Stranded in this spooky town
Stoplights are swaying and the phone lines are down
This floor is crackling cold
She took my heart, I think she took my soul
With the moon I run
Far from the carnage of the fiery sun
Driven by the strangled vein
Showing no mercy I do it again
Open up your eye
You keep on crying, baby
I'll bleed you dry
The skies are blinking at me
I see a storm bubbling up from the sea
And it's coming closer
And it's coming closer
You, shimmy shook my bone
Leaving me stranded all in love on my own
What do you think of me
Where am I now? Baby where do I sleep
Feel so good but I'm old,
2000 years of chasing taking its toll
And it's coming closer
Kings Of Leon - Only by the Night Album Lyrics
Kings Of Leon - Only by the Night Lyrics
Writer: Caleb Followill, Jared Followill, Matthew Followill, Nathan Followill
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Copyright: Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Warner Chappell Music, Inc., BMG Rights Management
Crawl
You fall, my pride,
Don't ever need t'apologize,
As your lips unfold,
Shakin' purple from the cold
You better learn to crawl,
You better learn to crawl,
Before I walk away,
Before I walk away
You broke, my mouth,
The bloody bits are spittin' out
Your grave, unscathed,
The worm is countin' down the day
He wants to see you crawl,
He wants to see you crawl,
Before I walk away,
Before I walk away
The reds and the whites and abused,
The crucified USA,
I said the prophecy unfolds,
All hell is surely on its way
Cuz the rat and the fly,
They're searchin' for an alibi,
As we wait the wrath,
They never went to Sunday mass
They want to see us crawl,
They want to see us crawl,
Before they walk away,
Before they walk away
The reds and the whites and abused,
The crucified USA,
I said the prophecy unfolds,
All hell is surely on its way
Don't ever need t'apologize,
As your lips unfold,
Shakin' purple from the cold
You better learn to crawl,
You better learn to crawl,
Before I walk away,
Before I walk away
You broke, my mouth,
The bloody bits are spittin' out
Your grave, unscathed,
The worm is countin' down the day
He wants to see you crawl,
He wants to see you crawl,
Before I walk away,
Before I walk away
The reds and the whites and abused,
The crucified USA,
I said the prophecy unfolds,
All hell is surely on its way
Cuz the rat and the fly,
They're searchin' for an alibi,
As we wait the wrath,
They never went to Sunday mass
They want to see us crawl,
They want to see us crawl,
Before they walk away,
Before they walk away
The reds and the whites and abused,
The crucified USA,
I said the prophecy unfolds,
All hell is surely on its way
Writer: CALEB FOLLOWILL, JARED FOLLOWILL, MATTHEW FOLLOWILL, NATHAN FOLLOWILL
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Copyright: Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Warner Chappell Music, Inc., BMG Rights Management
Sex On Fire
Lay where you're laying
Don't make a sound
I know they're watching
They're watching
All the commotion
the kiddie like play
Has people talking
Talking
You
Your sex is on fire
The dark of the alley
The break of the day
Head while I'm driving
I'm driving
Soft lips are open
Them knuckles are pale
Feels like you're dying
You're dying
You
Your sex is on fire
Consumed
With what's just transpired
Hot as a fever
Rattling bones
I could just taste it
Taste it
But it's not forever
But it's just tonight
Oh we're still the greatest
The greatest
The greatest
You
your sex is on fire
You
Your sex is on fire
Consumed
With what's just transpired
And You
Your sex is on fire
Consumed
With what's just transpired
Don't make a sound
I know they're watching
They're watching
All the commotion
the kiddie like play
Has people talking
Talking
You
Your sex is on fire
The dark of the alley
The break of the day
Head while I'm driving
I'm driving
Soft lips are open
Them knuckles are pale
Feels like you're dying
You're dying
You
Your sex is on fire
Consumed
With what's just transpired
Hot as a fever
Rattling bones
I could just taste it
Taste it
But it's not forever
But it's just tonight
Oh we're still the greatest
The greatest
The greatest
You
your sex is on fire
You
Your sex is on fire
Consumed
With what's just transpired
And You
Your sex is on fire
Consumed
With what's just transpired
Writer: Jared Followill, Matthew Followill, Nathan Followill, Caleb Followill
Copyright: Lyrics © Warner/Chappell Music, Inc., BMG Rights Management
Copyright: Lyrics © Warner/Chappell Music, Inc., BMG Rights Management
Use Somebody
(Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh)
I've been roaming around, I was looking down at all I see
painted faces, fill places I can't reach
You know that I could use somebody...
you know that I could use somebody...
