The song is about a man who dreams of becoming a rock star. He prepares for a performance by loosening his tie and shutting out the world through music. On stage, he plays songs to please the crowd and get them pumped up, feeling loved by their appreciation. For that moment, he feels like somebody important through the crowd's validation, even if just for one dance. The ending is unclear, leaving it open whether he truly became somebody or not through his performance.

1. BE SOMEBODY – THE KINGS OF LEON
LYRIC ANALYSIS

2. He is preparing himself for the night
ahead, lose himself in a world of
music
Wants to be a rock star and the
best.
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
Shutting out the world though
music, entering a new world in
which he dreams to be part of.
The song itself

3. Choosing a set list for the
fans/audience as ultimately he is
out there to please the fans.
Playing the songs they
like, getting the crowd
pumped up.
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
And I say you can't get enough
He turns to music to
No you can't get enough
relieve the pressures from
his life.
Feels loved by the
crowd and
recognises that
they appreciate his
music

4. Has a point to prove and
feels that he has the
talent to do so.
Even if it is just for
that moment the
he is somebody
and the crowd
proves that to him
even if it is just for
‘one dance’.
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
Facing the crowd he
realises that he is
‘somebody’.
he wants someone, possibly a
girlfriend, to recognise the talent
he has and to alter their opinion
of him.

5. He could be referring to the
crowd or a girlfriend, and is
asking them to give him a
chance and not shoot him down.
The girlfriend knows its now
down to her whether she
allows him to ‘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
Likes to control him, has authority
over him.
Now that he has been given the chance and
has taken the leap from being unnoticed to
being in the public eye, he refers to a
possible girlfriend who could pull the trigger
in all his success as she has the power to
do so. She could make or break him.

6. Unclear ending, allows you
to make your own decision
whether you think he did
become somebody or not.
Be somebody
Be somebody.

7. Unclear ending, allows you
to make your own decision
whether you think he did
become somebody or not.
Be somebody
Be somebody.