Pressure Machine
The Killers
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West Hills
05 : 42
2
Quiet Town
04 : 45
3
Terrible Thing
03 : 52
4
Cody
03 : 50
5
Sleepwalker
04 : 27
6
Runaway Horses
03 : 54
7
In the Car Outside
05 : 28
8
In Another Life
03 : 45
9
Desperate Things
05 : 16
10
Pressure Machine
05 : 09
11
The Getting By
05 : 09
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Track Lyrics
West Hills Lyrics
[Intro]
Alright, well, I'm 26 so I've lived here for 26 years
I married my high school sweetheart, so we've been marri—
We've been together 11 years
Um, I don't really travel much so I've just been here, ha-ha
Uh, I'm, I'm busy, John, you'll have to wait
Uh, my little brother, he moved into the community
And they tried to tape him to a flagpole or a tree up at the high school
So if you don't fit their mold—
Just a nice, small community, everybody knows everybody
Good place to live and to raise kids
We'll be here forever
So, yeah, it's a good area
[Verse 1]
I was born right here in Zion
God's own son
His Holy Ghost stories and bloodshed
Never scared me none
While they bowed their heads on Sunday
I cut out through the hedges and fields
Where the light could place its hands on my head
In the west hills
[Chorus]
Free in the west hills
Free in the west hills
[Verse 2]
She's got two full-grown children
One still on the vine
And once I got to know him
I loved him like he was mine
Some nights we'd drive up the mouth of the canyon
On hillbilly heroin pills
We get out and watch the sunset
Peaceful and still
[Chorus]
And free in the west hills
Free in the west hills
[Verse 3]
When the sheriff kicked my door down
I was sleeping in my own bed
And the mess I got caught up in
Rained hard down on my head
They got me for possession
Of them hillbilly heroin pills
Enough to kill the horses that run
Free in the west hills
They got me for possession of enough to kill
The horses that run
[Chorus]
Free in the west hills
Free in the west hills
[Verse 4]
If this life was meant for proving
I could use more years to live
But fifteen in a guardhouse
That's more than I'm willing to give
And if there really is a judgement
When He pulls my chart
He'll reject my actions
But He will know my heart
And He'll prepare a place for me
Where happiness instills
And the light puts its loving hands on my head
Free in the west hills
They got me for possession of enough to kill
The horses that run
[Chorus]
Free in the west hills
Free in the west hills
Free, free in the west hills
In the west hills
In the west hills
Free in the west
Quiet Town Lyrics
[Intro]
Oh yeah, oh no, the train, the train
Every two or three years, the train kills somebody
Every two or three years, yeah
Everybody knows about the train, okay?
You hear it constantly
Eh, I— I think the train is a way to find your way out of this life, if you get hit by it
[Verse 1]
A couple of kids got hit by a Union Pacific train
Carrying sheet metal and household appliances through the pouring rain
They were planning on getting married after graduation
Had a little baby girl, trouble came and shut it down
Things like that ain't supposed to happen
[Chorus]
In this quiet town, families are tight
Good people, they still don't deadbolt their doors at night
In this quiet town
[Verse 2]
When we first heard opioid stories, they were always in whispering tones
Now banners of sorrow mark the front steps of childhood homes
Parents wept through daddy's girl eulogies
And merit badge milestones with their daughters and sons
Laying there lifeless in their suits and gowns
Somebody's been keepin' secrets
[Chorus]
In this quiet town, they know how to live
Good people who lean on Jesus, they're quick to forgive
In this quiet town
[Bridge]
Now whenever I'm near the town, I'll find some reason to give
And I will walk with the dead and the living where I used to live
And every time I see my parents in the prime of their lives
Offering their son the kind of love he could never put down
Well, part of me is still that stainless kid, lucky
[Chorus]
In this quiet town, salt of the land
Hard-working people, if you're in trouble, they'll lend you a hand
Here in this quiet town
[Outro]
The first crop of hay is up
School let out and the sun beats down
Smoke billows from a Sunday train
That cries away from a quiet town
Terrible Thing Lyrics
[Verse 1]
The parking lot is rammed with shotgun pickup trucks
At the Jones' rubber plant where all the guys end up
Beer-drinking Boy Scouts living life like they ain't stuck
On these quicksand streets with their girls in a sling
I'm in my bedroom on the verge of a terrible thing
[Verse 2]
'Round here, we all take up our cross and hang on His holy name
But the cards that I was dealt will get you thrown out of the game
Hey, mama, can't you see your boy is wrapped up in the strangle silk
Of this cobweb town where culture is king?