Someone like you and all you know and how you speak
countless lovers undercover of the streets
You know that I could use somebody...
you know that I could use somebody...
Someone like you
(Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh [wha-ah-ah]
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh [wha-ah-ah]
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh)
Off in the night, why'd you live it up, I'm off to sleep
waging wars to shape the poet and the beat
I hope it's going to make you notice...
I hope it's going to make you notice...
Someone like me...
(Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh) Someone like me...
(Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh) someone like me... somebody...
(Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh) [wha-ah-ah]
(Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh)
(I'm ready now, I'm ready now
I'm ready now, I'm ready now
I'm ready now, I'm ready now
I'm ready now)
. . . . . .
(Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh) Someone like you... somebody
(Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh) Someone like you... somebody
(Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh) Someone like you... somebody
(Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh)
I've been running around, I was looking down at all I see...
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh)
I've been roaming around, I was looking down at all I see
painted faces, fill places I can't reach
You know that I could use somebody...
you know that I could use somebody...
Someone like you and all you know and how you speak
countless lovers undercover of the streets
You know that I could use somebody...
you know that I could use somebody...
Someone like you
(Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh [wha-ah-ah]
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh [wha-ah-ah]
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh)
Off in the night, why'd you live it up, I'm off to sleep
waging wars to shape the poet and the beat
I hope it's going to make you notice...
I hope it's going to make you notice...
Someone like me...
(Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh) Someone like me...
(Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh) someone like me... somebody...
(Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh) [wha-ah-ah]
(Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh)
(I'm ready now, I'm ready now
I'm ready now, I'm ready now
I'm ready now, I'm ready now
I'm ready now)
. . . . . .
(Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh) Someone like you... somebody
(Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh) Someone like you... somebody
(Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh) Someone like you... somebody
(Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh)
I've been running around, I was looking down at all I see...
Writer: Anthony Caleb Followill, Ivan Nathan Followill, Jared Followill, Matthew Followill
Copyright: Lyrics © Warner/Chappell Music, Inc., BMG Rights Management
Copyright: Lyrics © Warner/Chappell Music, Inc., BMG Rights Management
Manhattan
Well
I could dance all night
And some of the day
That's how I play
That's how I play
I say who are you
No matter who you are
So you dance all night
And you dance all day
I say
I say
Gonna build a fire
Gonna smoke it up
Gonna sip this wine
And pass the cup
These avenues and
these reseviors
We gonna show this town
How to kiss these stars
I say
I say
You've come to kill
Gonna spend it high
Your parents grieve
I know they are right
And then talking to you
Well they calm you down
So it's all for you
who let you down
I say
I say
I say
I say
Just wanna take you hand
I'm gonna drive you home
Just gonna keep on
Keep on, keep on
And you gonna have a rest
I could dance all night
And some of the day
That's how I play
That's how I play
I say who are you
No matter who you are
So you dance all night
And you dance all day
I say
I say
Gonna build a fire
Gonna smoke it up
Gonna sip this wine
And pass the cup
These avenues and
these reseviors
We gonna show this town
How to kiss these stars
I say
I say
You've come to kill
Gonna spend it high
Your parents grieve
I know they are right
And then talking to you
Well they calm you down
So it's all for you
who let you down
I say
I say
I say
I say
Just wanna take you hand
I'm gonna drive you home
Just gonna keep on
Keep on, keep on
And you gonna have a rest
Writer: CALEB FOLLOWILL, JARED FOLLOWILL, MATTHEW FOLLOWILL, NATHAN FOLLOWILL
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Revelry
What a night for a dance,
you know, i'm a dancing machine
put the fire in my bones
with the sweet taste of kerosene
i get lost in the lights(?),
so high, i don't want to come down
to face the loss of the good thing that i found
woo hoo hoo
woo hoo hoo
in the dark of the night
i can hear you calling my name
with the hardest of hearts
i still feel full of pain
so i drink and i smoke
and i ask
if you're ever around
even though it was me
who drove us right in the ground
see, the time we shared
it was precious to me
all the while i was dreaming of revelry
on a run, baby, run
like a steam down a mountainside
with the wind in my back
i don't ever even bat an eye
just know it was you all along
who had a hole in my heart
but the demon in me
was the best of friends from the start
so the time we shared
it was precious to me
