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What song did you love until you found out what it was about? (lemmy.world)

submitted 2 weeks ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Or maybe you still love it, but now you have a different perspective.

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[–] [email protected] 51 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

It's not. It's about a guy who can't beat jealousy and believes he's being cheated on "except it's all in [his] head"

[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

Ah my bad. I thought the song was written by Brandon Flowers after catching his girlfriend cheating on him in a bar in his hometown of Las Vegas.

https://www.radiox.co.uk/artists/the-killers/what-is-the-killers-song-mr-brightside-about/

During lockdown in April 2020, the frontman looked back at the video and noted: "It's just a song about betrayal. I was betrayed and I was able to turn it into a masterpiece".

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 weeks ago

From the article "The lyric is about a man who is obsessed with a girl that is seeing another man… and the thoughts that go through his head, imagining what they’re doing behind closed doors…" I guess I was wrong, it's envy not jealousy.