We Did It When We Were Young

Took a stab at this. Thoughts?

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Don't write me no more letters
My mailbox is full of bones
Between you and the crooks on my block
I don't remember the good times
I wasn't there when you were kind
And my wife had some dogs in our yard

And I can not hold a candle
For every pretty (gun? guy? girl? Dunno. I think guy though)
We were strangers for many hours
And I missed you for so long
When we were lions, lovers in combat
Fade like your name on those jeans that I burn

But I am older now
And we did it when we were young
I am older now
And we did it when we were young

There are no reasons to believe
I bury my faith in another blonde
With your heart and your claws
When I find

And I don't feel you or recall
I put your bones out in the yard
Someone else to be caught and caught by

And I can not hold a candle
For every pretty (???)
We were strangers many hours
And I missed you for so long
When we were lions, lovers in combat
Fade like your name on those jeans that I burn

But I am older now
And we did it when we were young
I am older now
And we did it when we were young
I am older now
And we did it when we were young

Nice. I noticed the lyrics hardly rhyme at all. "Times" and "kind", I guess, but otherwise not at all.

sounds like "gun" to me

DaveSavedTheDay wrote:

For every pretty (gun? guy? girl? Dunno. I think guy though)

I couldn't decide what this word was either. It sounds kinda like gun but that didn't make much sense

Quote :

I bury my faith in another blonde
With your heart and your claws
When I find

I have this as -

I buried my faith in another plot
Where your heart and your claws would not find

Pretty sure it's gun. Not sure what the line means, but I'm fairly certain that's what it is.

weird song.

*Mailbox is full of bombs

i don't know if it's been said before, but brian's voice reeaally sounds like the singer from the killers to me in this song.

not hearing that.
benny will punch you for that. lol

does anyone else kinda sorta think about sink or swim when you hear this? kinda like they are different people now, a different more mature band

Can we get rid of having guests post? They tend to post really asinine stuff. Maybe there are exceptions, but the Killers thing seems like trolling to me.

He's not trolling, it's a common reaction to first hearing TGA. First time I heard 59 Sound spinning in the background at a party, it sounded a lot like Brandon Flowers to me.

If The Backseat doesn't sound like The Killers, then I am a troll.

I meant more in the way that the connection's made so often it's not worth pointing out. Same thing if someone came on here and said, "Hey, ya think that fella from The Gaslight Anthem sounds a bit like Bruce Springsteen?" We've all heard the comparisons a million times, so someone not even bothering to create an account to make the comment is rather annoying.

If I overreacted, I apologize.

oh no...lets not get on a "does gaslight sound like the killers" debate again...

Where do I have to go to hear this song???

you dl the leak.

Bluuu wrote:

If The Backseat doesn't sound like The Killers, then I am a troll.

my friend thought it was the killers when i put it on the jukebox at a pub

The Killers. The Gaslight Anthem. They're both amazing in their own right and both have unhumanly beautiful lead singers (among a myriad of other wonderful qualities of course)

wheres the link.

we dont share links. just search, you'll find it.

ha. alright

i wasn't trolling. i know it's been brought up numerous times in the past about the two bands in general. i don't think they sound like the killers at all but something about this particular song gives me brandon flowers vibes.

The title, maybe? Nah, just kidding. Sorry about that, I was just really fed up with the Killers comparisons (I'm not a fan), so I kind of took it out on you. My bad.

it's cool, man. i sadly do like the killers with the exception of their last record and 1/2 of their first. and i do think they are pretentious douchefaces.