all a while i was dreaming of revelry
dreaming of revelry
and i told myself
for the way you go
it rained so hard
it felt like snow
everything came
a' tumbling down on me
in the back of the woods
in dark of the night
careless, --(?), your moonlight
everything just felt so empty
dreaming of revelry
you know, i'm a dancing machine
put the fire in my bones
with the sweet taste of kerosene
i get lost in the lights(?),
so high, i don't want to come down
to face the loss of the good thing that i found
woo hoo hoo
woo hoo hoo
in the dark of the night
i can hear you calling my name
with the hardest of hearts
i still feel full of pain
so i drink and i smoke
and i ask
if you're ever around
even though it was me
who drove us right in the ground
see, the time we shared
it was precious to me
all the while i was dreaming of revelry
on a run, baby, run
like a steam down a mountainside
with the wind in my back
i don't ever even bat an eye
just know it was you all along
who had a hole in my heart
but the demon in me
was the best of friends from the start
so the time we shared
it was precious to me
all a while i was dreaming of revelry
dreaming of revelry
and i told myself
for the way you go
it rained so hard
it felt like snow
everything came
a' tumbling down on me
in the back of the woods
in dark of the night
careless, --(?), your moonlight
everything just felt so empty
dreaming of revelry
Writer: CALEB FOLLOWILL, JARED FOLLOWILL, MATTHEW FOLLOWILL, NATHAN FOLLOWILL
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17
Oh she's only seventeen
Whine whine whine, weep over everything
Bloody Mary breakfast busting up the street
Brothers fighting, when's the baby gonna sleep
Heaving ship too sails away
Said it's a culmination of a story and a goodbye session
It's a tick of our time and the tic in her head that made me feel so strange
So I could call you baby, I could call you, damn it, it's a one in a million
Oh it's the rolling of your Spanish tongue that made me wanna stay
Oh she's only seventeen
Whine whine whine, weep over everything
Bloody Mary breakfast busting up the street
Brothers fighting, when's the baby gonna sleep
Heaving ship too sails away
Said it's a culmination of a story and a goodbye session
It's a tick of our time and the tic in her head that made me feel so strange
Said I could call you baby, I could call you, damn it, it's a one in a million
Oh it's the rolling of her Spanish tongue that made me wanna stay
I could call you baby, I could call you, damn it, it's a one in a million
Oh it's the rolling of your Spanish tongue that made me wanna stay
Whine whine whine, weep over everything
Bloody Mary breakfast busting up the street
Brothers fighting, when's the baby gonna sleep
Heaving ship too sails away
Said it's a culmination of a story and a goodbye session
It's a tick of our time and the tic in her head that made me feel so strange
So I could call you baby, I could call you, damn it, it's a one in a million
Oh it's the rolling of your Spanish tongue that made me wanna stay
Oh she's only seventeen
Whine whine whine, weep over everything
Bloody Mary breakfast busting up the street
Brothers fighting, when's the baby gonna sleep
Heaving ship too sails away
Said it's a culmination of a story and a goodbye session
It's a tick of our time and the tic in her head that made me feel so strange
Said I could call you baby, I could call you, damn it, it's a one in a million
Oh it's the rolling of her Spanish tongue that made me wanna stay
I could call you baby, I could call you, damn it, it's a one in a million
Oh it's the rolling of your Spanish tongue that made me wanna stay
Writer: Caleb Followill, Jared Followill, Matthew Followill, Nathan Followill
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Copyright: Lyrics © BMG Rights Management, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Notion
I got a notion that says it doesn't feel right
got the answer in your story today
you gave me a sign that didn't feel right
so don't knock it, don't knock it, you been here before
so don't knock it, don't knock it, you been here before
i just wanted to know if i could go home
been rambling day after day
everyone says they don't know
so don't knock it, don't knock it, you been there before
so don't knock it, don't knock it, you been there before
i got a notion that says it doesn't feel right
i just wanted to know if i could go home
so don't knock it, don't knock it, you been there before
so don't knock it, don't knock it, you been there before
got the answer in your story today
you gave me a sign that didn't feel right
so don't knock it, don't knock it, you been here before
so don't knock it, don't knock it, you been here before
i just wanted to know if i could go home
been rambling day after day
everyone says they don't know
so don't knock it, don't knock it, you been there before
so don't knock it, don't knock it, you been there before
i got a notion that says it doesn't feel right
i just wanted to know if i could go home
so don't knock it, don't knock it, you been there before
so don't knock it, don't knock it, you been there before
Writer: Caleb Followill, Jared Followill, Matthew Followill, Nathan Followill
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I Want You
Get back on track, pick me up some bottles of booze
Fickle freshman, probly thinks she's cooler than you
A hay ride at 5, everybodys comin around
So go press you skirt, word is there's a new girl in town...
