vegas. And he believes he has the potential to make it big but not in the town he's in ("I've got this energy beneath my feet, like something underground's gonna come up and carry me"). So he goes to London where The Killers become a great success. He loves his new life of being in a popular band, but he's starting to miss his, once believed to 'boring', town ("Have you ever seen the lights") and the All-American lifestyle. ("running through my veins, an American Masquerade", "I still remember Grandma Dixie's wake", "red, White, and blue upon a birthday cake, my brother he was born on the Fourth of July") Now he's torn between two of his most loved cities ("I see London, I see Sam's Town" Sam's Town being a casino in Henderson), but he decides that both can be his favorites as long as he keeps in touch with both of them. ("As long as sombody take me home every now and then") After all, without London or Henderson The Killers would have never existed.
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#2 top rated interpretation:This song is about a man who lives in a little patriotic town.He realises that everybody in it are boring and uninspired.He wants to leave and become something,he has the feeling something is going to inspire him. Although his "setimental heart" won't it wants to stay. He imagens the bright lights "have you ever seen the lights". Then decides to go "I see London, I see Sam's Town" done.
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#3 top rated interpretation:I think this song is about coming of age. A young man is looking back at his somewhat sheltered life in a small town and feels a strong desire to leave. He realizes now that he doesn't want to spend all of his life there and needs to break out and experience something new. He wants to be the one to "have a dream" and "pull the seams".
Looking at the Sam's Town album as a whole, this is a common theme running through many of the songs. Growing up, moving on and trying to chase after your dreams. -
It's not about Henderson as someone else said because Sam's town is right next to Henderson. It's about Nephi, Utah. He's in a small uninspired town and moves to Las Vegas/Henderson in search of fame, and there's all these bright lights on the Vegas strip, which is a big deal to him coming from a tiny town even if they aren't famous yet and then they start getting a little fame around town and then London and other places come next and they totally blow up, but he has this sentimental part of him that always wants to return to his town but not for long (every now and then) because there's love/hate thing going on because of the whole uninspired thing.
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It's about wearing Sam's
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There's one bit in it - 'I see London, I see Sam's Town'. Then I realised there was another bit - 'running through my veins an American master race'. I think that this is all about Uncle Sam, the guy on American posters in WW2 who got people to join the army. I think that 'I see London, I see Sam's Town' actually means that he goes to London, and thinks'this is just stolen from America!', so this is like a massive thing about patriotic things.
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I think this song about living on the outskirts of a big city. In the city, everyone has made it and you're just on the edge of that. The Casino Sam's Town is kinda far from the strip , also brandon grew up in Henderson, just outside of the big city Las Vegas. Brandon said "wanted to create an album that captured, chronologically, everything important that got me to where I am today". That is why I feel the song is about being on the edge of making it big.
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I think it's about how in Las Vegas there's all the casinos, gambling, drugs and people feel trapped. " Nobody's ever had a dream round here"
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I think it's about a young guy, just got out of school and he suddenly starts to feel that he needs to leave the small town he grew up in and move on to bigger things and live life, but he still loves the town.
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