Music Video

Broken Boy Lyrics – Cage The Elephant

Soundtrack Album: Invincible (TV Series)

Broken Boy Text

I was born on the wrong side of the train tracks
I was raised with a strap across my back
Lay me on my side or hold me up to the light, yeah
I was burned by the cold kiss of a vampire
I was bit by the whisper of a soft liar
Any good friend of yours is a good friend of mine

Broken boy, how does it feel?
Broken boy, how does it feel? How does it feel?

Tell me why I'm forced to live in this skin
Tell me why I'm forced to live in this skin
I'm an alien, I'm just an alien, oh
Tell me why I was born to live in this skin
Tell me how I'm supposed to be forgiven
With my hand in the hive and the sun in my eyes, yeah

Broken boy, how does it feel?
Broken boy, how does it feel? How does it feel?

I was born on the wrong side of the train tracks
Always born on the wrong side of the train tracks
Lay me on my side or hold me up to the light, yeah
I was burned by the cold kiss of a vampire
I was promised the keys to an empire
Any good friend of yours is a good friend of mine, oh

Broken boy, how does it feel?
Broken boy, how does it feel? How does it feel?

Invincible (TV Series)

Soundtrack Lyrics for Movie, 2021

Track Listing

›Broken Boy

Cage The Elephant

›Might Not Make It Home

LPX

Holy F*ck

Rayana Joy

DJ Shadow

Birdy and Rhodes

Danger Mouse

Vampire Weekend

Run The Jewels

Bazzi

›Make Way For The King

Ohana Bam

›Fall In Love

GoldLink

›Alive

Battle Tapes

›I Can't Get It Myself

Aceyalone

›Rubble Kings Theme (Dynamite)

Run The Jewels

›u and me, but mostly me

ELIO

›Riding Solo

Hinds

›My Type

›Knock Me Off My Feet

Soak

›Many Things

The Innocents

›Get Gone

Deap Vally

›Life Of The Party (LOTP)

Kelly Hansome

›Jumpin Out Tha Pot

Mayback

›I Like Myself (Most Of The Time)

K.Flay

›Hard To Kill

Bleached

›The Ground Below

Run The Jewels

›We Are Infinite

The Lighthouse and The Whaler

›Time Didn't Change A Thing

DeMarco Sisters

›Hate To Say I Told You So

The Hives

Radiohead

Chair Model

The Royals

Raveena

Speelburg

›Ballad of a Thin Place

RF Shannon

Nick Cave

Blondshell

Zoe Boekbinder

N3W N3W & SYDNY

Olivia Wendel

Bad Nerves

Aidan Knight

That Kid CG

d4vd

Fatboy Slim

Michael Kiwanuka

April, 10th 2024

Song Facts: Album: Featured in the soundtrack for the "Invincible (TV Series)". Genre: "Broken Boy" by Cage The Elephant has an alternative and indie style of classic, if not typically classic. The usage of energetic guitar riffs and vocal inflection by the band brings out this style perfectly well. Annotations and Meaning: A visceral portrait of a broken being with a broken boy, grappling with the inside plight, and the broken boy is a song "Broken Boy" by Cage The Elephant. Basically, the song discusses the themes of alienation, suffering, and search for self in the world, innately hostile. From the very opening, the line "I was born on the wrong side of the train tracks / I was raised with a strap across my back" literally sets a mood of adversities born into, faced with harsh realities since birth. This sets the tone for struggle and resilience, only picturing a life full of challenges and society's exclusion. The references to "burned by the cold kiss of a vampire" and "bit by the whisper of a soft liar" tend to indicate betrayal metaphorically, linking pain to being "burned" from trusting something or someone who easily could be a user. These lines capture the feeling of disillusionment and the scars left by emotional wounds. Central to the song is the chorus "broken boy, how does it feel?" as a rhetorical question to the very essence of the song, dealing with the themes of identity and brokenness. It's a plea to empathize with understanding: to notice the pain and strength from feeling split by experience. In this regard, the line "I'm an alien, I'm just an alien" continues to underscore the theme of alienation, feeling of being fundamentally different, or out of place—perhaps in one's skin or environment. This declaration of otherness serves well in expressing in powerful form the isolation and estrangement that may come with feelings of not belonging. "Broken Boy" confronts the listener with the rawness of its narrative, demanding due attention to the lived reality of being the one to navigate life, feeling always on the outskirts. "The song itself captures, in its evacular composition and lyrics, the very essence of the human condition for so many: seeking meaning and a sense of belonging from a world that seems so often indifferent to them. A poignant anthem for the displaced, one that offers solidarity and recognition to those bearing the title "broken boy" like some sort of defeatist tag—one to be worn as testimony to spirit and complexity."

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