Some things are simple cause and effect.
I stumbled across a new-to-me Killers song, “Glamorous Indie Rock & Roll” and of course had to keep listening to the Killers because they are bad-ass.
I got a craving for their “Romeo and Juliet,” an exquisitely-rendered cover of a Dire Straits song, off the Killers’ 2007 sophomore release “Sawdust.” I found it on YouTube and it’s now my song of the day.
I’m usually a stoic, but the song made me a little emotional tonight. It must be a combination of the poignant theme (love lost) and image-rich lyrics, which are veritable literature set to music.
I mean come on, we’re talking lines like:
“All I do is kiss you through the bars of a rhyme.
Juliet, I’d do the stars with you any time.”
and
“Juliet, the dice was loaded from the start
And I bet, and you exploded into my heart.”
You had me at hello.
–Sarah Torribio
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