BE SOMEBODY – THE KINGS OF LEON

LYRIC ANALYSIS

Taking to the floor with the wheel to the skyI loosen my tie, I loosen my tieLocking down the door with the rhythm and rhymeI loosen my tie, I loosen my tie

Wants to be a rock star and the best.He is preparing himself for the night

ahead, lose himself in a world of music

The song itselfShutting out the world though music, entering a new world in which he dreams to be part of.

Trying to recall what you want me to sayI shake your way, I shake your wayCounting on the night for a beautiful dayI shake your way, I shake your wayAnd I say you can't get enoughNo you can't get enough

Choosing a set list for the fans/audience as ultimately he is out there to please the fans.

Playing the songs they like, getting the crowd pumped up.

He turns to music to relieve the pressures from his life.

Feels loved by the crowd and recognises that they appreciate his music

Given a chance, I'm gonna be somebodyIf for one dance, I'm gonna be somebodyOpen the door, it's gonna make you love meFacing the floor, I'm gonna be somebody

Even if it is just for that moment the he is somebody and the crowd proves that to him even if it is just for ‘one dance’.

he wants someone, possibly a girlfriend, to recognise the talent he has and to alter their opinion of him.

Facing the crowd he realises that he is ‘somebody’.

Has a point to prove and feels that he has the talent to do so.

Now is your time and you know where you standWith a gun in your hand, with a gun in your handNow I'm no longer an ordinary manWas this your big plan, your gun in your handAnd I say you can't get enoughNo you can't get enough

He could be referring to the crowd or a girlfriend, and is asking them to give him a chance and not shoot him down.

Now that he has been given the chance and has taken the leap from being unnoticed to being in the public eye, he refers to a possible girlfriend who could pull the trigger in all his success as she has the power to do so. She could make or break him.

Likes to control him, has authority over him.

The girlfriend knows its now down to her whether she allows him to ‘Be Somebody’.

Be somebodyBe somebody.

Unclear ending, allows you to make your own decision whether you think he did become somebody or not.