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Sketchead is coming to your party
Hes walking up your drive and hes swinging all his keys around
Sketchead, hes seen you with your top off
He already knows your boyfriend, retain your introductions
Sketchead, that cumbersome protagonist
The pips in your quince, the eye behind the spy hole
The itch you cant itch in your ear
And the knock that shattered your packet of peppermints
Sketchead, theres poison in his spit
Hell compliment your tits and leave you to your wits
Sketchead, convincingly insisting
The tyres were bald when you gave him the car
Sketchead, still coming to your party
Still walking up your drive and still swinging all his keys around
On his finger as a pendulum to unnerve
And then theres you, youve changed
I approached you like you were the same
But soon it was apparent a new name was required
New lips went and fired accomplishments at me
While Im captivated by your magazine skin
The tint on your lenses obscures to begin
And you know full well
That anyone who says that they dont prefer the sequel
Will still be swinging on themselves tonight |
Under constant correction, a fraud, a fraud
Someones perception, trying not to bore
Im a cold-hearted kidder, applaud, applaud
If youre the highest bidder, Im yours
You think we have pathetic sets
And were not sure of the etiquette
Although we know theyre pathetic sets
And were not sure of the etiquette
And if you found this, its probably too late
Clinically cynical, hereditary hate
If you found this, its probably too late
Approaching the pinnacle, Im running out of mates
If we concentrate on being off the cuff
Not sure were ready, but probably rough
Frightened that honesty isnt enough
And its nothing on the early stuff |
One, two, three, four, five, six, seven!
Well, I wrote my number down
I never wrote it down before
Were gonna bring it over like something from a film
But I didnt have the bottle at all
Well, I were looking and you kept staring
Your thoughts pairing up with mine
And when youre so pretty and Im so shy
You properly did give me the eye, though, Im sure you did
Well, I went outside
Couldnt say I tried and I felt regret
Because you havent bashed me and dashed back in
Cause the ship hasnt sailed yet
But when I did I couldnt see your face
I could see your mates but that wouldnt do
Well, I dashed around, tried to find you
But you were nowhere to be seen, oh no, no
La-la-la, la-la-la, la, la-la-la-la
La-la-la, la-la-la, la, la-la-la-la
La-la-la, la-la-la, la, la-la-la-la
La-la-la, la-la-la, la, la-la-la-la
Well, she moved in ways that kept her there
In our minds for days and weeks and months
I was that amazed and there she stayed
Surrounded by the What if?s and the Maybes |
Outside the cafe by the cracker factory
You were practicing a magic trick
And my thoughts got rude
As you talked and chewed
On the last of your pick and mix
Said Youre mistaken if your thinking that I havent been called cold before
As you bit into your strawberry lace
And then offered me your attention in the form of a gobstopper
Is all you have left and it was going to waste
[Your pastimes consisted of the strange
And twisted and deranged
And I love that little game you had called
Crying Lightning
And how you like to aggravate the ice-cream man on rainy afternoons
The next time that I caught my own reflection
It was on its way to meet you
Thinking of excuses to postpone
You never looked like yourself from the side
But your profile could not hide
The fact you knew I was approaching your throne
With folded arms you occupy the bench like toothache
Stood and puffed your chest out like you never lost a war
And though I try so not to suffer the indignity of reaction
There was no cracks to grasp or gaps to claw
Your pastimes consisted of the strange
And twisted and deranged
And I hate that little game you had called
Crying Lightning
And how you like to aggravate the icky man on rainy afternoons
Uninviting
But not half as impossible as everyone assumes you are
Crying Lightning
Oh you were reading a book about some idiot and telling me about another
I was so severely underwhelmed I thought I might never recover
Straighten the rudder girl and sail me up stairs
And go and find somebody who cares
Well we might not be the perfect partners but tonight we make a pair
Crying Lightning
Crying Lightning
Crying Lightning
Crying Lightning
Crying |
He looks as if he hasnt slept
His hair is purposely unkept
In many doorways, people wept
When you crafted your plan
Shadows underneath the eyes
And everywhere the bastard lies
My lack of proof is your disguise
You wont remember me
Theres nothing really I can say
But Sorry, mate and walk away
I could be wrong on this, you play your game
This world is full of most unkind
And horrible is redefined
I cant imagine that youd mind at all
Youre lying again, your conscience isnt your friend
And the only thing youre sobbing at is your imagination
Lying again, your conscience isnt your friend
And the only thing youre sobbing at is your imagination
Is he really on the street?
Desperation or deceit?
And what hes wearing on his feet
Wont solve our mystery
And I am baffled by how you stand there, soaking it in
And do you hide your identity where you hide your grin?
Youd better hide your grin
Shadows underneath the eyes
And everywhere the bastard lies
My lack of proof is your disguise
You wont remember me
Theres nothing really I can say
But sorry, mate and walk away
I could be wrong on this, you play your game
This world is full of most unkind
And horrible is redefined
I cant imagine that youd mind at all
Youre lying again, your conscience isnt your friend
And the only thing youre sobbing at is your imagination
Lying again, your conscience isnt your friend
And the only thing youre sobbing at is your imagination |
She was marrying a matador and he was with the weather girl
A very clever girl who stood out amongst several ones
A terrible dilemma and forever hell regret the day
He didnt make the rescue from the bullring
Sulking wont get you nowhere, son
Theres blood on your chin where youve bitten your tongue
Smitten, but might not be smitten for long
If youre still sitting, shell soon be smitten and gone |
Betwixt and between, the fantastic dream and the fear
Do you wonder where she is this afternoon?
And does it get on your nerves, make you slightly perturbed
That theres things that you dont know about her?
And even the places that shes never been with you
Seem awful empty without her
You cant look into those eyes
Down no telephone line
What if you were right first time?
You cant look into those eyes
Down no telephone line
What if you were right first time?
Betwixt and between, the fantastic dream and the fear
Do you wonder where she is this afternoon?
And with the needle in groove, is there owt to prove?
And tell me, are your feet still tapping?
I know there’s a first for a trip over the water
What is the worst that could happen?
You cant look into those eyes
Down no telephone line
What if you were right first time? |
That rock nroll, eh? That rocknroll, it just wont go away. It might hibernate from time to time, and sink back into the swamp. I think the cyclical nature of the universe in which it exists demands it adheres to some of its rules.
But its always waiting there, just around the corner. Ready to make its way back through the sludge and smash through the glass ceiling, looking better than ever. Yeah, that rocknroll, it seems like its faded away sometimes, but it will never die. And theres nothing you can do about it.
Thank you very much for this. I do truly appreciate it. Dont take that the wrong way. And er... Yeah. Invoice me for the microphone if you need to. |
Swinging room to room
Planting something new
Ive ridden the riddle, Ill do it again
Back to the Wirral where it all began
Wirral riddler
Send a letter to me, baby
Im on the edge of my seat
Send a letter to me, baby
Little illusion machine
Riding through the gloom
Something beautiful
Hes ridden the riddle, hell do it again
Hes going back to the Wirral where it all began
Wirral riddler
Send a letter to me, baby
Im on the edge of my seat
Send a letter to me, baby
Little illusion machine
I tried it and I liked it
But it just never gets close enough
Send a letter to me, baby
So tell me where have you been?
Little illusion machine
Hoping tonight is gonna send me back to you
Wow! |
Ooooo
Oh spending all your money
On trendy haircuts that you read were cool
And youre probably alright
But under these lights you look beautiful
And I’m strugglin
I cant see through your fake tan
Yeah, you know it for a fact
That everybody’s eating out of your hands
But what do you know?
Oh you know nothing
Yeah, but Ill still take you home
Yeah, Ill still take you home
Oh what do you know?
Oh you dont know nothing
Well, fancy seeing you in here
Youre all tarted up and you dont look the same
Well I aint seen you since last year
Yeah, and surprisingly you have forgot my name
But you know it, yeah, you knew it all along
Oh you say you have forgotten but youre fibbing, go on, tell me I’m wrong
What do you know?
Oh, you know nothing
Yeah, but I’ll still take you home
Oh, Ill still take you home
Yeah, what do you know?
