On The Killers official website at IslandRecords.com, the biography section clearly states that Flowers is singing "Are we human, or are we dancer?" and also says that Flowers said the lyrics were inspired by a disparaging comment made by Hunter S. Thompson about how America was raising a generation of dancers
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RiffRiffRiff
Dairy Product Addict
Shite song. Average band.
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johnbah
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great song great lyrics... even tough i'd hope mr. flowers spoke to hunter s thompson's family before writing this song... the dance music in the song makes it one of the very few dance/synth tracks with meaning