There’s a hardness to this song and lead singer Caleb Followill’s voice. That hardness allows for some really cool belting in this song, and gives it a sort of edgy love-song sound.
There’s some poetic lyrics, some really amazing guitar work, and just some incredible vocals from Followill.
“You who shimmy shook my bone, leaving me stranded all in love on my own, do you think of me?, where am I now?, baby where do I sleep?, feels so good but I’m old, two thousand years of chasing taking its toll”
For some reason, that opening part just reminds me of someone driving at night on the highway, and the visual of headlights pointing off into the dark as the car speed along. Maybe we’re viewing it from above. Imagine that. Set the scene.
“Stranded in this spooky town, stop lights are swaying and the phone lines are down, floor is crackling cold, she took my heart, I think she took my soul, with the moon I run, far from the carnage of the fiery sun”
The more I listened, the more I also got the vampire vibe from the music. So let’s say this song is about a vampire out west, let’s say desert Arizona, driving headlong into a romantic reckoning of some sort. It gave me Neil Gaiman American Gods’ vibes.
At this point, I had to look it up to confirm because it just all sounded so cinematic and darkly pining for someone. Sure enough!
LITERALLY screaming into his guitar to make the sound! What a perfect atmosphere to create! I think they absolutely nailed it. They took that idea, synthesized it in sound, and planted it in my head. Well done.
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