Lyric Analysis of Mr.Brightside

Having chosen the song Mr.Brightside by The Killers. I have looked into the meaning behind the song. Firstly the guitarist of The Killers Dave Keuning wrote the song about the lead singer's Brandon Flowers ex girlfriend who cheated on him. The song is then initially about woman cheating in a relationship and how the other half tries to cope with it and how the man should move on.

Lyrics
I'm coming out of my cage
And I’ve been doing just fine
Gotta gotta gotta be down
Because I want it all
It started out with a kiss
How did it end up like this
It was only a kiss, it was only a kiss

Now I’m falling asleep
And she’s calling a cab
While he’s having a smoke
And she’s taking a drag
Now they’re going to bed
And my stomach is sick
And it’s all in my head
But she’s touching his—chest
Now, he takes off her dress
Now, let me go

I just can’t look its killing me
And taking control
Jealousy, turning saints into the sea
Swimming through sick lullabies
Choking on your alibis
But it’s just the price I pay
Destiny is calling me
Open up my eager eyes
‘Cause I’m Mr Brightside

I’m coming out of my cage
And I’ve been doing just fine
Gotta gotta gotta be down
Because I want it all
It started out with a kiss
How did it end up like this
It was only a kiss, it was only a kiss

Now I’m falling asleep
And she’s calling a cab
While he’s having a smoke
And she’s taking a drag
Now they’re going to bed
And my stomach is sick
And it’s all in my head
But she’s touching his—chest
Now, he takes off her dress
Now, let me go

I just can’t look its killing me
And taking control
Jealousy, turning saints into the sea
Swimming through sick lullabies
Choking on your alibis
But it’s just the price I pay
Destiny is calling me
Open up my eager eyes
‘Cause I’m Mr Brightside

I never...
I never...
I never...

I never...

The song begins with the person telling how he has been coping after an incident about being cheated on and apparently he has been "doing just fine". Which is just what he keeps telling himself.

The third and forth line "Gotta, gotta,gotta be down because I want it all" shows that once he really starts thinking about it he should be "down" (sad) because he had it all and lost it, so he wants it back.

The last lines of the first verse "It started out with a kiss, how did it end up like this, it was only a kiss (x2)" I presume from this that the person dealing with the situation is wondering how it started from a kiss which he believes didn't mean a lot at the time.

The second verse is all about the jealousy the character is going through. It starts with "Now I'm falling asleep and she's calling a cab" it then turns into the characters vision of jealousy with the lines "now they're going to bed and my stomach is sick and it's all in my head". Here I believe that he is becoming paranoid in his visions of what is happening.

The next verse is the chorus begins with the line "I just can't look it's killing me and taking control" just shows how bad his own visions are affecting him. "Jealousy turning saints into the sea" basically says that jealousy can turn saints and good people (maybe like himself) into the sea. The last couple of lines "Destiny is calling me, open up my eager eyes, 'cause i'm Mr. Brightside" is the character telling himself that it was destiny and he needs to open up his eyes to see the wider picture as he is Mr. Brightside".

It then goes back to the first verse and is repeated again. Once the chorus is sang for the 2nd time. The line "I never..." appears 4 times. This is quite vague but a possible reason for this is that they character shouldn't have got into the situation in the first place as in " I never".