Saturday Sessions: The Killers perform 'The Getting By'

Las Vegas-based band The Killers burst onto the music scene in 2004 and have since become one of the biggest bands in the world. Their new album "Pressure Machine" is No. 1 on Billboard's top rock and Americana charts, and it's their seventh straight album to hit No. 1 in the U.K. The Killers perform "The Getting By" from "Pressure Machine."

[Laughy-Flaaffy]

I listen to this song every morning when I get up for work. I’m a priest, so I pray when I get into the car and commute several cities over. The lyrics really add a peaceful ambience when have my time with the Lord. Some people laugh when they find out I don’t put on gospel music in the car, but instead The Killers. I’ll listen to both and I love both, but sometimes The Killers will produce something so sentimental and deep that it outweighs some loud energetic religious song. Whatever prepares my heart for prayer.

[england]

Cool everything... Cool on a stick. Cool with a capital C.... I'm a 69 year old British woman on chemotherapy and I adore your music...

[davemapp]

My favourite track on the album. Sublime

[markb]

Only a wretched hateful person would dislike this song. The Killers acoustic sessions are fantastic!

[heiro]

This song has touched me in ways no other song has. It’s brought me to tears many times. I know not everyone will have the same experience with this song I’ve had but that’s okay. It’s probably my favorite song ever written.

[めたもん-kh]

This song is wonderful, and different versions of this song(The getting by II, III, IV, V) are wonderful and beautiful too.

[asiintrospect]

Incredible power this song has. Its profound in every way.

[marisbaraini]

When I get up, she swears that she don't hear it
Says that I'm as quiet as a mouse
I comb my hair and throw some water on my face
And back out of the stillness of our house
Lately, my patience is in short supply
Nothing good seems to ever come from all this work
No matter how hard I try
You know I believe in the Son, I ain't no backslider
But my people were told they'd prosper in this land
Still, I know some who've never seen the ocean
Or set one foot on a velvet bed of sand
But they've got their treasure laying way up high
Where there might be many mansions
But when I look up, all I see is sky
Maybe it's the getting by that gets right underneath you
It'd swallow up your every step, boy, if it could
But maybe it's the stuff it takes to get up
In the morning and put another day in, son
That holds you 'til the getting's good
Green ribbon front doors, dishwater days
This whole town is tied to the torso of God's mysterious ways
Maybe it's the getting by that gets right underneath you
It'd swallow up your every step, boy, if it could
But maybe it's the stuff it takes to get up
In the morning and put another day in, son
That keeps you standing where you should
So put another day in, son and hold on 'til the getting's good

[andremonteiro]

My new favorite song from The Killers! Love it so much!!

[mrpele]

Song of the year for me, I did not see or hear this coming when album first announced and came out . Brilliant, simply brilliant.

[saangers]

My favourite track from the new album. Cuts right to the core

[ildiko.jf.]

Beautiful❤ Brandon's voice is magical, as always.

[sharonduffey]

Beautiful song. Has a Springsteen feel.

[Pascale]

Melodies, harmonies and storytelling - marvelous!

[OTownNews]

I’d like to believe “Pressure Machine” is just a day in the life of Anytown USA, and all these songs are just snapshots of the people who live there - the officer who has an affair with an abuse victim (and confronts her abuser), the young man who doesn’t fit in and resents himself, the young couple who got hit by the train, the hillbilly heroin pill addict - they all live in a town “tied to the torso of God’s mysterious ways.” And this song drives their thoughts home:

“Put another day in, son, and hold on ‘til the getting’s good.”

[tallguy]

My favorite off the new album. Absolutley gorgeous.

[dramma]

This song is so beautiful and emotional

[mrpele]

I love this song, my fav on the new album.. The end couple of verses.. Wow.. Gets me everytime . Amazing and beautiful.

[petertownley]

great lyrics to the end of this sing remarkable

[GeorgeVreelandHill]

A great song that just gets better and better.