Spaceman for Mardi Gras

What is Mardi Gras? What does it celebrate?

How does the video start? What does it look like to you?

Where is Brandon Flowers from? 

Does that make a difference?  

Do you see evidence of that in the background?

It started with a low light
Next thing I knew they ripped me from my bed
And then they took my blood type
It left a strange impression in my head

Who is the singer referencing when he's talking about THEY? Look at the title of the song.

You know that I was hoping
That I could leave this star-crossed world behind
But when they cut me open
I guess that changed my mind

Start making a list of ALLUSIONS in the song.

And you know I might
Have just flown too far from the floor this time
'Cause they're calling me by my name

And they're zipping white light beams
Disregarding bombs and satellites
And that was the turning point
That was one lonely night

What's going on in this song? What's the STORY? 

Can you re-tell it?

The song maker says, "It ain't so bad"
The dream maker's gonna make you mad
The spaceman says, "Everybody look down"
It's all in your mind

How does the song shift at this point?

Well, now I'm back at home and
I'm looking forward to this life I live
You know it's gonna haunt me
So hesitation to this life I give

What do the Mardi Gras players look like?

You think you might cross over
You're caught between the devil and the deep blue sea
You better look it over
Before you make that leap

And you know I'm fine
But I hear those voices at night
Sometimes they justify my claim

And the public don't dwell on my transmission
'Cause it wasn't televised
But it was the turning point
Oh what a lonely night

The song maker says, "It ain't so bad"
The dream maker's gonna make you mad
The spaceman says, "Everybody look down"
It's all in your mind

The song maker says, "It ain't so bad"
The dream maker's gonna make you mad
The spaceman says, "Everybody look down"
It's all in your mind

What evidence of the HUGE Mardi Gras party is there at this point in the video?

My global position systems are vocally addressed
They say the Nile used to run from east to west
They say the Nile used to run from east to west
I'm fine but I hear those voices at night sometimes

The song maker says, "It ain't so bad"
The dream maker's gonna make you mad
The spaceman says, "Everybody look down"
It's all in your mind

The song maker says, "It ain't so bad"
The dream maker's gonna make you mad
The spaceman says, "Everybody look down"
It's all in your mind

It's all in my mind
It's all in my mind