I'm in my bedroom on the verge of a terrible thing
[Chorus]
I close my eyes and think of the water
Out at the Salt Creek when I was young
[Verse 3]
Down at Old Mill Park, half the town's in tow
To crown the bathing beauty of the rodeo
While her mother fights back proud tears, a young cowboy gives the nod
The chute opens, bull draws blood, and the gift is accepted by God
The chute opens, bull draws blood, and the gift is accepted by God
In this barbed wire town of barbed wire dreams
I'm in my bedroom on the verge of a terrible thing
[Chorus]
I close my eyes and think of the water
Out at the Salt Creek when I was young
I close my eyes and think of the water
Out at the Salt Creek when I was young
Cody Lyrics
[Intro]
So higher powers, higher powers, higher powers
Higher powers than me, higher powers than me
I've seen 'em in the hill, you know? I've seen the spirits, you know?
So, definitely believe in the higher powers, 'cause I'm just a little old human, you know?
[Verse 1]
Cody says he didn't start the fire
His parents know he probably did
He's always playing with a light
He's just a different kind of kid
And Cody says He didn't raise the dead
Says religion's just a trick
To keep hard-working folks in line
He says it makes his stomach sick
[Chorus]
So who's gonna carry us away?
Eagles with glory-painted wings?
We keep on waiting for the miracle to come
Pour down the mountain like a heaven-fed stream
[Verse 2]
Cody's always got one on the line
He likes to walk 'em by the wrist
He does his pulling with his eyes
He does his talking with his fists
Bottle rockets on an August night
Raid the coolers in the trucks
If we're lucky, we'll get loud and we'll drink
Whiskey from a plastic jug
[Chorus]
So who's gonna carry us away?
Eagles with glory-painted wings?
We keep on waiting for the miracle to come
Fall from the firmament and give us nice things
[Bridge]
Round and round, it goes
Where it stops, nobody knows
Nobody knows
[Guitar Solo]
[Chorus]
So who's gonna carry us away?
Eagles with glory-painted wings?
We keep on waiting for the miracle to come
Roll down the mountain to the sound of sad strings
We keep on waiting for the miracle
For the miracle
We keep on waiting for the miracle
For the miracle
Sleepwalker Lyrics
[Intro]
Um, I hunt elk and deer, um, turkeys, just around here
Um, I've hunted antelope, um
And growing up, we had to be twelve before we could hunt
And now they've lowered it to as soon as you pass hunter's safety, you can hunt, so
I had to wait until I was twelve
As long as you can hold up a gun and know how to shoot it
[Verse 1]
Hey, sleepwalker, don't you miss the way
Wildflowers paint the western hills?
Or the first autumn whisper mid-September brings
And the glowy excitement that it builds?
[Chorus]
Everyone is afraid of something
Evеn the strongest man alive
Hеy, sleepwalker
We went walking in the western hills
And we picked you wildflowers
You gotta open your eyes
[Verse 2]
Hey, dreamcatcher, come out and see the leaves
The mountainside's all watermelon red
Soon enough, they're gonna rust and fall
Leave the mountainside cold and bare
But when the longer days of sun appear
They'll be rising like an answered prayer and I know that
[Chorus]
Everyone is afraid of losing
Even the ones that always win
Hey, sleepwalker
When the mountain comes back to life
It doesn't come from without
It comes from within
[Bridge]
The hills are barren, but we look for what's to come
Sweeter skies and longer days of sun
When you wake up, I'll be standing in the line
To kiss your eyes and wipe the tears from mine
[Chorus]
'Cause everyone is afraid of something
Even the strongest man alive
Hey, sleepwalker
Western Bluebells and Painted Cups
Are getting ready to rise
It's time to begin
It doesn't come from without
It comes from within
Runaway Horses Lyrics
[Intro]
Oh, my heck, so, yeah, the Ute Stampede, I mean that's a tradition for sure, um
One year, we wish— it was raining, all, like stampedes and this horse come out
And everyone, you know, said it was supposed to be the best
And it fell in the mud, and, I mean, you could see its leg just totally snapped
It was just hanging there
And the girl, you know, laid dow— it was the saddest thing