Oh, you don’t know nothing, no
Woah, woah, woah
Woah, woah, woah
Da-da-da-da, da-da, da-da-da
Da-da-da, da-da, da da
Woah, woah, woah
Woah, woah-woah-woah
Yeah, so what do you know?
Oh, you dont know nothing, no
Yeah, but Ill still take you home
Yeah, Ill still take you home
Yeah, so what do you know?
Oh, you don’t know nothing
You sold your soul to the fashion
Yeah, youre a Topshop princess, a rockstar too
But, wheres the love and the passion?
Oh I suppose thats nothing to do with you
But its alright, oh Ill put it all on one side
Cause everybodys looking
Youve got control of everyones eyes
Including mine |
I want to see something that used to be in your eyes again
Im waiting to see it
You know its only a question of when
And I know how much Im missing heaven
You know that its missing
And only you know
Where you have been to
Only you know
What you have been through
Theres better things
Youre gonna get into
And I wanna be there too
I know its not easy for you to start to believe again
And when the day comes, dont let yourself be deceived again
Cause I know, how youve been waiting
Such a long time, that youve been waiting
And only you know
Where you have been to
Only you know
What you have been through
Theres better things
Youre gonna get into
And I wanna be there too
And I know how youve been waiting
Such a long time that youve been waiting
And only you know
Where you have been to
Only you know
What you have been through
Theres better things
Youre gonna get into
And I wanna be there too |
Show us your special move |
When you left the house this evening
You said youd be back in a little while
But Ive been waiting for such a long time
And this waiting is driving me wild
And while I wait, I think about you
Do you need me and Im not there?
Are you planning to be without me?
Do you have a new affair?
Youre a bad, bad woman
Youre a bad, bad woman
Pictures of you keep flashing through my mind
If you would only call, if you would be so kind
Imagine things, I see another man
And its this waiting I just cant stand
Youre a bad, bad woman
Youre a bad, bad woman
Youre a bad, bad woman
Youre a bad, bad woman |
Up from the pastures of boredom
Out from the sea of discontent
They come in packs like hungry hounds
Up seekers of the dark enchantment
They haunt the boulevards and bars
They pray to wishing wells and stars
They ride the hurricane of hope
Not looking back, but on they go
Toward the distance and deceiving
And all the while they keep believing
They are special and apart
The lovers, the lovers of the heart... the lovers
And when they pair off two by two
They feel they are the chosen few
And though their beds are made of straw
They feel like velvet in the night
And so the night is never ending
Its made of distance and pretending
Coz theyre special and apart
The lovers, the lovers of the heart... the lovers
And when love goes away
And when love goes...
Goodbye...
Catches in their throats like cotton
Rises in their hearts like rain
The good times suddenly are all forgotten
The hunt begins again
They search the subways and the streets
Their faces tired, like their feet
Their bodies aching to be warm
And so they hide behind the moon
Their loneliness inside them growing
But they take comfort in just knowing
That they are special and apart
The lovers, the lovers of the heart... the lovers
And when love comes again
And when love comes
Hello...
Rises from their throats like singing
Catches in their hearts like wind
The good things
Strangers in their arms are bringing
Makes life all right again
They turn their faces to the light
No longer hiding in the night
So unashamed and unafraid
That they can face each others faults
And though the waltz will have its ending
There is no harm in just pretending
That they are special and apart
The lovers, the lovers of the heart... the lovers |
3 more albums to go after this one! Here we go with #4:
Nights out on the town and the comings and goings of love. This album is about that and only that. I mean...what else does a 20-something single male rock star have going on? Make no mistake about it, Alex Turner is a global rock star, with a rabid fan base on both sides of the pond. Now me? Im no rockstar, but the way i live my life isnt much different from Alex This album speaks to me. Its the story of the last 4 years of my life. The minute it dropped, i was hooked. It has SO MANY bangers and theyre all pretty much A-ha! moments when you break them down. I wrote a piece for Huffington post on AM in September and rather than regurgitating the same ideas in different words, i figured we could try something different for the #4 album post. The Huffington Post article is below and lets examine the words and see if things still ring true. Did emotions change from album release to year end? What else has been uncovered in these last 3 months, besides the fact that the Arctic Monkeys mightve been the biggest band on Rock Genius this year? The annotations are the meat and bones of this post. If youre a Monkeys fan, this post will be a fine ride for you. Enough babble, heres the track by track review:
___________________________________________________________________________________________Every now and then, a rock band takes the next step in their careers, going from a cult indie rock band into a massive global force. These types of moments stand out and when you take the time to examine the lyrical make-up of AM along with the music, its clear that THIS is the moment in the sun for Arctic Monkeys. The band has quickly established themselves as one of the biggest acts in the world, collaborating with Queens of the Stone Age frontman Josh Homme and mastering the pop song structure. But in AM, its THIS collection of love songs, laments and tales of a night out that will be remembered as the point where 27-year-old Alex Turner and the Arctic Monkeys ceased becoming just another band and became one of the biggest bands on the planet; with mass appeal that didnt come at the expense of the quality of their music. Au contraire
Do I Wanna Know? - Frontman Alex Turner shows us his vulnerable side on the albums opening track. Well see throughout the album, how hes become quite the ladies man, but here he tries to win a girl over with a genuine love cry of Maybe Im too busy being yours to fall for somebody new Regardless of whether this works on her, it surely endears the listener to him as a lyricist right off the bat and were pulling for him in all of his ensuing escapades from here on out
R U Mine? - It doesnt take long for you to come to the realization that this album is crazy good. In fact, on AMs 2nd track , Turner lets it all out with the quick lipped I go crazyyyy....cause here isnt where i wanna be! Its that genuine outpour of emotion and storytelling that weve seen before from the Arctic Monkeys...but this has a different energy behind it thats bigger and more emphatic than before
One For The Road - The first voice we hear is Queens of the Stone Age frontman, Josh Hommes high pitched chorus One for the road...Ooh ooh! settling into the atmosphere of the track. Homme is a longtime supporter and collaborator of the Monkeys and his confident croons leave a lasting impression on the way the listener experiences AMArabella - Is there a better way to assert your badassedness than to sing a song about a Bondgirl-esque lover who wears a barbarella silver swimsuit? I cant get the image of Jane Fonda out of my head and Turners Arabella is as exotic as she is fierce
I Want it All - Lets not lose site of the fact that this is an English band. After all, would an American long for his sweet rigmarole? I didnt think so. Turner does his best Josh Homme impression with a higher pitched voice than usual over a sick lead guitar
No. 1 Party Anthem - The melancholy middle of the album shows Turners soft side. How despite his womanizing ways, he still needs to hear that one song, or the No. 1 Party Anthem to give him the confidence to seal the deal
Mad Sounds - A tribute to the very songs that speak to us and help us get through the days and nights. If you read into it carefully, Mad Sounds is an intro to the very personal 2nd half of the album
Fireside - No track on the record spoke to me quite like this one. Turner so accurately describes the feeling of uncertainty in a fleeting relationship....Perhaps one that just ended and youre nearing that point where youre ready to move on; everythings ALMOST behind you, or as Turner describes it: when your fuse is fireside. Then right at that moment, you second guess one last time and you realize how hard it is to come to terms with moving onWhyd You Only Call Me When Youe High? - The whimsical nature of hook-ups. Perfectly depicted in the video that starts in a smoky club with Do I Wanna Know? fading away in the background as the story begins to unfold:
Snap Out of It - The confidence of an alpha male is his most distinguishing characteristic. The soul vibes that permeate throughout the album rear their head again with the zany bridge to the final chorus Under a spell youre hypnotized / Darling how could you be so blind
