This song is about a lovesick vampire
There is a remix to this song on their follow up album Come Around Sundown that gives it a little more dreary tone.
Rolling Stone has it on a list of Top Vampire songs.
http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=12984
Kings of Leon, 'Closer'
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Rolli...
[Verse 1]
Stranded in this spooky town
Stop lights are swaying and the phone lines are down
Floor is crackling cold
She took my heart, I think she took my soul
With the moon I run
Far from the carnage of the fiery sun
[Verse 2]
Driven by the strangle of vein
Showing no mercy, I'd do it again
Open up your eyes
You keep on crying, baby, I'll bleed you dry
Skies, they blink at me
I see a storm bubbling up from the sea
[Chorus]
And it's coming closer
And it's coming closer
[Verse 3]
You shimmy shook my boat
Leaving me stranded all in love on my own
Do you think of me?
Where am I now? Baby, where do I sleep?
Feels so good, but I'm old
Two thousand years of chasing taking it's toll
[Chorus]
And it's coming closer
And it's coming closer
And it's coming closer
And it's coming closer
Closer was written by Caleb Followill & Jared Followill & Matthew Followill & Nathan Followill.
Closer was produced by Jacquire King & Angelo Petraglia.
Kings of Leon released Closer on Fri Sep 19 2008.
Jared Followill explained how the band got the song’s unique sound in State Magazine:
That was really quickly, off the cuff. We were sitting around the studio and as far as the bassline goes, I had a bassline that me and Nathan were working together on. But as we don’t use a clicktrack, it was like...