I mean, I think most of the crowd was crying
She set up and laid over her horse and just cried and hugged hеr horse
And, ’cause she knеw that, you know, that was her last moments with that horse
[Verse 1: Brandon Flowers]
Small-town girl, Coca-Cola grin, honeysuckle skin
Born beneath the ready sign of a strawberry moon
Small-town girl shows up for her friends, crazy about The Bends
I was there when she first put away childish things
[Chorus: Brandon Flowers & Phoebe Bridgers]
We had spring in our heels
Unwavering forces, headfirst into the unknown
Like runaway horses in a fever 'til the end
And every step is a silver prayer in the face of a hard wind
[Verse 2: Brandon Flowers & Phoebe Bridgers]
You traded school for wedding rings and rent
Invitations sent of you and him by a barn out on the edge of town
Small-town girl, you put your dreams on ice, never thinking twice
Some you'll surely forget and some that you never will
[Chorus: Brandon Flowers & Phoebe Bridgers]
There was a promise in our stride
But we changed courses, headfirst into the unknown
Like runaway horses in a fever ’til the end
And every step is a silver prayer in the face of a hard wind
Like runaway horses, it's a long way back home again
When every step is a silver prayer in the face of a hard wind
In the Car Outside Lyrics
[Intro (Man 1 and Man 2)]
Hi, Beth
Oh, I was just calling you to chat with you
I'm probably going to have to get up at the buttcrack of dawn tomorrow
Oh, I hear Patsy backed out on ya tomorrow
Is she—
Damn it, John (Hmm?)
I lost that frickin’ steel line (Ugh)
Shit
Okay, it's alright
Go fucking find it
Ah, shit, I'm lookin’ man (Ha-ha, fuck)
See, I told you my head don't work right
Yeah, you don't have to tell me that
[Verse 1]
I'm in the car, I just needed to clear my head
She's in the house with the baby crying on the bed
She's got this thing where she puts up the walls so high
It doesn't matter how much you love
It doesn't matter how hard you try
[Verse 2]
We got a place with a fence and a little grass
I put this film on the windows and it looks like chapel glass
But when shе turns, it’s like the shadow of the cross don’t cast
No blеssing over our lonely life
It's like waiting for a train to pass, I don’t know when it'll pass
[Chorus]
But I remember when she used to set the room on fire
With her eyes, swear to God
It's like a flood of grief and sorrow from a haunted life
When she cries, like a train, it's a lot
[Verse 3]
I dropped a line to a flickering high school flame
We laughed about all the ways that our lives had changed
She’s up the road, about thirty-five miles north
Got two little boys in school, just had a real bad divorce
And in a moment of weakness
[Chorus]
I told her if she ever needed a helping hand
I would lend, swear to God
It's like the part of me that's screaming not to jump gets lost
In the sound of the train, it's a lot
[Bridge]
Trying hard
Not to cave
Swear to God
[Outro]
I'm in the car outside
I'm in the car outside
I'm in the car outside
I'm in the car outside
In Another Life Lyrics
[Intro]
Biggest thing I'd do about drugs in high school was, uh, going out and drinkin' a beer
But, uh, it's all here now, uh, and it don't care who it hits—
There's a lot of opioids going around
It makes you feel pretty damn good
After a few hours, you gotta take more
And then after a while, you're taking a ton and you don't feel great
Everyone's just tryin' to escape something
Yep, that's it, I'm not—
[Verse 1]
Is this the life you chose yourself
Or just how it ended up?
Is that the yard you pictured when
You closed your eyes and dreamed
Of children in the grass running through the sprinklers?
Being somebody's wife?
Or were you living in another life?
[Chorus]
When will I make it home?
When I damn well feel like driving
Down these empty streets
That burn through our birthright
[Bridge]
I passed a couple of kids holding hands in the street tonight
They reminded me of us in another life
[Verse 2]
Am I the man of your desire
Or just a guy from your hometown?
Are these the arms that you saw when you
Pictured yourself wrapped around?
Baby, I can vouch for the hopeless dreamer
When you look at me
Am I the man you hoped I'd be?
[Chorus]
When will I make it home?
