Mr. Brightside
*I loved this album by The Killers when it came out. The whole album -- their first -- reminded me of the music during the 80s, which was more interesting than so much that was on the radio in 2004. The keyboards were a dead giveaway that they were paying homage to some of the 80s sounds. I still like this song. Unfortunately, my mind goes to a dark place when I hear it. It's me trying to put a spin on a bad situation, a bad relationship, bad memories. Sitting here now, I realize that I waited much too long to extract myself from that relationship, that it did permanent, irreparable damage to my self-esteem which was already low. I shouldn't have understood this song as well as I did. I got the jealousy part, although I didn't recognize it as jealousy. I was in a relationship where I just couldn't have the girl in her totality; she always belonged to someone else as much or more than me. There were always men she was involved with (and sometimes girls). I was si...