I call shotgun, you can play your RnB tunes
The fellow?, it always comes a little too soon
The land of the free, freshened up from babyfaced shame
Put your eyes on me, and I know a place that we can't get away...
Just say I want you, just exactly like I used to
Cos baby this is ooooonly bringin me down...
Home-boy's so proud, finally got the video proof
The night vision shows she was only duckin the truth
It's heavy I know, black guy with the gift down below
A choke and a gag, she spit up n came back for more...
She sed I want you, just exactly like I used to
And baby this is ooooonly bringin me down...
She sed I want you
I want you, just exactly like I used to
And baby this is oooonly bringin me down...
I said I want you, just exactly like I used to
And baby this is oooonly bringin me down
Fickle freshman, probly thinks she's cooler than you
A hay ride at 5, everybodys comin around
So go press you skirt, word is there's a new girl in town...
I call shotgun, you can play your RnB tunes
The fellow?, it always comes a little too soon
The land of the free, freshened up from babyfaced shame
Put your eyes on me, and I know a place that we can't get away...
Just say I want you, just exactly like I used to
Cos baby this is ooooonly bringin me down...
Home-boy's so proud, finally got the video proof
The night vision shows she was only duckin the truth
It's heavy I know, black guy with the gift down below
A choke and a gag, she spit up n came back for more...
She sed I want you, just exactly like I used to
And baby this is ooooonly bringin me down...
She sed I want you
I want you, just exactly like I used to
And baby this is oooonly bringin me down...
I said I want you, just exactly like I used to
And baby this is oooonly bringin me down
Writer: CALEB FOLLOWILL, JARED FOLLOWILL, MATTHEW FOLLOWILL, NATHAN FOLLOWILL
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Be Somebody
Taken to the floor
with the reach to the sky
i loosen my tie
i loosen my tie
locking down the door
with the rhythm and rhyme
i loosen my tie
i loosen my tie
trying to recall
what you want me to say
i shake it your way
i shake it your way
counting on the night
for a beautiful day
i shake it your way
i shake it your way
and i say,
you can't get enough
now you can't get enough
given a chance
i wanna be somebody
if for one dance
i wanna be somebody
open the door
it's gonna make you love me
facing the door
i wanna be somebody
now it's your time
and you know where you stand
with a gun in your hand
with a gun in your hand
now i'm no longer an ordinary man
was this your big plan,
your gun in your hand?
and i say,
you can't get enough
now you can't get enough
given a chance
i wanna be somebody
if for one dance
i wanna be somebody
open the door
it's gonna make you love me
facing the door
i wanna be somebody
be somebody
be somebody
with the reach to the sky
i loosen my tie
i loosen my tie
locking down the door
with the rhythm and rhyme
i loosen my tie
i loosen my tie
trying to recall
what you want me to say
i shake it your way
i shake it your way
counting on the night
for a beautiful day
i shake it your way
i shake it your way
and i say,
you can't get enough
now you can't get enough
given a chance
i wanna be somebody
if for one dance
i wanna be somebody
open the door
it's gonna make you love me
facing the door
i wanna be somebody
now it's your time
and you know where you stand
with a gun in your hand
with a gun in your hand
now i'm no longer an ordinary man
was this your big plan,
your gun in your hand?
