The Killers: A Dustland Fairytale Meaning

Song Released: 2009

A Dustland Fairytale Lyrics

The Dustland fairytale beginning
Just another white trash county kiss in '61
Long brown hair and foolish eyes
He looked just like you'd want him to
Some kind of slick chrome American prince
A blue jean serenade
Moon river what'd you do to...

1. anonymous

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   Feb 1st 2009 !⃝

   The song is portraying the trailer park in which Flower's mother grew up and falling in love with "a slick chrome American Prince".
   
   The romance between them is a "Dustland Fairytale".
   
   Cinderella is supposed to represent Flower's mother and the line "now Cinderella don't you go to sleep, it's such a bitter form of refuge. Don't you know the kingdom is under siege and everyone needs you." is a shoutout to his mother who has cancer to hang on.
   
   Very deep lyrics.
2. anonymous

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   Jan 29th 2009 !⃝

   To me, this song seems to have hints of suicide is some parts.
   And maybe Cinderella isn't anybody specific. "Cinderella" could be used to identify any hurting girl.
   
   "Cinderella in a party dress, but
   She was looking for a night gown"
   Like she has everything anybody could ask for,
   but that's overwhelming her.
   
   "I saw the devil warping up his hands
   Hes getting ready for the show down."
   The devil is standing by to influence her thoughts.
   
   "Now cinderella don't you go to sleep
   Its such a bitter form of refuge."
   It's like Flowers is saying don't commit suicide,
   because it's a sad way to escape from problems.
   
   That's just my interpretation. (:
   -Christina.

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3. anonymous

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   Jan 1st 2009 !⃝

   This is actually Brandon Flowers telling the story of how his parents got together, from the 'in 61', when they met.
4. Killervictim11

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   Jan 1st 2009 !⃝

   Ok maybe this is the easiest song to figure brandon admitted the song is about his parents meeting, and his mother having cancer and the lyrics all make sense now.
   
   " a dustland fairytale beginning just another white trash county kiss 61 long brown hair foolosh eyes" a girl that you never see to go anywhere with just a kiss you dont expect anymore out of it, shes a foolish girl easily pleased etc the kiss.
   
   you can pretty much figure most of it out like parts " now cinderella dont you go to sleep" his mom is cinderella and he is saying dont die on the kingdom, etc etc.
   
   hope this makes it easier to define the song.
5. anonymous

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   Dec 20th 2008 !⃝

   I believe this song is about the decay of society. Set in Las Vegas where women are murdered and used. The partying that teens do. I believe this cinderella character was meeting up with this guy and she thought he was safe but then he killed her.

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6. anonymous

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   Nov 27th 2008 !⃝

   I think this song is a take on a Cinderella type story, where the setting is a dusty, desert town (like Sam's Town) in 1961.
   
   There are two lyrics that catch my attention in this song, 1.) "She said she'd always knew he'd come around." and 2.) "Out here the good girls die."
   
   1.) It's basically saying that this girl had always liked this guy, but he never liked her back. Yet she always had faith that one day it would work out, basically that he'd realize he loved her and come around to his senses, and he did.
   
   2.) It's not literally that the good girls die, they're all still alive. What they're saying is that the good girls die like on the inside. They're the ones that get their hearts broken time and time again by the guys, and always feel like dying because the right guy never seems to come along or he doesn't seem to want her.
   
   That's my interpretation. It's such a GREAT song!

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