Knee Socks - Perhaps the albums best song is tucked away just before it ends. Everything about this track is sexy...from the bass drum and simple guitar riff as it opens, to the imagery conjured up by a line like When you walked around your house wearing my sky blue Lacoste... And your knee socks. And were bouncing as the images in Alex and Josh Hommes head come together in a parting crescendo
I Wanna Be Yours - A simple outro filled with clever references like Let me be your Ford Cortina, I will never rust And before you go googling, all the Ford Cortina ever did was rust, showing that Turner maintains his wit and sarcasm despite the emotional roller coasters he sings about on AM
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A post script on this piece and this album: I was proud to work on this record this year on our site. I was proud of all the work and time the Rock Genius users, editors and moderators put in collectively. We had soooo many conversations debating lyrics, layouts, tech issues with pages , but THIS to me was the essence of how Rock Genius brings more depth to music. There was one other album that truly fit this mold for me this year, which ill tell you about later this week, but AM was such an awesome experience. This is a killer band
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#3 is due up tomorrow! |
Just put your dukes up, John
Yeah, put your dukes up, John
You were preened and sanitised
Struck dumb by good advice
Your integrity was bruised
Your celebrity a ruse
They pulled the rug from under
Made way for new pretenders
Put your dukes up, John
Put your dukes up, John
Put your dukes up, John
Put your dukes up, John
And be a C-Y-N-I-C
Be a C-Y-N-I-C
The profit margin blinds them
They groomed and ostracised him
His calm makes my blood boil
His calm makes my blood boil
Put your dukes up, John
Put your dukes up, John
Put your dukes up, John
Put your dukes up, John
And be a C-Y-N-I-C
Be a C-Y-N-I-C
(Change your tune and change your hair
Or youre not going anywhere
Change your tune and change your hair
Or youre not going anywhere)
Change your tune and change your hair
Or youre not going anywhere
Change your tune and change your hair
Or youre not going anywhere
Put your dukes up, John
Put your dukes up, John
Put your dukes up, John
Put your dukes up, John
And be a C-Y-N-I-C
And be a C-Y-N-I-C
And be a C-Y-N-I-C
And be a C-Y-N-I-C |
Sank into their calculations and snorted on a stench
Of their arithmetic
Look for the boy who was hanging his head low
More trophies and ideas to follow their pretend
With a scowl in his pocket and a smile on his face
He followed with obedience and fell in the nettles
Afterwards those spiky whispers said he brought his own rope
And skipped the bits they loathed
Didn’t scramble to find a dock leaf and capture back our hope
To advice, his mind had closed
He lost all of his foot holes
And with a scowl in his pocket and a smile on his face
He followed with obedience and fell in the nettles
Fell in the nettles, fell in the nettles
He was a toothpick and the garlic and the cinder upon the path
Had failed to blunt or hinder the slow collapse
And clinging to the door frame, he was trapped
Off to a reminder of where he had been
With a smile in his pocket and a scowl on his face
There was nowhere to flee, so sat content in the nettles |
I got my eyes on you, youre everything that I see
I want your hot love and emotion endlessly
I cant get over you, you left your mark on me
I want your hot love and emotion endlessly
Because youre a good girl and you know it
You act so different around me
Because youre a good girl and you know it
I know exactly who you could be
Just hold on, were going home
Just hold on, were going home
Its hard to do these things alone
Just hold on, were going home
I got my eyes on you, youre everything that I see
I want your hot love and emotion endlessly
I cant get over you, you left your mark on me
I want your hot love and emotion endlessly
Because youre a good girl and you know it
You act so different around me
Because youre a good girl and you know it
I know exactly who you could be
Just hold on, were going home
Just hold on, were going home
Its hard to do these things alone
Just hold on, were going home
Youre the girl, youre the one
Gave you everything I love
I think theres something, baby
I think theres something, baby
Youre the girl, youre the one
Gave you everything I love
I think theres something, baby
I think theres something, baby
Because youre a good girl and you know it
You act so different around me
Because youre a good girl and you know it
I know exactly who you could be
Just hold on, were going home
Just hold on, were going home
Its hard to do these things alone
Just hold on, were going home |
My baby wants to drive the train
But dont you let her, well, dont you let her touch the tracks
I said, my baby wants to drive the train
Well, all aboard, yeah, and dont forget to mind the gap
Dont you let her, dont you know
Shes sick and tired of
Being in the background, the passenger
Let her drive the train, oh
Choo-choo!
Why dont you let her drive the train? Oh
Choo-choo!
Why dont you let her drive the train? Yeah
Shes setting off from platform four
Make your way down, well shut the door bout quart to five
I said, shes setting off from platform four
And theyve decided that theyre gonna let her drive
Well, dont you let her, no, dont you know
Shes sick and tired of
Being in the background, the passenger
Let her drive the train, oh
Choo-choo!
Why dont you let her drive the train? Oh
Choo-choo!
Why dont you let her drive my train? Yeah, woah
Choo-choo!
Choo-choo!
Choo-choo!
Choo-choo! |
We got thrown in a riot van
And the coppers kicked him in
And there was no way he could win
Just had to take it on the chin
Smoked a bong a last night
And stole somebodys telephone
He thinks its all alright
But theyve left him on his own, on his own
But baby stop calling
Over and over, yeah
And give me some funny cigarettes
And do what they told you, yeah
Pinched a car with one headlight
And lost control, the passengers were screaming
Made him shut his eyes right tight
And think of you, and hope that he was dreaming
Then up rolled the riot van
And called the fire brigade
But it was already too late
And there was no arrests to make
Ohhhhh!
But baby stop calling
Over and over yeah
And give me some funny cigarettes
And do what they told you, yeah |
Wont somebody let me out?
Dont want to stick around no more
Im sick of lookin at you strange
Im sick of stickin to the floor
Not one of you has got an ounce of style in ya
Said, not one of you, no
Well, fuck it all and break your nose
If they keep on pushin you around
If they keep on steppin on your toes
And pick you up when you fall down
Not one of you has got an ounce of style in ya
Said, not one of you, no
Not one of you has got an ounce of style in ya, no
Said, not one of you, no |
Meet you downstairs in the bar and heard
Your rolled up sleeves and your skull t-shirt
You say why did you do it with him today?
And sniff me out like I was tanqueray
Cause youre my fella, my guy
Hand me your stella and fly
By the time Im out the door
You tear me down like Roger Moore
I cheated myself
Like I knew I would
I told ya, I was troubled
You know that Im no good
Upstairs in bed, with my ex boy
Hes in the place, but I cant get joy
Thinking of you in the final throws
This is when my buzzer goes
Run out to meet your chicks and bitter
You say when were married cause youre not bitter
Therell be none of him no more
I cried for you on the kitchen floor
I cheated myself
Like I knew I would
I told ya, I was troubled
You know that Im no good
Sweet reunion, Jamaica and Spain
Were like how we were again
Im in the tub youre on the seat
Lick your lips as I soak my feet
Then you notice lickle carpet burn
My stomach drops and my guts churn
You shrug and its the worst
To truly stuck the knife in first
I cheated myself
Like I knew I would
I told ya, I was troubled
You know that Im no good |
Im a salt and milk
Ive got no salt
I cant salt at night
The worlds growing milk
I lost my milk to the milking stones
I lost my salt to the salting stones |
I said I wanted it long but she cut it short
And now Im catching a cold
I told you not but no crack in the doobie
But it was already rolled
Oh, I turned down my lights
And my curtains werent closed
I turned down my lights
And my curtains werent closed
Oh well, I turned down my lights
And my curtains werent closed last night
Oh baby, I must be mad
Well, I dont care about your massage oils
Its got my skin going red
Cause Im a mad mother-fucker
With my curtains open
Sitting tucked up in bed
I turned down my lights
And my curtains werent closed
I turned down my lights
And my curtains werent closed
Oh well, I turned down my lights
And my curtains werent closed last night
Oh baby, I must be mad |
Diamonds are forever
They are all I need to please me
They can stimulate and tease me
They wont leave in the night
Ive no fear that they might desert me
Diamonds are forever
Hold one up and then caress it
Touch it, stroke it and undress it
I can see every part
Nothing hides in the heart to hurt me
I dont need love
For what good will love do me?
Diamonds never lie to me
For when loves gone
Theyll luster on
Diamonds are forever
Sparkling round my little finger
Unlike men, the diamonds linger
Men are mere mortals who are not worth going to your grave for
I dont need love
For what good will love do me?
