^ "Come A Little Closer (Official Video) | Cage The Elephant | Music Video"."Cage The Elephant Talk Melophobia, 'Come A Little Closer,' Songwriting". ^ a b Rutledge, Chris (October 7, 2013)."Chart Highlights: Cage The Elephant Returns To No. ^ Caulfield, Keith Trust, Gary (November 11, 2013).Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone. US Hot Rock & Alternative Songs ( Billboard) US Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles ( Billboard) Scenes of the band performing the song is interspersed throughout. Schultz then rides a flaming lion and makes his way to a different planet made of skulls, traveling into its core and managing to escape death by destroying it. A mix of animation and live-action footage, it depicts the members of Cage the Elephant being transported to an alien planet and trying to escape from several monstrous beings, and in Schultz's case, having to navigate out of the stomach of a giant whale and evade being devoured by a group of birds.
The music video for "Come a Little Closer" was directed by Matthew Shultz and released on November 12, 2013. Finding the makeshift housing comparable to an anthill, he soon found himself wondering what each soul inside each borough felt, whether it be heartache, love, loss or joy.
Cage The Elephant - Cigarette Daydreams.Time shakes, found you at the water At first you were my father, now I love you like a brother Earthquakes shake the dust behind you This world at times will blind you Still I know I'll see you there Come a little closer, then you'll see Come on, come on, come on Things aren't always what they seem to be Come on, come on, come on Do you understand the things that you would see here Come on, come on, come on Do you understand the things that you've been dreaming Come a little closer, then you'll see Heartbreaks, the heavy world's upon your shoulders Will we burn or we just smolder Somehow I know I found you there Ooh, wanna see if you can change it, change it Still I know, I see you there Come a little closer, then you'll see Come on, come on, come on Things aren't always what they seem to be Do you understand the things that you would see here Come on, come on, come on Do you understand the things that you've been dreaming Come a little closer, then you'll see Come a little closer, then you'll see Ten thousand people stand alone now And in the evening the sun sets Tomorrow it will rise Time flies by, they all sing along Time flies by, they all sing along Time flies by, they all sing along Time flies bye bye Come a little closer, then you'll see Come on, come on, come on Come a little closer, then you'll see Come a little closer, then you'll see Come a little closer, then you'll see