5 Mindless Song Lyrics We’ve Let Artists Get Away With (Until Now)

2. The Killers - Human

€œAre we human, or are we dancer?€ This is a lyric which continues to baffle people five years on from when the single was released. They may be excused (just) for writing €œI got soul but I€™m not a soldier€™ but we couldn€™t absolve him for this one. At first fans thought Brandon was singing €˜Dancers€ or €œDenser€, but the band€™s official website confirmed the grammatically incorrect lyrics were in fact €œdancer€. The synth pop hit was described by the frontman as Pet Shop Boys meets Johnny Cash and flew straight to the top of the US Billboard chart. The 4-piece Sin-City group love to inject colourful images into their songs, for instance, who exactly is the €˜star maker€™ and the €˜dream maker€™ in Spaceman? Brandon Flowers expressed his irritation to the lyrical confusion of Human in an interview with Rolling Stone, and has stated that they chose cryptic lyrics so people can create their own meaning, although we can just imagine Brandon on his knees, looking for the answers€
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Rosie is a Music Journalist from Newcastle upon Tyne, with a huge passion for live music. When she's not attending gigs she loves to star gaze, drink pints of tea and play the viola.