Diamonds never lie to me
For when loves gone
Theyll lustre on
Diamonds are forever, forever, forever
Diamonds are forever, forever, forever
Forever and ever |
So whos that girl there?
I wonder what went wrong so that she had to roam the streets
She dont do major credit cards, I doubt she does receipts
Its all not quite legitimate
And what a scummy man
Just give him half a chance, I bet hell rob you if he can
I can see it in his eyes, yeah that hes got a driving ban
Amongst some other offences
And Ive seen him with girls of the night
And he told Roxanne to put on her red light
Theyre all infected but hell be alright
Cause hes a scumbag, dont you know?
I said hes a scumbag, dont you know?
Although youre trying not to listen
I bet your eyes are staring at the ground
She makes a subtle proposition
Im sorry love, Ill have to turn you down
And oh, he must be up to summat
What are the chances? Sure its more than likely
Ive got a feeling in my stomach
And start to wonder what his story might be
What his story might be, yeah
They said it changes when the sun goes down
They said it changes when the sun goes down
They said it changes when the sun goes down
Around here
Around
And look, here comes a Ford Mondeo
Isnt he Mr. Inconspicuous?
And he dont have to say owt
Shes in the stance ready to get picked up
And shes delighted when she sees him
Pulling in and giving her the eye
Because she must be fucking freezing
Scantily clad beneath the clear night sky
She dont stop in the winter, no and
They said it changes when the sun goes down
They said it changes when the sun goes down
They said it changes when the sun goes down
Around here
Well they said it changes when the sun goes down
Yeah they said it changes when the sun goes down
They said it changes when the sun goes down
Around here
Around here
What a scummy man
Just give him half a chance, I bet hell rob you if he can
Can see it in his eyes that hes got a nasty plan
I hope youre not involved at all |
Watch me, watch me go
Well Im struttin up ever so slow
And now sting me, get in the groove
Cause theyre bangin on the door
Yes theyre hard and theyll make a move
Were wakin up those sleepers
You know were so mischievous
Just what youll do to keep us entertained
Were wakin up those sleepers
You know were so mischievous
Just what youll do to keep us entertained
Shes got you up and shes run, run, runnin away
Youre knockin first if you think that youre comin to play
And I dont mind
Cause all the time youre talkin at me
No I dont mind at all
Oh well cap-guns and polystyrene planes
Well Im buyin penny bubblies with my change
Cause sting me, get in the groove
Cause theyre bangin on the door
Yes theyre hard and theyll make a move
Were wakin up those sleepers
You know were so mischievous
Just what youll do to keep us entertained
Well now she said shes going
Shes got the towel to throw in
Was just about to blow him and ran away
Shes got you up and shes run, run, runnin away
Youre knockin first if you think that youre comin to play
And I dont mind
Cause all the time youre talkin at me
No I dont mind at all |
Space invaders flying home
And theyre going to hit the sack
And theyre probably going to die getting high
Cause theyre mixing crazy moments with the crack
And shes kissing all the boys
Shes to clever to be slack
But shes bound to go away for a day
And shell like it, so she wont be coming back
Baby, baby, baby
Your good old days have died
Baby, baby, baby
Now wont you dry your pretty eyes
Baby, baby, baby
Your good old days are dead
Come on
Spot big bell bottom cords
And a matching with a hat
And youre a rule breaker, baby
Cant you see me standing only in your way to hit the sack
And shes kissing all the boys
Shes too clever to be slack
But shes bound to go away for a day
And shell like it, so she wont be coming back
Baby, baby, baby
Your good old days have died
Baby, baby, baby
Wont you dry your pretty eyes
Baby, baby, baby
Your good old days are dead
Come on |
Shes been thinking, well fuck it all, were not going home today
And shes been eating too much magic beans to walk home anyway
And you cant fool me, come down to the dirty ground
Put up your picture and the playful word will get around
Yeah, word will get around, yeah
Yeah, word will get around
Everyones feeling alright
I wont be sleeping today
I wont be sleeping tonight
Feeling silly, feeling oh so sick
And I cant see you through the smoke because the clouds so thick
And theres a fire as youre dancing to the disco sound
Put up your picture baby and word will get around
Yeah, word will get around, yeah
Yeah, word will get around
Everyones feeling alright
I wont be sleeping today
I wont be sleeping tonight |
Come and take a leaf out of my book
Im a crack dealing crook
Selling lots of rock and roll to the masses
And I know if you wanna take a trip to the city
We can go
We can go
Lets go, lets go, lets go, come on
Come on, come on, come on, come on
Lets go, lets go, lets go, come on
Give me your switch card
Ill book some flights
1996 and Im stuck at the bottom of a truck
On the run from the MI5, got detectives
And Ill say if you catch me that I really wish
That I had stayed
That I had stayed
Lets go, lets go, lets go, come on
Come on, come on, come on, come on
Lets go, lets go, lets go, come on
Give me your switch card
Ill book some flights |
Theres always somebody taller
With more of a wit
And hes equipped to enthrall her
And her friends think hes fit
And you just cant measure up no
You dont have a prayer
Wishing you had made the most of her
When she was there
Theyve got engaged
No intention of a wedding
Hes pinched your bird
And hed probably kick your head in
Bigger Boys and Stolen Sweethearts
Youre better off without her anyway
You said you wasnt sad to see her go
Oh no
He might be one of those boys
Thats all pretty and vain
Likes to go in the sunbed
And stays out of the rain
So that he dont get his hair wet
You wouldnt want that
At least he hasnt got a Nova
Or a Burberry hat
Theyve got engaged
No intention of a wedding
Hes pinched your bird
And hed probably kick your head in
Bigger Boys and Stolen Sweethearts
Youre better off without her anyway
You said you wasnt sad to see her go
Of course you were
Have you heard what shes been doing?
Never did it for me
He picks her up at the school gates
At twenty past three
Shes been with all the boys
But never went very far
She wagged English and Science
Just to go in his car
Theyve got engaged
No intention of a wedding
Hes pinched my bird
And hed probably kick my head in, oh
Now the girls have grown
But Im sure they still carry on in similar ways
Bigger Boys and Stolen Sweethearts
So Im better off without her anyway
I said I wasnt sad to see her go
But Im only pretending, you know
Yeah, Im only pretending, you know
Yeah, Im only pretending, you know
Oh Im only pretending, you know |
Come in here dear boy have a cigar
Youre gonna go far
Youre never gonna die
But if you try, I wont stop you
Get a face tat and take some Xanax
Well buy you a new liver
By the way which one is FIDLAR
Well dont you know the name of the game
Its called the streaming train
Well dont you know the name of the game
Its called the streaming train
Streaming train
Streaming train
Were still tired that you wanna sell out
Yeah but fuck the people
They dont count
And everybody else is just green
And everybody else is just obscene
Yeah well built this monster if we built together
Well dont you know the name of the game
Its called the streaming train
Well dont you know the name of the game
Its called the streaming train
Streaming train
Streaming train
So FUCK YALL, all of yall
If yall dont like me, BLOW ME!
Yall are gonna keep fuckin around wit me
And turn me back to the old me
Come in here dear boy have a cigar
Youre gonna go far
Youre never gonna die
But if you try, I wont stop you
Get a face tat and take some Xanax
Well buy you a new liver
By the way which one is FIDLAR
Well dont you know the name of the game
Its called the streaming train
Well dont you know the name of the game
Its called the streaming train
Streaming train
Streaming train |
Set List, September 26th, 2013
Do I Wanna Know?
Brianstorm
Dancing Shoes
Dont Sit Down Cause Ive Moved Your Chair
Teddy Picker
Crying Lightning
Snap Out of It
Evil Twin
Old Yellow Bricks
Whyd You Only Call Me When Youre High?
Arabella
Pretty Visitors
I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor
Cornerstone
No. 1 Party Anthem
Fluorescent Adolescent
Knee Socks
Encore
One for the Road
Do Me a Favour
R U Mine? |
The mirrors image tells me its home time
But Im not finished, cause youre not by my side
And as I arrived I thought I saw you leavin
Carryin your boots
Decided that once again I was just dreamin
Of bumpin into you
Now, its three in the mornin
And Im tryna change your mind
Left you multiple missed calls
And to my message, you reply
Whyd you only call me when youre high?
