2. The Killers - Human
Are 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 I got soul but Im not a soldier but we couldnt absolve him for this one. At first fans thought Brandon was singing Dancers or Denser, but the bands official website confirmed the grammatically incorrect lyrics were in fact dancer. 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