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How Kings Of Leon Use Their Own Lyrics As Inspiration · Direct From Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest

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Speaker 1: Direct from Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest. When a music fan
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Speaker 1: falls in love with poetic lyrics and a favorite song,
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Speaker 1: they often interpret their meaning to apply to their own life,
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Speaker 1: even though it might be totally different than what the
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Speaker 1: original writer intended. And it turns out the guys that
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Speaker 1: Kings of Leon do that with their own song as well.
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Speaker 1: The band's basis, Jared explains to American songwriter, I think
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Speaker 1: with all our songs, when somebody hits on something lyrically,
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Speaker 1: we all interpret in our own ways. Then we connect
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Speaker 1: somewhere in the middle. As an example, Jared points to
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Speaker 1: the lyric when you See Yourself Are you far Away
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Speaker 1: from the title track of their brand new album, When
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Speaker 1: you See Yourself, He adds, for me, I'm dealing with
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Speaker 1: getting older. I don't like the way I look. I
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Speaker 1: hate seeing myself in photos. I like the thought of
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Speaker 1: being mysterious. That's why a lot of our photos are
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Speaker 1: a little blurry. Even though that wasn't what his brother
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Speaker 1: Caleb meant when he wrote the line, that's how Jared
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Speaker 1: connects to it to channel his emotions for his performance
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