Hi, whyd you only call me when youre high?
Somewhere darker, talkin the same shite
I need a partner, well, are you out tonight?
Its harder and harder to gеt you to listen
More I get through thе gears
Incapable of makin alright decisions
And having bad ideas
Now, its three in the mornin
And Im tryna change your mind
Left you multiple missed calls
And to my message, you reply
Whyd you only call me when youre high?
Hi, whyd you only call me when youre high?
An I cant see you here, wonder where I might?
It sort of feels like Im runnin out of time
I havent found what I was hopin to find
You said you got to be up in the mornin
Gonna have an early night
An youre startin to bore me, baby
Whyd you only call me when youre high?
Whyd you only ever phone me when youre high?
Whyd you only ever phone me when youre high?
Whyd you only ever phone me when youre high?
High?
Thank you very much, London
How are you this evening? |
Strange, how you stopped loving me
How you stopped needing me
When he came along
Oh, how strange
Strange, you changed like night and day
Just up and walked away
When he came along
Oh, how strange
Well, I guess that I was just your puppet
You held on a string
To think I thought you really loved me
But look what thoughts can bring
Strange, youre still in all my dreams
Oh such a funny thing
I still care for you
Oh, how strange
Well, I guess that I was just your puppet
You held on a string
To think I thought you really loved me
But look what thoughts can bring
Strange, how you stopped loving me
How you stopped needing me
When he came along
Oh, how strange |
Ladies, youre damn right, you cant read a mans mind
Were living in two tribes and heading for war
Well, nobodys perfect, weve all gotta work it
But fellas, were worth it so dont break the law
Your calls late, big mistake
You gotta hang about in limbo for as long as I take
Next time, read my mind and Ill be good to you
Were gift-wrapped kitty cats
Were only turning into tigers when we gotta fight back
Lets go, Eskimo, out into the blue
Come take my hand, understand that you can
Youre my man and I need you tonight
Come make my dreams, honey, hard as it seems
Loving me is as easy as pie
Im just a love machine, feeding my fantasy
Give me a kiss or three and Im fine
I need a squeeze a day stead of this negligee
What will the neighbors say this time?
Ive been going crazy while you sleep
Thinking of a language that the two of us can speak
So Mr. Prehistoric, make your wheel
And Ill breathe underwater cause I like the way it feels
I said your calls late, big mistake
You gotta hang about in limbo for as long as I take
Next time, read my mind and Ill be good to you
Were gift-wrapped kitty cats
Were only turning into tigers when we gotta fight back
Lets go, Eskimo, out into the blue
Come take my hand, understand that you can
Youre my man and I need you tonight
Come make my dreams, honey, hard as it seems
Loving me is as easy as pie
Im just a love machine, feeding my fantasy
Give me a kiss or three and Im fine
I need a squeeze a day stead of this negligee
What will the neighbors say this time?
Oh, its very new
Can anybody tell me what to do?
Oh, this feelings very strange
Can anybody tell me whats your game?
A little education
To give you motivation
Well turn the situation round
Making you a stranger
Ill only re-arrange ya for now
Im just a love machine
To give you motivation
Im just a love machine
Im just a love machine
To give you motivation
Im just a love machine |
Oh baby, Im wanting to do you a swap
Ill give you anything, yeah
In return for the noises youve got
And I can see you want to be attended to
Just count to twenty-nine and Ill attend to you
Oh for sure... well certainly, yeah yeah yeah
Wavin bye to the train or the bus
Im ever so worried because...
I dont want to get all forgotten...
So very comfortable..
Dont really need to put up my feet
And even in fat sams grand slam
Cant see it being easier to speak
When youve karate-kicked your way to someone new
And Im a memory and dont know what to do
All on his own...
Collecting his dole n stuff
Wavin bye to the train or the bus
Im ever so worried because...
I dont want to get all forgotten...
Cause we know
Yeah, we know-oh-oh-oh
Oh we know, a woah-oh-oh
Dont know where were going, baby
I spose it depends
But even if were all far apart
We can all come back and all be fine
Well be able to be together again
Be together again
Be together again
Be together again
Be together again
Be together again
Be together again
Everybody will be together again! |
Here come old flat top, he come
Groovin up slowly, he got
Ju-ju eyeballs, he want
Holy rollers, he got
Hair down to his knees
Got to be a joker, he just do what he please
He wear no shoeshine, he got
Toe jam football, he got
Monkey finger, he shoot
Coca-Cola, he say
I know you, you know me
One thing I can tell you is: you got to be free
Come together
Right now
Over me
He bag production, he got
Walrus gumboot, he got
Ono sideboard, he one
Spinal cracker, he got
Feet down below his knees
Hold you in his armchair, you can feel his disease
Come together
Right now
Over me
Owaaa
Come together, yeah
Come together, yeah
Come together
Come together, yeahhhhh
Come together, yeahhhhh
Come together |
In this room of darkness, I aint undercover
But that wont stop my prowess rubbing off onto another
Elevating higher as my bodys moving lower
Now Ill reach my element, you better move over
But he doesnt, he blocks my way
I try to push past, but he wants to play
So I sip his drink as I hold his gaze
As we erupt into the room
And feel the sub go boom
A feeling easy to resume
This right here, I swear, will end too soon
Sink in to the tune
As I inhale the fumes
A feeling easy to resume
This right here, I swear, will end too soon
My limbs seem to move what the beats dictate to me
I push into the middle, the sound becomes a part of me
Taking me back to that sweet familiarity
Watching my adrenaline rise, I feel the eyes on me
Sip the bottle now, dont be slow
Keep up with me as we lose control
Keep up with me as we lose control
As we erupt into the room
I feel the sub go boom
A feeling easy to resume
This right here, I swear, will end too soon
Sink in to the tune
As I inhale the fumes
A feeling easy to resume |
Do the bad thing
Take off your wedding ring
Oh it won’t make it that much easier
It might make it worse
Oh the nights like a whirlwind somebodies girlfriend
Talking to me, but it’s alright she’s saying that he’s not gonna
Slap me or try to attack me, he’s not the jealous type
And I only need to get half an excuse and I’m away
But when there’s no excuses that’s much easier to say:
I’ve been before
And all these capers make us too good for her to ignore
See she’s talking but i’m not entirely sure, ah
Do the bad thing
Aka off your wedding ring
Oh it won’t make it that much easier
It might make it worse
Oh a sudden disheartener somebodies partner’s talking to me
But i don’t know that is what she is
Then she murmurs things to confirm that the tragedy is true
And I knew how could she not, she could have anyone she wants
And I’m struggling to think of an immediate response
Like “I don’t min, it’d be a big mistake, for you to wait
And have me waste your time, really love it’s fine”
I said “really love it’s fine”
And then the first time it occurred that there was something to destroy
I knew before the invitation that there was this boy
Oh but she carried on suggesting, I struggled to refuse
She said its the red wine this time but that is no excuse |
Do I wanna know? If this feelin flows both ways?
Sad to see you go, was sorta hopin that you’d stay
Baby, we both know, that the nights were mainly made
For sayin things that you cant say tomorrow day
Crawlin back to you
Ever thought of callin when
Youve had a few?
Cause I always do
Maybe Im too
Busy bein yours
To fall for somebody new
Now, Ive thought it through
Crawlin back to you
Who you running to?
Fuck a two minute talk, im home with you
Swear to god im lost, im falling too
Feelings like this aint nothing new
I just wanna feel lowkey
Cant believe you still stepped down for me
One day ill put down hennessy
Some day this will all be a memory
Coming through, said im lost with you
Started feeling blue, now this feelings nothing new
Started switching several moods
Said im lost with it, still I boss with it
How do I fucking slip and slip without being hit?
Ill take a fucking shot, just pour it up
Think ive had enough, caught me in my bullshit
Said this aint it, but still im crawling back to
Crawlin back to you
Ever thought of callin when
Youve had a few?
