The Killers — Lyric Analysis
LyricScope analyzed the lyrics of 77 songs across 7 albums by The Killers. They use 2,171 unique words out of 8,374 (lexical richness MATTR 0.75), with an average of 109 content words per song. Emotional tone: 39% of songs positive, 53% neutral, 8% negative.
Most used words by The Killers
- know (93)
- back (79)
- come (65)
- run (62)
- man (60)
- one (58)
- take (53)
- mind (52)
- baby (49)
- let (46)
- time (46)
- heart (45)
- eyes (45)
- keep (45)
- give (44)
- place (42)
- life (41)
- feel (41)
- love (40)
- need (40)
Signature phrases
- “alright everything alright” (17)
- “everything alright everything” (16)
- “felt fire bone” (13)
- “joy ride” (13)
- “flesh bone” (12)
- “world live” (12)
- “free west hills” (11)
- “fire bone felt” (11)
- “man whos man” (11)
- “help make help” (11)
Colors in the lyrics
- white (16)
- blue (9)
- gold (6)
- red (5)
- silver (4)
- black (4)
- green (3)
- rose (1)
Albums analyzed
- Hot Fuss (2004)
- Sam’s Town (2006)
- Day & Age (2008)
- Battle Born (2012)
- Wonderful Wonderful (2017)
- Imploding the Mirage (2020)
- Pressure Machine (2021)