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Video clip and lyrics Joy Ride by The Killers. When your chips are down When your highs are low Joyride Move across the night. The desert wind is howling. The desert wind is howling Rattlesnakes and romance Are spilling with the rain Candy apple red dress Bleedin' when she kissed me Heaven in a ragtop Take away my pain When your chips are down When your highs are low Joyride (Joyride) Move across the night Like a separate wind Pull up to a motel Vacancy was buzzing Pink and dirty neon Settle on.
General CommentSet in the desert, like many Killers songs and themes, he picks up the lady of the night and takes her to a seedy motel because his 'chips are down', his 'highs are low' and wants a 'Joyride' - something to take his mind off his troubles and to give him a bit of a pep-up. Personally I've never been to a prostitute, but I imagine it would be a depressing, unrewarding experience, and where the protagonist in the song starts talking of lofty ideals - 'A glorious existance, A simple celebration,A place you've never been before' he is saddened to realise that this woman cannot/will not share them with him, she doesn't love him at all, she's just earning a dollar. This point is underlined by the whispered line 'Why won't you kiss me?' , she won't kiss him because she doesn't love him and he is starting to believe he can't win' - that he'll never find what he wants (love).
Fairly saddening song in my opinion. I think your spot on with the prostitution angle. I didnt think of that, but once that is put out there it fits the song perfectly. First off 'Stranded on the freeway burning with desire, She was on the sidewalk looking for a night light' that along is very descriptive of a man looking for a girl to cure his lust. And I mean the line 'Candy apple red dress' is also really telling, red is a naturally sexual color.Also I just finished a book that involves prositution, Lonesome Dove, and one main theme is how all the cowboys(its a western) envision themselves rescueing her and falling in love with her.ANd this part of the song exemplifies that to a teeTheres something in the distanceA glorious existanceA simple celebrationA place you've never been beforeTell me that you wanna go. My InterpretationI've got this one.I believe it's about him picking up a prostitute aswell, it makes all the sense in the world.He's driving along the highway, filled to the top with lust, and he picks up a girl. He takes her to a small motel, and finds comfort in her presence this night.-Loving Mona LisaDreaming of the free worldLipstick on the nightstandAnd demons at the door-He dreams of being free, probably from a relationship he's in, his girlfriend is the demon at the door, her face is hunting him.-When your hopes and dreamsLose the will to goJoyrideReaching for the lightKnowing we can't win-His dream of losing his girlfriend won't go away, so he takes a joyride.
The joyride is his light right now, but he knows it won't do him any good in a long term perspektive, and definitely not for his one-night stand. They can't win.-Theres something in the distanceA glorious existanceA simple celebrationA place you've never been beforeTell me that you wanna go-He wants to think that she's not just in it for the money, can't she act like this is a whole different experience to her?
Can't he take her to an unfamiliar place with his sex, be a hero for her?He knows he can't.Along with the tune this fits a lot.
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