Cause I always do
Maybe Im too
Busy bein yours
To fall for somebody new
Now, Ive thought it through
Crawlin back to you
Do I wanna know? If this feelin flows both ways?
Sad to see you go, was sorta hopin that you’d stay
Baby, we both know, that the nights were mainly made
For sayin things that you cant say tomorrow day
Crawlin back to you |
Get on your dancing shoes
Theres one thing on your mind
Hoping they’re looking for you
Sure youll be rummaging through
Oh and the shit, shock, horror
Youve seen your future bride
Yeah, but its oh so absurd
For you to say the first word so youre waiting and waiting and
The only reason that you came
So what you scared for?
Well, dont you always do the same?
Its what you there for, dont you know?
The lights are flashing
Down in here tonight
And some might exchange a glance
But keep pretending to dance
Dont act like its not happening
As if its impolite
To go and mention your name
Instead youll just do the same as they all do, and hope for the best
The only reason that you came
So what you scared for?
Well, dont you always do the same?
Its what you’re there for, but no
Get on your dancing shoes
You sexy little swine
Hoping they’re looking for you
Sure, youll be rummaging through
Oh and the shit, shock, horror
Youve seen your future bride, yeah
Yeah, but its oh so absurd
For you to say the first word so youre waiting and whoa |
Alex Turner:
I did find like the lyrics for it like not long ago like scribbled on like a piece of paper, it was quite funny
Like find like the -
Oh yea, like loads, yeah they were all sort of stuff about like cigarettes and stuff, I dont know but erm
No no no, they were all, there were some stinkers in there
Arguably there still is but erm
They, erm, it was... cant remember, I can remember recording it like the first time we did it
Well cause we did it with this guy Alan Smyth in Sheffield, that we did like a lot, like all his first sort of recordings with
And there was this version of it, and then when we started like, we started this first record with
Like when we were beginning to sort of proper make the record,
We started with James Ford and this guy Mike Crossey, in Liverpool
And we had like a week and wed been on tour and we play- we recorded like ten songs in a week or somet
And we were like this is it! weve gon- done his album
Yknow
Fucking put it out tomorrow please, yesterday if you can
And erm
But everything was kinda recorded at like, did it on tape and played everything at like 300 miles an hour
And it were like, it kinda, bit too like live or something I dont know
And at that point, it was suggested to us that perhaps wed like try a different avenue so then we went back with this producer called Jim Abbiss
And went to a studio in Lincoln
And er, and sorta, yknow sorta, recording...
But yknow going through the songs and like listening to the demos
And sorta tryna, you know, pick the best bits about and whatever
Cause everyone were kinda really into these demos of it
So we sorta wanted to get a bit of that but kinda like a better recording of it
It was weird cause when we were... recording that tune
The video was already like on telly for it
Like cause w- peopled be like watching TV int other room like ahh quick were on were on MTV or whatever
Cause like the v- the version we did for the video
Like we just made another recording like its just us playing like a TV studio or whatever and-
Yeah that version of it was just like there and then
So its weird like we were tryna cut this single in one room
And it was like on telly in like the other room like us
Erm, yeah, just use that
But erm, but no we did it with, er, did it again, yeah did it there with Jamie like in, in Lincoln
And then that became the... version
But it all came from that like drum thing on the beginning, you know like the, I mean originally, that was like the
What was like the first part of that song, was like that kinda drum thing
I play like the lead on it yeah, and like this sorta cord thing, not really, I cant really, cant remember, what, when that happened or what even like, what practice room we were in at that time really but
I remember Matt playing that thing round, cause I think I guess it was like some exercise or something hed like seen somewhere or like a version of it which hed like sped up or somet and he were like doing it as fast as he could and then
Like a lot of them songs, like then, used to come from something like that hed play
He almosts like plays, like riffs on drums sometimes or whatever, or plays like leads or somet so
Its like more fun than ever to play it now
Like I think I probably fell out with it for a, for a moment like somewhere along the way
But I kinda
Yeah I fell out with eve-
I fall out with all of them at some point, but thats definitely one that like
Id never imagine like not playing it
And now when it kinda comes round in sets, its just like, fun yknow
Like thats it
Its erm
Yeah no we all sorta really enjoy playing that
And its one of them you can like
Cause some of the other songs weve written since then I guess are a bit more like complex and you have to kinda concentrate a little bit more
And like think about singing in tune and like playing the right notes
And that one...
You can sorta, just like have a laugh with... few minutes
Still manage to murder it sometimes though, it kinda feels like a lot of them older tunes
We dont play a lot of them because it feels like you cant anymore, like whatever it took to sorta write and like play them songs when we used to, int there anymore
And for some reason, some of them have a longer shelf life than other ones
Or it sorta sometimes feel like were doing like covers of-
It feels like theyre cover songs that we play like
But we kinda cant do a cover of Fake Tales of San Francisco but I think we do a pl- a pretty good I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor cover. |
When you leave us through the patient doors
That rattle in your ear will be the sound of our applause
Rapturous, considered and due
Oh the nasty laughter and desperate smirks
Are tangled in the boredom where out brittle kisses lurk
Well how can I believe you, when you cant believe your luck
And the shards of past attraction lie visible
But shy and blunt and weak and worn
Away by whining in the emery paper voice you use to speak
Oh the shards of past attraction lie visible
But shy and blunt and weak and worn
Away by whining in the emery paper voice you use to speak
In the trap
You only want to be the first to laugh
You only want to be the first in the sandtrap
You only want to be the first to laugh
And your climbing holes and cinder claws
Ring out like the calenture that you sent us all towards
Farewell, farewell, farewell |
Im going back to 505
If its a seven-hour flight or a forty-five-minute drive
In my imagination, youre waiting lying on your side
With your hands between your thighs
Stop and wait a sec
When you look at me like that, my darling, what did you expect?
Id probably still adore you with your hands around my neck
Or I did last time I checked
Not shy of a spark
A knife twists at the thought that I should fall short of the mark
Frightened by the bite, though its no harsher than the bark
The middle of adventure, seemed like a perfect place to start
Im going back to 505
If its a seven-hour flight or a forty-five-minute drive
In my imagination, yourе waiting lying on your side
With your hands between your thighs
Alright
But I crumble complеtely when you cry
It seems like once again youve had to greet me with Goodbye
Im always just about to go and spoil the surprise
Take your hands off of your eyes too soon
Im going back to 505
If its a seven-hour flight or a forty-five minute drive
In my imagination, youre waiting lying on your side
With your hands between your thighs and a smile |
Yeah, Yeah
Yeah, Yeah
And Im sorry to interrupt
scuse me but been amazing you and me, yeah its time to take a breather still Id hate to see you leave
Cause 24 hours a day, 7 days of every week, I just lay it on the beat so you can play it on repeat
Keeping them hours got me way behind on sleep, so imma fall back to my fortress til the fall and autumn leaves
A faded memory, lose the , illy out
Just my take on what I see, peace back to you
Over and out, now the talk of the town cos I turned a little talent to a corporate account
Got knickers twisted up in corsets and gowns, the feelings raw when the crowd wanna play it on repeat
Making em sick, got em cuddling up to porcelain, killing the moulders here, someone calling the mortars, shit
They made the bets so let em corpse it
Sure to firing up the DeLorean, no way they crawling back to you
And we dont run no way, we dont do gimmicks, we dont want no games
You come around here with the same old same, get the fuck out the way
And we dont run nor hide, rather go on my feet, defend my pride
Then live on my knees and break my stride, Im a thorn in their side like my, my, my
Booty calling again, cos who recalls the lames that sit on the computer calling out names, nah man
I followed the trail blazed, made my own lane, cant complain now the whole nation play it on repeat
Balls deep into shows, force feeding them dope, if they aint know before, now they know it, yes bro
If we aint talking progress, scuse me Ill get my coat
Price to pay for the success, most choke at the quote
Not me I go for the throat, I mean no choking, I wont
They being over their quota, I be like okitie doke and get it done
Fuck with me, fade to black like setting suns, work ethic second to none, they can play it on repeat
Me, I bring the fresh shit, ever the unexpected
Aint a show without the boy, never mind me on the guest list
To making a mockery of haters for the status, it will be a cold day in Hades when Im crawling back to you
And we dont run no way, we dont do gimmicks, we dont want no games
You come around here with the same old same, get the fuck out the way
And we dont run nor hide, rather go on my feet, defend my pride
Then live on my knees and break my stride, Im a thorn in their side like my, my, my
Do I wanna know?