and i say,
you can't get enough
now you can't get enough
given a chance
i wanna be somebody
if for one dance
i wanna be somebody
open the door
it's gonna make you love me
facing the door
i wanna be somebody
be somebody
be somebody
Writer: Nathan Followill, Caleb Followill, Jared Followill, Matthew Followill
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Copyright: Lyrics © Warner/Chappell Music, Inc., Universal Music Publishing Group, BMG Rights Management
Cold Desert
I'm on the corner waiting for a light to come on
That's when I know that you're alone
It's cold in the desert, water never sees the ground
Special unspoken without sound
Told me you love me, that I'd never die alone
Hand over your heart, let's go home
Everyone noticed, everyone has seen the signs
I've always been known to cross lines
I never ever cried when I was feeling down
I've always been scared of the sound
Jesus don't love me, no one ever carried my load
I'm too young to feel this old
Here's to you, here's to me
On to us, nobody knows
Nobody sees, nobody but me
That's when I know that you're alone
It's cold in the desert, water never sees the ground
Special unspoken without sound
Told me you love me, that I'd never die alone
Hand over your heart, let's go home
Everyone noticed, everyone has seen the signs
I've always been known to cross lines
I never ever cried when I was feeling down
I've always been scared of the sound
Jesus don't love me, no one ever carried my load
I'm too young to feel this old
Here's to you, here's to me
On to us, nobody knows
Nobody sees, nobody but me
Writer: CALEB FOLLOWILL, JARED FOLLOWILL, MATTHEW FOLLOWILL, NATHAN FOLLOWILL
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Copyright: Lyrics © Warner Chappell Music, Inc., BMG Rights Management
Only by the Night is the fourth studio album by American rock band Kings of Leon, released in September 2008 through RCA Records. Writing for the band's fourth album commenced just days after the release of their third, Because of the Times. The album was recorded by producers Jacquire King and Angelo Petraglia in April 2008 at Nashville's Blackbird Studio.
Only by the Night experienced commercial success, peaking inside the top 10 of over 10 countries. The album was certified the best-selling album in Australia, certified nine times platinum. It also went on to be the highest selling album of 2008 in Australia, the third best selling album of 2008 in the UK, winning two Brit Awards, and the 18th best-selling album of the 2000s in the UK. Furthermore, two singles from the album have found high chartings, "Sex on Fire" coming in at number one in Ireland, the UK, Australia, and on the United States' Hot Modern Rock Tracks, and at number two in New Zealand. The album's second single "Use Somebody" also charted at number two in the UK, and at number two in Australia, along with being the band's first top 10 hit in the U.S. The album was nominated for Best Rock Album at the 2009 Grammy Awards, with the song "Sex on Fire" receiving two nominations itself. Worldwide sales of the album exceed 6.2 million copies, according to a press release by the band.
"Sex on Fire" came in at number one on the Triple J Hottest 100, 2008, with "Use Somebody" number three, "Closer" number 24 and "Crawl" number 70.
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Kings Of LeonOnly by the Night experienced commercial success, peaking inside the top 10 of over 10 countries. The album was certified the best-selling album in Australia, certified nine times platinum. It also went on to be the highest selling album of 2008 in Australia, the third best selling album of 2008 in the UK, winning two Brit Awards, and the 18th best-selling album of the 2000s in the UK. Furthermore, two singles from the album have found high chartings, "Sex on Fire" coming in at number one in Ireland, the UK, Australia, and on the United States' Hot Modern Rock Tracks, and at number two in New Zealand. The album's second single "Use Somebody" also charted at number two in the UK, and at number two in Australia, along with being the band's first top 10 hit in the U.S. The album was nominated for Best Rock Album at the 2009 Grammy Awards, with the song "Sex on Fire" receiving two nominations itself. Worldwide sales of the album exceed 6.2 million copies, according to a press release by the band.
"Sex on Fire" came in at number one on the Triple J Hottest 100, 2008, with "Use Somebody" number three, "Closer" number 24 and "Crawl" number 70.
Genre(s): Alternative rock, pop rock, Southern rock
Producer(s): Jacquire King, Angelo Petraglia
Length: 42:55
Released: September 19th, 2008
Year: 2008