Lyrics of
When You Were Young

The song When You Were Young by The Killers was inspired by lead vocalist Brandon Flowers youth in Las Vegas and discusses the potential for redemption and salvation that love provides. It was partly influenced by his new married life and the challenges of finding true love.

You sit there in your heart-ache
Waiting on some beautiful boy to
To save you from your old ways
You play forgiveness
Watch it now Here he comes

He doesnt look a thing like Je-sus
But he talks like a gentleman
Like you imagined
When you were young


Can we climb this mountain
I dont know
Higher now than ever before
I know we can make it if we take it slow
Let's take it easy
Easy now, watch it go

We're burning down the highway sky- line
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


The 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 heart-ache
Waiting on some beautiful boy to
To save you from your old ways
You play forgiveness
Watch it now Here he comes

He doesnt look a thing like Je-sus
But he talks like a gentleman
Like you imagined
When you were young
(talks like a gentleman)
(like you imagined)
When you were young

I said he doesnt look a thing like Jesus
He doesnt look a thing like Jesus
But more than you'll ever know