Too busy being yours to fall
Sad to see you go
Ever thought of calling darling?
Do I wanna know?
Do you want me crawling back to you? |
Have you got colour in your cheeks?
Do you ever get that fear that you cant shift the type
That sticks around like summat in your teeth?
Are there some aces up your sleeve?
Have you no idea that youre in deep?
Ive dreamt about you nearly every night this week
How many secrets can you keep?
Cause theres this tune I found
That makes me think of you somehow an I play it on repeat
Until I fall asleep, spillin drinks on my settee
If this feelin flows both ways?
Was sorta hopin that you’d stay
That the nights were mainly made
For sayin things that you cant say tomorrow day
Crawlin back to you
Ever thought of callin when
Youve had a few?
Cause I always do
Maybe Im too
Busy bein yours
To fall for somebody new
Now, Ive thought it through
Crawlin back to you
So have you got the guts?
Been wonderin if your hearts still open
And if so, I wanna know what time it shuts
Simmer down an pucker up, Im sorry to interrupt
Its just Im constantly on the cusp of tryin to kiss you
I dont know if you feel the same as I do
But we could be together if you wanted to
If this feelin flows both ways?
Was sorta hopin that you’d stay
That the nights were mainly made
For sayin things that you cant say tomorrow day
Crawlin back to you
Ever thought of callin when
Oh, callin when youve had a few?
Because I always do
Maybe Im too busy
Bein yours
To fall for somebody new
Now, Ive thought it through
Crawlin back to you
If this feelin flows both ways?
Was sorta hopin that youd stay
That the nights were mainly made
For sayin things that you cant say tomorrow day, yeah
Too busy bein yours to fall
Ever thought of callin, darlin?
Do you want me crawlin back to you? |
A song about a search for the Albert Hall
I thought I saw you in the Battleship
But it was only a look-a-like
She was nothing but a vision trick
Under the warning light
She was close, close enough to be your ghost
But my chances turned to toast
When I asked her if I could call her your name
I thought I saw you in the Rusty Hook
Huddled up in a wicker chair
I wandered over for a closer look
And smooched whoever was sitting there
She was close, and she squeezed me very tightly
Til I asked awfully politely
Pleasе, can I call you her name?
And I elongatеd my lift home
Yeah, I let him go the long way round
I smelt your scent on the seatbelt
And kept my shortcuts to myself, woah
I thought Id caught you in the Parrots Beak
Fiddlin with the smoke alarm
It was too loud for me to hear her speak
And she had a broken arm
It was close, it was so close that the walls were wet
And she wrote it out in Letraset
No, you cant call me her name
So tell me, wheres your hiding place?
You see, Im worried Ill forget your face
And Ive asked everyone
Im beginning to think I imagined you all along
I elongated my lift home
Yeah, I let him go the long way round
I smelt your scent on the seatbelt
And kept my shortcuts to myself
Mr Jamie Cook on the electric guitar!
Well, I saw your sister in the Cornerstone
On the phone to the middle man
When I saw that she was on her own
Well, thats when I knew that shed understand
She was close, well, you couldnt get much closer
She said, Im really not supposed to, but yes
You can call me anything you want
Oh, thank you
Youre very kind |
Im a puppet on a string
Tracy Island, time-traveling
Diamond cutter-shaped heartache
That come to find you four in some velvet morning
Years too late, shes a silver lining
Lone ranger riding through an open space
In my mind when shes not right there beside me
I go crazy cause here isnt where I wanna be
And satisfaction feels like a distant memory
And I cant help myself, all I
Wanna hear her say is Are you mine?
Well, are you mine?
Are you mine?
Well, are you mine? Oh, ah
I guess what Im trying to say is I need the deep end
Keep imagining meeting, wished away entire lifetimes
Unfair were not somewhere misbehaving for days
Great escape, lost track of time and space
Shes a silver lining climbing on my desire
And I go crazy cause here isnt where I wanna be
And satisfaction feels like a distant memory
And I cant help myself, all I
Wanna hear her say is Are you mine?
Well, are you mine?
Are you mine?
Well, are you mine? Oh, ah
And the thrill of the chase moves in mysterious ways
So in case, Im mistaken, I
Just wanna hear you say, You got me, baby
Are you mine?
Shes a silver lining
Lone ranger riding through an open space
Ah, thats a big shadow
In my mind when shes not right there beside me
I go crazy cause here isnt where I wanna be
And satisfaction feels like a distant memory
And I cant help myself, all I
Wanna hear her say is Are you mine?
Well, are you mine?
Are you mine?
Are you mine?
Oh, ah
Shes a silver lining
Lone ranger riding through an open space
In my mind when shes not right there beside me
I go crazy cause here isnt where I wanna be
And satisfaction feels like a distant memory
And I cant help myself, all I
Wanna hear her say is Are you mine?
Well, are you mine?
Are you mine?
Are you mine?
Oh, ah |
He spoke a script
Dipped in the sort of talk to make you keep the gaze
Its all a trick
The slicked back slimy arms have got a war to wage
Hes got a laugh like a crackling wire
And he wants to put the bite marks on you
He wants to put the bite marks on you
And he twists my guts
As the only thing thats repelling as his invitations
Are his excuses
And he said I am the conductor
Put me in a terror pocket
He did a stint
Master in a craft
Hed squint through his spectacle
Hed drop a dirty hint if he thinks that he could impress you with the unacceptable
And he has turned through all the pages with his fingers
And covered them with goo
And he wants to put the bite marks on you
He wants to put them on you and it hurts my back
Because the only thing thats as heavy as the adoration
Is the days of hanging out on his lawn
And he spilled without a sounding alarm
And he frightened me to death
When he said I am the conductor |
Advertise in imaginative ways, start your free trial today
Come on in, the waters lovely
Look, you could meet someone you like
During the meteor strike, it is that easy
Lunar surface on a Saturday night, dressed up in silver and white
With coloured Old Grey Whistle Test lights
Take it easy for a little while
Come and stay with us, its such an easy flight
Cute new places keep on popping up
Since the exodus, its all getting gentrified
I put a taqueria on the roof, it was well reviewed
Four stars out of five
And thats unheard of
Mr. Bridge and Tunnel on the Starlight Express
The head of special effects in my minds eye
Hokey Cokey with the opposite sex
The things you try to forget, doesnt time fly?
Im in no position to give advice, I dont want to be nice
And you know that
Take it easy for a little while
Come and stay with us, its such an easy flight
Cute new places keep on popping up
Around Clavius, its all getting gentrified
The Information-Action Ratio is the place to go
And you will not recognise the old headquarters
All the nights that never happened and the days that dont exist
At the Information-Action Ratio
The only time that we stop laughing is to breathe or steal a kiss
I can get you on the list for all the clubs
I can lift you up another semitone
Take it easy for a little while
Come and stay with us, now, its such an easy flight
Cute new places keep on popping up
Since the exodus, its all getting gentrified
The Information-Action Ratio
Is the place to go, four stars out of five
I put a taqueria on the moon
Rave reviews, four stars out of five
Take it easy for a little while
Come and stay with us, four stars out of five
Take it easy for a little while
Come and stay with us, four stars out of five
Take it easy for a little while
Four stars out of five |
Its gotta be now, innit?
Now, now
You got the lights on in the afternoon
An the nights are drawn out long
And youre kissin to cut through the gloom
With a cough drop coloured tongue
And you were sittin in the corner with the coats, all piled high
When I thought you might be mine
In a small world on an exceptionally rainy Tuesday night
In the right place and time
When the zeros line up on the 24-hour clock
When you know who’s callin even though the number is blocked
When you walked around your house wearin my sky blue Lacoste
And your knee socks
Well, you cured my January blues
Yeah, you made it all alright
Ive got a feelin I might have lit the very fuse
That we were tryin not to light
And youre the stranger in my phonebook I was actin like I knew
‘Cause I had nothin to lose
When the winter’s in full swing
And your dreams just aren’t comin true
Aint it funny what you’ll do?
