Be Somebody Lyrics

[Verse 1]
Taking to the floor with the reach to the sky
I loosen my tie, I loosen my tie
Locking down the door with the rhythm and rhyme
I loosen my tie, I loosen my tie

[Verse 2]
Trying to recall what you want me to say
I shake your way, I shake your way
Counting on the night for a beautiful day
I shake your way, I shake your way

[Refrain]
And I say, you can't get enough
No, you can't get enough

[Chorus]
Given a chance
I'm gonna be somebody
If for one dance
I'm gonna be somebody
Open the door
It's gonna make you love me
Facing the floor
I'm gonna be somebody
[Verse 3]
Now is your time and you know where you stand
With a gun in your hand, with a gun in your hand
Now I'm no longer an ordinary man
Was this your big plan? Your gun in your hand


[Refrain]
And I say, you can't get enough
No, you can't get enough (Can't get enough)

[Chorus]
Given a chance
I'm gonna be somebody
If for one dance
I'm gonna be somebody
Open the door
It's gonna make you love me
Facing the floor
I'm gonna be somebody

[Outro]
Be somebody
Be somebody

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Lead singer Caleb Followill explained to Clash magazine the background to this song: “That was one that we had been messing around with for a bit. It sounded really dark. We had a couple of fans that were getting online that were crazy. They were talkin' so much s–t about us, but at the same time they were talkin' about how we were the love of their lives, and we live together; they had all these weird, f–ked up fantasies. So I kinda wrote these verses about life as we see it, and then in the chorus I’d switch scenes to them. It’s like, (sings) ‘Given a chance I’m gonna be somebody / If for one day I’m gonna be somebody / So open the door, I’m gonna make you love me / I’m facing the floor, I’m gonna be somebody.’ It’s about someone really taking it to the next level. I’ve always said, from day one, no matter how many fans we get, if one of us ever died from a fan, it would be a girl. There’s no guy that would wanna kill us. There are girls that get so obsessed they would want to kill us. They wanna shoot us, they wanna do whatever. It’s always scared me, but I thought if it’s a fear of mine I should write a song about it, maybe I can stop it from happening.”

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Credits
Recorded At
Blackbird Studios
Release Date
September 2, 2008
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