Tuesday, 30 December 2008

• Currently Joseph, Better You Than Me see related

  Got an iTunes card for Christmas...

  ...and my computer was being slow, so I couldn't sample any songs before buying them.  I generally like to "branch out" and buy songs I don't already know (since I already have those for the most part) and I also wanted to add to my Christmas music collection (since it's all brass band music).  I quite like the band, the Killers, and the title of this song caught my eye - "Joseph, Better You Than Me."  After downloading the "Christmas with Weezer" album and a couple Weakerthans songs, I opted for the Killers single (in which they sing with Elton John and Neil Tennant, the guy from the Pet Shop Boys) and listened to it for the first time this evening. 
  
  Here are the lyrics - what do you think? 
  (oh, the word "hell" is there...just in case that offends you, I am letting you know now).

  Joseph, Better You Than Me

  The Killers
  Well your eyes just haven’t been the same, Joseph
  Are you bad at dealing with the fame, Joseph
  There’s a pale moonshine, above you
  Do you see both sides, do they shove you, around
  
  Elton John
  Is the touchstone forcing you to hide, Joseph
  Are the rumors eating you alive, Joseph
  
  The Killers
  When the holy night is upon you
  Will you do what’s right, the position is yours
  
  Elton John
  From the temple walls to the New York night
  Our decisions rest on a child
  When she took her stand
  Did she hold your hand
  Will your faith stand still or run away
  Run away
  
  guitar solo
  
  Elton John
  When they've driven you so far
  That you think you're gonna drop
  Do you wish you were back there at the carpenter shop
  
  Neil Tennant
  With the plane and the lathe
  The work never drove you mad
  You're a maker, a creator
  Not just somebody's dad
  
  From the temple walls to the New York night
  Our decisions rest on a man
  When I take the stand
  When I take the stand
  Will he hold my hand
  Will my faith stand still or run away
  
  (run away)
  
  Elton John
  And the desert
  It's a hell of a place to find heaven
  Forty years lost in the wilderness looking for God
  And you climb to the top of the mountain
  Looking down on the city
  Where you were born
  
  (On the years since you left gave you time to sit back and reflect)
  
  Better you than me (Better you than me)
  Better you than me
  Yes
  
  The Killers
  Well the Holy night is upon you (Better you than me 2x)
  Do you see both sides, do they shove you, around
  
  Better you than me, Joseph (Better you than me)
  Better you than me
  Joseph, Joseph, Joseph, Joseph
  Than me
  Better you than me
  Better you than me (Better you, better you, better you)
  Than me
  
  Well your eyes just haven’t been the same, Joseph

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