Only by the Night es un álbum de Kings of Leon, publicado en 2008 por RCA. El disco incluye 11 canciones, entre ellas «Closer», «Crawl», «Sex on Fire» y «Use Somebody».
Sobre el álbum
Con Only by the Night, Kings of Leon completa su transformación y se convierte en una de las bandas de rock más grandes del planeta. Este álbum es una colección monumental de himnos de estadio, con un sonido masivo, pulcro y diseñado para llegar a una audiencia global. Por lo tanto, la banda sacrifica su crudeza inicial en favor de una producción grandilocuente que los catapultó a la cima de las listas de éxitos de todo el mundo.El disco contiene sus dos mayores éxitos comerciales: la rítmica "Sex on Fire" y, sobre todo, la épica balada "Use Somebody". Ambas canciones, además, se convirtieron en fenómenos que trascendieron el ámbito del rock. El resto del álbum mantiene ese tono de rock grandioso y emocional, con melodías que se clavan en la memoria. En consecuencia, "Only by the Night" es el disco que los definió para el gran público y los consagró como auténticas estrellas del rock del siglo XXI.
Listado de Canciones
- Closer3:57
Letra
Stranded in this spooky town Stoplights 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 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 are blinking at me I see a storm bubbling up from the sea And it's coming closer And it's coming closer You shimmy-shook my bone 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 2000 years of chasing taking its toll And it's coming closer And it's coming closer And it's coming closer And it's coming closer - Crawl4:06
Letra
You fault my pride Don't ever need to 'pologize As your lips unfold Shaken purple from the cold You better learn to crawl You better learn to crawl Before I walk away Before I walk away You broke my mouth The bloody bits are spitting out Is your grave unscathed The worm is counting down the days He wants to see you crawl He wants to see you crawl Before I walk away Before I walk away The reds and the whites and abused The crucified USA As their hypocrisy unfolds Oh hell is truly on its way As the rat, and the fly They're searching for an alibi As we await the wrath They never went to Sunday Mass They want to see us crawl They want to see us crawl Before they walk away Before they walk away The reds and the whites and abused The crucified USA As their hypocrisy unfolds Oh hell is truly on its way - Sex on Fire3:23Lay where you're laying Don't make a sound I know they're watching They're watching All the commotion The kiddie-like play It has people talking Talking You Your sex is on fire The dark of the alley The breaking of day Head while I'm driving I'm driving Soft lips are open Them knuckles are pale Feels like you're dying You're dying You Your sex is on fire Consumed With what's just transpired Hot as a fever Rattle of bones I could just taste it Taste it If this not forever If this just tonight Oh we're still the greatest The greatest The greatest You Your sex is on fire You Your sex is on fire Consumed With what's just transpired And you Your sex is on fire Consumed With what's just transpired
- Use Somebody3:51
Letra
I've been roaming around Always looking down at all I see Painted faces, fill the places I can't reach You know that I could use somebody You know that I could use somebody Someone like you, and all you know, and how you speak Countless lovers under cover of the street You know that I could use somebody You know that I could use somebody Someone like you Off in the night, while you live it up, I'm off to sleep Waging wars to shape the poet and the beat I hope it's gonna make you notice I hope it's gonna make you notice Someone like me Someone like me Someone like me, somebody I'm ready now [x7] Someone like you, somebody [x3] I've been roaming around Always looking down at all I see - Manhattan3:24
Letra
I like to dance all night, summons the day, but that's how I play, yeah that's how I play, I said who are you? don't matter who you are, so we dance all night, and dance all day I say, I say We're gonna fuel the fire, gonna stoke it up, we're gonna sip this wine, and pass the cup, who needs avenues, who needs reservoirs, we're gonna show this town, how to kiss these stars I say, I say We're gonna hunt the kill, gonna skin the hide a yelp and scream, and away I ride, and every drop that spills, on every plot of ground, it's all for you, for what you've found I say, I say, I say, I say It's gonna take your head, and gonna drive you home, It's gonna keep on, keep on, keep on, and then forever roam - Revelry3:22
Letra
