my careless contagion

Just Another Girl by The Killers. This was released in November 2013, almost exactly 5 years ago. The video is a sort of retrospective, combining elements from past The Killers videos. It's an odd video mostly for that reason. And I don't get the concept of the girl in place of Brandon Flowers, unless they're trying to say she kind of took over his mind and then his body. Playing with gender is pretty trendy right now. I guess it doesn't matter. The song is saying it's impossible to move on when you want only one girl. I can understand the sentiment.  I think a lot of people have a hard time moving on after they set their heart on someone. You wake up every morning with that person as the first thing on your mind, and you go to bed with them still in your head. It's like they live there more than you do.  It's been almost two years since she came back into my life. It was innocent at first, but then I started to overstep. There was something about he...

*I must have listened to this song a dozen times over the last couple of weeks. Every time I think I have it figured out, I realize I don't. The lyrics don't help. The imagery is Carnival-esque, with the dancers and the giant devil skull, the throwing of the whatever to the empty desert night. My favorite part may be when Brandon Flowers "plays" the drums with the puppies at the end. I guess if you can't figure out what a song or video is about, you can just say it's about drugs. And it may be just that. Maybe I think too much. Or maybe I just like puzzles. Either way, I like this song. If the spaceman says we're going to be alright, that this is all in our minds, then I will at least take that with me. We all need to hear that from time to time. When you've lost seemingly everything and you're drifting through the cold night of space, you really need to hear that.* It started with a low light, Next thing I knew they ripped me fro...