When that jukebox in the corner
Stops playing country songs
Of stories that sound like mine
[Bridge]
I spent my best years laying rubber on a factory line
I wonder what I would've been in another life
[Outro]
In another life
In another life
In another life
Desperate Things Lyrics
[Verse 1]
She was doing sixty in a thirty-five
I hit the lights and pulled her over
When I reached the window of the driver side
There was blood from her mouth, dry on her shoulder
I've never had much patience for guys that hit
For more than just obvious reasons
I asked if she wanted me to take him in
She laughed it off like lemonade
[Chorus]
When you're in love, you can be blinded by your own heart
You'll bend your own truth, so twisted up, you could justify sin
And when people in love are desperate enough to abandon their dreams
People do desperate things
[Verse 2]
I've been taking lunch breaks at her work
When the restaurant ain't too crowded
She knows me and my wife got a little girl
We don't talk too much about it
The other night, she met me way out west
Things went further than they should have
But when she undid the buttons of her dress
I didn't stop her, but I could have
[Chorus]
When you're in love, you can be blinded by your own heart
You'll bend your own truth, so twisted up, you could justify sin
And when people in love are desperate enough to abandon their dreams
People do desperate things
[Verse 3]
I know where he drinks most every night
It's our local hero sports bar
I've got him cuffed and sweating cold
In the back of my patrol car
You forget how dark the canyon gets
It's a real uneasy feeling
I've never had much patience for guys who hit
For more than just obvious reasons
[Chorus]
When you're in love, you can be blinded by your own heart
You'll bend your own truth, so twisted up, you could justify sin
And when people in love are desperate enough to abandon their dreams
People do desperate things
Pressure Machine Lyrics
[Intro]
We met dragging Main at Spanish Fork
And he wasn't moving away from here, so it wasn't really—
And we could build a house here
But—
[Verse 1]
Hope'll set your eyes agleam
Like four feet dangling in the stream
But the Kingdom of God, it's a pressure machine
Every step, gotta keep it clean
A mattress on a hardwood floor
Who could ever ask for more?
I'll get up and cut the grass
Ain't nothing wrong with working class
[Chorus]
I, I don't remember the last time you asked how I was
Don't you feel the time slipping away?
It ain't funny at all
It's gonna break your heart one day
[Verse 2]
Keep the debt cloud off the kids
Only sunshine on their lids
Jiminy Cricket and Power Wheels
And memories of Happy Meals
Sometimes, I look at the stars
And think about how small we are
Sweating it out in the pressure machine
Good 'til the last drop
[Chorus]
Why don't you say little things?
Butterflies don't just dance on a string
It feels like you clipped all their wings
And every year goes by faster than the one before
[Verse 3]
We've had that treadmill now for months
I think she might've used it once
If I shut my mouth and keep the peace
She'll cook my eggs in bacon grease
Life'll grow you a big red rose
Then rip it from beneath your nose
Run it through the pressure machine
And spit you out a name tag memory
[Instrumental Outro]
The Getting By Lyrics
[Intro]
It's just small-town filling and just living the small town an—
Like my kids ride dirt bikes and motorcycles
And they just go across the street in the field and ride
I can watch 'em off my front porch, um
My one boy's into shed-horn hunting
So he'll take off and go park his truck out west and be gone all day, and—
They— The mountains are just in our backyard
That's the nice part about it
[Verse 1]
When I get up, she swears that she don't hear it
Says that I'm as quiet as a mouse
I comb my hair and throw some water on my face
And back out of the stillness of our house
Lately, my patience is in short supply
Nothing good seems to ever come from all this work
No matter how hard I try
[Verse 2]
You know I believe in the Son, I ain't no backslider
But my people were told they'd prosper in this land
Still, I know some who've never seen the ocean
Or set one foot on a velvet bed of sand
But they've got their treasure laying way up high
Where there might be many mansions
But when I look up, all I see is sky
[Chorus]
Maybe it's the getting by that gets right underneath you
It'd swallow up your every step, boy, if it could
But maybe it's the stuff it takes to get up
In the morning and put another day in, son
That holds you 'til the getting's good
[Bridge]
Green ribbon front doors, dishwater days
This whole town is tied to the torso of God's mysterious ways
[Chorus]
Maybe it's the getting by that gets right underneath you
It'd swallow up your every step, boy, if it could
But maybe it's the stuff it takes to get up
In the morning and put another day in, son
That keeps you standing where you should
So put another day in, son, and hold on 'til the getting's good
[Outro]
Twice a day
Twice a day
Yeah, twice a day it comes through— my grandkids
When it comes through, they run out and they look down the road
Because they like to see it go by