What a night for a dance, you know I'm a dancing machine With the fire in my bones And the sweet taste of kerosene I get lost in the night so high don't wanna come down To face the loss of the good thing that I have found Woo hoo hoooo Woo hoo hoooo In the dark of the night I can hear you calling my name With the hardest of hearts, I still feel full of pain So I drink and I smoke and I ask you if you're ever around even though it was me who drove us right in the ground See the time we shared it was precious to me But all the while I was dreaming of revelry Born to run, baby run like a stream down a mountainside With the wind in my back I wont ever even bat an eye Just know it was you all along who had a hold of my heart But the demon in me was a best friend from the start So the time we shared it was precious to me All the while I was dreaming of revelry Dreaming of revelry And I told myself oh the way you go it rained so hard it felt like snow Everything came tumbling down on me In the back of the woods, in the dark of the night Paleness of the old moonlight Everything just felt so incomplete Dreaming of revelry [x4] - 173:05
Letra
Oh she's only seventeen Whine whine whine, weep over everything Bloody Mary breakfast busting up the street Brothers fighting, when's the baby gonna sleep Heaving ship too sails away Said it's a culmination of a story and a goodbye session It's a tick of our time and the tic in her head that made me feel so strange So I could call you baby, I could call you, dammit, it's a one in a million Oh it's the rolling of your Spanish tongue that made me wanna stay Oh she's only seventeen Whine whine whine, weep over everything Bloody Mary breakfast busting up the street Brothers fighting, when's the baby gonna sleep Heaving ship too sails away Said it's a culmination of a story and a goodbye session It's a tick of our time and the tic in her head that made me feel so strange Said I could call you baby, I could call you, dammit, it's a one in a million Oh it's the rolling of her Spanish tongue that made me wanna stay I could call you baby, I could call you, dammit, it's a one in a million Oh it's the rolling of your Spanish tongue that made me wanna stay - Notion3:01
Letra
I got a notion that says it doesn't feel right Got the answer in your story today You gave me a sign that didn't feel right So don't knock it, don't knock it, you been here before So don't knock it, don't knock it, you been here before I just wanted to know if i could go home Been rambling day after day Everyone says they don't know So don't knock it, don't knock it, you been there before So don't knock it, don't knock it, you been there before I got a notion that says it doesn't feel right I just wanted to know if i could go home So don't knock it, don't knock it, you been there before So don't knock it, don't knock it, you been there before - I Want You5:07
Letra
Get back on track, pick me up some bottles of booze Fickle freshman, probably thinks he's cooler than you A hay ride at 5, everybody's coming around So go press your skirt, word is there's a new girl in town I call shotgun, you can play your RnB tunes The fellowship time, it always comes a little too soon The land of the creeps, freshened up and babyfaced shame Put your eyes on me, and I know a place where we can get away To say I want you, just 'zactly like I used to 'Cause baby this is only bringing me down Homeboy's so proud, he finally got the video proof The night vision shows she was only ducking the truth It's heavy I know, the black guy with the gift down below A choke and a gag, she spit up and came back for more And said I want you, just 'zactly like i used to And baby this is only bringing me down She said I want you I want you, just 'zactly like i used to And baby this is only bringing me down I said I want you, just 'zactly like i used to And baby this is only bringing me down - Be Somebody3:47
Letra
Taking to the floor with the wheel 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 Trying to recall what you want me to say I shake it your way, I shake it your way Counting on the night for a beautiful day I shake it your way, I shake it your way And I say you can't get enough No you can't get enough 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 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 And I say you can't get enough No you can't get enough 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 Be somebody Be somebody - Cold Desert5:35
Letra
I'm on the corner, waiting for a light to come on That's when I know that you're alone It's cold in the desert, water never sees the ground Special unspoken without sound Told me you loved me, that I'd never die alone Hand over your heart, let's go home Everyone noticed, everyone has seen the signs I've always been known to cross lines I've never ever cried when I was feeling down I've always been scared of the sound Jesus don't love me, no one ever carried my load I'm too young to feel this old Here's to you, here's to me On to us, nobody knows, nobody sees Nobody but me