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General CommentAs a touring musician this song hits me hard. A little bit of my drive towards success is simply that when I meet someone I'm interested in, to use the words of the writer, I hope it'll make them notice someone like me. That said, I like the song, and I can kind of relate. Jones' was basically written about the same thing- 'hey man we'd meet tons of girls if we were like rock stars lol'. Not the first song to express this the Counting Crows' 'Mr. the same way male animals often try to demonstrate their value to a mate (a peacock showing its feathers for example). Might sound a little odd at first, but it's really part of our nature. The line 'someone like me' means that he's not really thinking highly of himself, by become a famous singer though, he is essentially demonstrating his value. I hope it's going to make you notice someone like me Waging war to shake/(shape?) the poet and the beat / General CommentI think a lot of the thought behind this song is the desire to become famous in order to essentially meet and/or impress some girl. Just one step away from learning that with a little self-esteem and confidence they can remain true to who they are, pull themselves out of their rut and liberate their life from the tyranny of their mind.

Kings of leon use somebody album cover free#

Trying to break free and live their dreams, while desperately looking for somebody, anybody to help them out of their hole usually with disastrous results. Another reason it is perfect for our time is because many highly intelligent people in our society are in the same torturous boat as him. It is filled with the beautiful sadness mixed with the feeling a longing for the apparently out of reach that has made many rock songs great (The chorus with the background vocals is just amazing intense). I personally think this is one of the greatest rock songs of our time. At least, he realizes the fact that he could use somebody like this, many jaded, broken people don't even get that far. He is just to jaded to think it a possibility.

Too bad he doesn't realize that this woman could probably use him just the way he is. At the end, he learns he cannot change who he is as a jaded artist, because that is just who he is and it is also probably a key factor in him making great art. So, he uses this as impetus to change himself and become more than just a poet and musician in hopes that she'll take notice and be able to use him to. He figures that he could use somebody like this to liberate himself, but his self-esteem is so low and he so stuck in his shell of what he is, he doesn't think she would use him. He sees or meets this girl who has the knowledge and the ability to speak her mind in a very liberating way, but also has the capacity to let go of the serious things and self-actualize her dreams and desires ('Countless lovers undercover of the street'). He wants to break free of his seriousness artistic shell so he can let go ('Waging war to shake the poet and the beat') and have fun with the 'painted faces' that are out of reach. I think the song is about him being jaded ('Looking down on all I see') artist somewhat stuck in a rut of being jaded and miserable.