Kings of Leon: American alternative-rock band and gift to ears across the world. A band that I've listened to for as long as I can remember, but never paid too much attention to until I began preparing for their upcoming concert in Boston on January 13th.
While I do deeply regret having not paid as much attention to their music as I should have in recent years, listening to all seven of their albums on repeat for the last couple of months has given me the opportunity to really hear what their music is trying to say. The thing about Kings of Leon is that their music is more than just words sung along to an alt-rock beat and the meaning behind their lyrics run far deeper than what meets the eye (and ears). Here's 12 Kings of Leon songs that'll show you just what I mean:
1. Radioactive
It's in the water, it's in the story of where you came from
Your sons and daughters in all their glory it's gonna shape 'em
And when they pledge and come together, and start arising
Just drink the water where you came from, where you came from
2. Last Mile Home
Dreamin' on the last mile home, dreamin' on the mile last home
Things are always better, when were all together
I'm dreamin' on the last mile home
3. Revelry
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 you if you're ever around
Even though it was me who drove us right in the ground
4. WALLS
I could never point you out
Waste of space in a faceless crowd
Tell me what I have to say
If you know what's right then you'll walk away
5. Cold Desert
You told me you loved 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
6. Ragoo
Here's to the kids out there smoking in the streets
They're way too young but I'm way too old to preach
They know it all but they still ain't seen the truth
Just play my song and I'll show it all to you
7. Be Somebody
Trying to recall what you want me to say
I shake your way, I shake your way
Counting on the night for a beautiful day
I shake your way, I shake your way
And I say you can't get enough
No you can't get enough
8. The Face
Beneath the dance hall lights,
You seem a girl so sound
Lights up the ground,
If you give up New York,
I'll give you Tennessee,
The only place to be
9. Reverend
I got caught in the middle of a hurricane fight facing the ground
Beast to the wild with the porcelain smile as it passes around
The truth in the skies from the billowing eyes isn't working on me
Don't you think you gotta give me
Give me something I want
Give me something I need
10. Conversation Piece
Look at all these shattered faces
They all look so out of place
They've got nothing left to live for
They'll be dead before they wait
11. Use Somebody
Off in the night, while you live it up, I'm off to sleep
Waging wars to shape the poet and the beat
I hope it's gonna make you notice
12. Beautiful War
The tip of your tongue
The top of your lungs
Is making me crazy
I say love
Don't mean nothing
Left them something
Worth fighting for
It's a beautiful war
