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When You Were Young lyrics

You sit there in your heartache
Waiting on some beautiful boy to
To save you from your old ways
You play forgiveness
Watch him now, here he come

He doesn't look a thing like Jesus
But he talks like a gentleman
Like you imagined when you were young

Can we climb this mountain? I don't know
Higher now than ever before
I know we can make it if we take it slow
That's takin' easy, easy now, watch it go

We're burning down the highway skyline
On the back of a hurricane that started turning
When you were young
When you were young

And sometimes you close your eyes
And see the place where you used to live
When you were young

They say the Devil's water it ain't so sweet
You don't have to drink right now
But you can dip your feet
Every once in a little while

You sit there in your heartache
Waiting on some beautiful boy to
To save you from your old ways
You play forgiveness
Watch him now, here he come

He doesn't look a thing like Jesus
But he talks like a gentleman
Like you imagined when you were young
(Talks like a gentleman)
(Like you imagined when)
When you were young

I said he doesn't look a thing like Jesus
He doesn't look a thing like Jesus
But more than you'll ever know

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  • Cathrinn 0 points

    Look The Dump(as Ur)some people like them so u don't have to insult them!!!If u would like to have one day your own band im sure all the people would not like Ur band but hey we don't all have the same taste,the world would suck!!it would be boring....cccc chill out dude

  • Peter 0 points

    Can't imagine why a girl would want her man to look like Jesus!

  • itzel 0 points

    this is the best song by the killers fuck all haterz!!!! and it reminds me of my b/f its a really kool song

  • KT 0 points

    I CRAZY ABAOUT FOR THE KILLERS!!!!!!

  • THE dump 0 points

    this band is sooo gay i think they should just suck they cocks and then jump from a bridge they would be doing a great deal to every living person in this world if they would kill themselves, i mean cmon the singer dresses like 1800 or so the guitarr guy looks like a bitch and the rest are bunch of losers i hope you little gayly fans of this pathetic band should get a life and if you still have balls in your pants answer me...peace out

  • fer 0 points

    great song! but i prefer mr. brightside...

  • Kate 0 points

    i'm personally a little lost with the video. What woman would go back to a man who cheated on her? and i think that the first scene is the last thing that happened. And what was she doing on the hill? Suicide? meditating?

  • french 0 points

    woooota i can't belive this song got you into the killers because this song is what got into them
    i luv u brandon flowers rock on!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • Eric 0 points

    How choices girls/women especially make about boys, men, father figures. Any Christian girl initial hopes they find a Christ like boy/man, however the reality is anything but that. Girls learn the hard facts of life that while not all men are pigs, they sure make it seem that way, and the women, due unfortunately dip their feet in the devils pool all to often, making it ironically tough for them to find, the Jesus like man.

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  • Sara - Denmark 0 points

    Like.. Nobody can hate the killers!

  • hmm 0 points

    wait i really dnt understand the song but apart from that its asum its a grand song everyone should no it... yea and i agree wit yupppp in september gosh ha i really h8 those emos they should get a life....:)

  • woooota 0 points

    sorry i ment *song.. its the best song eva!! this song got me into the killers.. woot woot!!!!

  • woooota 0 points

    i dnt care wat any1 says this so is fab.. infact its my favourite!!!

  • killersfan18 0 points

    This song is defo one of their best!!
    Tim Burton directed the video to 'Bones' not 'When you were young' Their music hits so many people on different levels, you can just tell how deep Brandon is by the lyrics! SO AMAZING!!

  • Parker 0 points

    thanks for brightin u the mood sophia!!!

  • princess sophia 0 points

    i love the killers and this song rocks

  • Parker 0 points

    sometimes I think that you guys are as big as fans as I am!!!!!!!

  • charlotte A.K.A charlie 0 points

    OMG that sing is well cool it make no bledy sence sumtimes but it's gd not like rude-box that sucks ass !

  • Tim 0 points

    i like this song its on my myspace

  • andramada 0 points

    i love that song i love that band .im like there bigest fan so u can all f off jkz jokin

  • Emily 0 points

    i love this song it is awesome!! it is so different from thee first album (hot fuss) oh and wow >> no one cares what you think

  • parker 0 points

    Well high schol students hav gr8 lives thank you
    wow for that idiotis statement. boy does this song get people on the edge.

  • ananananannana 0 points

    ngentotbabi bangsat kupin bbi bu monyet muka tolol kentut wae leher gemuk gendut siln anjing babibbi setn lu kalo bersin iler keluar semua muka lu kaya kontol gue

  • wow 0 points

    wow..

    the killers appeals to high school students only?

    no wonder im bored with it.

  • parker 0 points

    whatever louie and lsbella you guy seen to not have the lives.

  • IsAbElLa 0 points

    jeez ppl its just a song

  • Louise 0 points

    yeah, u go isabel=)

  • Isabel 0 points

    i think ur comments are corny do u guys hav a life?

  • Parker 0 points

    I think that this video is teaching us that in life when we were young that what we thought was important like that first love is not so improtant a we grow emotionally and mature we realize that we are better off without some stuff and when we look back we see what we obsessed over isnt the "jesus it looked like at first."

  • Yasser 0 points

    Excellent video... Excellent song wat more can I say its heartsore the agenda this young girl is faced with...

  • Sandy 0 points

    I thought that the song was a warning to the woman about getting involved with a man when she was younger, who would only mess her around. maybe he did not keep in contact properly, by letters,emails or bothering to meet her. lets hope she finds a man who will bother with her. i heard that tim burton did the music video.Can you read my mind?

  • blub 0 points

    these song most prolly about telling us that, Things aren't always like what it seems ...There's a big difference between what is in ur imagination and what is real...
    in short : reality bites, darling! :D

  • Kara 0 points

    Yesturday is when i got my copy of the Sam's Town it was the first day it came out.

  • YourHeroJohnny 0 points

    WOOOT! I love this!

  • yf 0 points

    I was actually thinking its a reversed movie. last scene is the first. first scene is the last. makes more sense imo

  • Buff 0 points

    Dee, when do you start you phsyc course lol keep it comin doll.... loves ya tho lol xxx

  • Dee 0 points

    hmmm does she just except the way he is ? not to sure i would but love is a very strange set of emotions! can't get my head round her walking bck into bar and shakes his hand is this where she accepts the situation? and realises better with him than without and the look on his face kinda says regret for wot he has done.but is love enough?

  • adhesive 0 points

    well she was portrayed as being young and naive and she fell for this older guy who she thought was her saviour...or should i say jesus..but really he is the devil. I think through the course of the video she "grows up" and becomes less naive.what do you reckon? its a pretty passion filled video. Totally wrapped me in.

  • Dee 0 points

    hmmm love the killers all time fav band at the moment apart from embrace but the killers win hands down!!! t- in the park just wasn't the same without them!! kinda hard to make my mind up about wot song about think she was young met this older guy thought he was her saviour but he betrayed her then love conquers all me thinks!!!

  • hamish 0 points

    i think its about a girl who hasnt had the most proper of past's who has found a nice guy who is willing to accept and love her for who she is but they cant be together just yet for whatever reason and as she waits her heart is breaking, but they will be happy together one day.

  • Kaite 0 points

    what is this song supposed to mean anyway?

  • Brandon 0 points

    Why don't you correct these things yourself, all lyrics are user-submitted, and users can correct them.

  • Nicole 0 points

    Its dip your feet not tip...just letting you know

  • Brandon 0 points

    yah yah... issue corrected

  • mzima 0 points

    it's "were," not "where." morons.

    "when you WERE young"

  • Stu 0 points

    New Killers album soon!!!!

    w00t!!!

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