When the zeros line up on the 24-hour clock
When you know whos callin even though the number is blocked
When you walked around your house wearin my sky blue Lacoste
And your knee socks
The late afternoon, the ghost in your room
That you always thought didn’t approve of you knockin boots
Never stopped you lettin me get hold of the sweet spot
By the scruff of your
You and me could have been a team
Each had a half of a king and queen seat
Like the beginning of Mean Streets
You could be my baby
You and me could have been a team
Each had a half of a king and queen seat
Like the beginning of Mean Streets
You could be my baby
All the zeros lined up
But the number’s blocked
When you’ve come undone
You and me could have been a team
Each had a half of a king and queen seat
Like the beginning of Mean Streets
You could be my baby
You and me could have been a team
Each had a half of a king and queen seat
Like the beginning of Mean Streets
You could be my baby
When the zeros line up on the 24-hour clock
When you know who’s callin even though the number is blocked
When you walked around your house wearin my sky blue Lacoste
And your knee socks
When the zeros line up on the 24-hour clock
When you know who’s callin even though the number is blocked
You walked around your house wearin my sky blue Lacoste
And your knee socks
Ooh, ooh, ooh |
Trudging through the morning
The tramp with the trampoline under his arm
Shifts past your whiskers, so stark is the charm
But the barking alarm waits coiled til the corner is turned
And the bicycle wheels all struggle to move ’round
In your muddy mind, blatantly caked and
Unwilling to wind uncooperative time
So he sits on the springs til the muck goes dry
Ooh
All the pretty visitors came and waved their arms
And cast the shadow of a snake pit on the wall
All the pretty visitors came and waved their arms
And cast the shadow of a snake pit on the
What came first, the chicken or the dickhead?
Split sleep reaps rewards from ill-fitting thoughts
And twilight forced you to go on a walk
Your legs start running and your leg gets caught
Canopy 19 is perfectly placed
For the reasonably frightening fall from the aftertaste
Youll have to slip away, I’m unhappy to say
Behold as the crook in the hammock plays
All the pretty visitors came and waved their arms
And cast the shadow of a snake pit on the wall
All the pretty visitors came and waved their arms
And cast the shadow of a snake pit on your wall
Lets play darts
Behold as a crook in the hammock plays
Cruelly with the base and the scales
And fiddles with her feet on a balancing act
Gagged, bound and crafting a tale
Trailing wrapped in a gasp
Cruelly with the base and the scales
And fucking fiddles with her feet on a balancing act
She was gagged, bound and crafting a tale
Trailing wrapped in a gasp
All the pretty visitors came and waved their arms
And cast the shadow of a snake pit on the wall
All the pretty visitors came and waved their arms
And cast the shadow of a snake pit on the wall |
Discography
Filmography
Awards & Accomplishments
Interviews
2016
ARTICLE NAME, PUBLISHER NAME, DATE PUBLISHED
2015
Arctic Monkeys |
Brian, top marks for not trying
So kind of you to bless us with your effortlessness
Were grateful and so strangely comforted
And I wonder, are you putting us under?
Cause we cant get our eyes off the t-shirt and ties combination
Well, see you later, innovator
We are the Arctic Monkeys from High Green, baby!
Some want to kiss, some want to kick you
Theres not a net you couldnt slip through
Or at least thats the impression I get
Cause youre smooth and youre wet
And shes not aware yet, but shes yours
Shеll be saying, Use me, show mе the jacuzzi
I imagine that its there on a plate, your whole rendezvous rate
Means that youll never be frightened to make em wait for a while
I doubt its your style not to get what you set out to acquire
The eyes are on fire, you are the unforecasted storm
Calm, collected and commanding
You leave the other story standing
With your renditions and jokes, bet theres hundreds of blokes
That have wept cause youve stolen their thunder
Are you putting us under?
Cause we cant get our eyes off the t-shirt and ties combination
Well, see you later, innovator
Thank you very much |
Outside the cafe by the cracker factory
You were practicing a magic trick
And my thoughts got rude as you talked and chewed
On the last of your pick and mix
Said, Youre mistaken if youre thinking
That I havent been called cold before
As you bit into your strawberry lace
And then offered me your attention in the form of a gobstopper
Its all you had left and it was going to waste
Your pastimes consisted of the strange
And twisted and deranged
And I love that little game you had called Crying Lightning
And how youd like to aggravatе the ice-cream man
On rainy aftеrnoons
The next time that I caught my own reflection
It was on its way to meet you
Thinking of excuses to postpone
You never looked like yourself from the side
But your profile could not hide
The fact you knew I was approaching your throne
With folded arms you occupied the bench like toothache
Stood and puffed your chest out like youd never lost a war
And though I tried so not to suffer the indignity of a reaction
There was no cracks to grasp or gaps to claw
And your pastimes consisted of the strange
And twisted and deranged
And I hate that little game you had called Crying Lightning
And how youd like to aggravate the icky man on rainy afternoons
Uninviting, but not half as impossible as everyone assumes you are
Crying Lightning
Your pastimes consisted of the strange
And twisted and deranged
And I hate that little game you had called
Crying Lightning, Crying Lightning, woah-oh
Crying Lightning, Crying Lightning
Your pastimes consisted of the strange
And twisted and deranged
And I hate that little game you had called Crying |
Were Arctic Monkeys
This is I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor
Don’t believe the hype
Stop making the eyes at me
Ill stop making the eyes at you
What it is that surprises me
Is that I dont really want you to
And your shoulders are frozen
Oh, but you’re an explosion
Your name isnt Rio, but I dont like the sand
And lighting the fuse might result in a bang, b-b-bang-oh
I bet that you look good on the dancefloor
I dont know if youre looking for romance or
Dont know what youre looking for
I said, I bet that you look good on thе dancefloor
Dancing to electro-pop likе a robot from 1984
From 1984
I wish you’d stop ignoring me
Because it’s sending me to despair
Without a sound, yeah, youre calling me
And I don’t think its very fair
That your shoulders are frozen
Oh, but youre an explosion
Your name isn’t Rio, but I dont like the sand
And lighting a fuse might result in a bang, b-b-bang-oh
I bet that you look good on the dancefloor
I dont know if youre looking for romance or
Dont know what youre looking for
I said, I bet that you look good on the dancefloor
Dancing to electro-pop like a robot from 1984
From 1984
And no, there int no love
No Montagues or Capulets
Just banging tunes and DJ sets and
The dirty dancefloor and dreams of naughtiness
Oh, come on
On the dancefloor
I dont know if youre looking for romance or what
I dont know what youre looking for
I said, I bet that you look good on the dancefloor
Dancing to electro-pop like a robot from 1984
From 1984
Alright, knock it here now |
Arabellas got some interstellar gator-skin boots
And a Helter Skelter round her little finger
And I ride it endlessly
Shes got a Barbarella silver swimsuit
And when she needs to shelter from reality
She takes a dip in my daydreams
My days end best when the sunset gets itself behind
That little lady sittin on the passenger side
Its much less picturesque without her catchin the light
The horizon tries, but its just not as kind on the eyes
As Arabella, oh
Arabella
Just mightve tapped into your mind and soul
You cant be sure
Arabellas got a 70s head
But shes a modern lover, its an exploration
Shes made of outer space
And her lips are like the galaxys edge
And her kiss the colour of a constellation
Fallin into place
My days end best when the sunset gets itself behind
That little lady sittin on the passenger side
Its much less picturesque without her catchin the light
The horizon tries, but its just not as kind on the eyes
As Arabella, oh
As Arabella
I just mightve tapped into your mind and soul
You cant be sure
Thats magic in a cheetah print coat
Just a slip underneath it, I hope
Asking if I can have one of those
Organic cigarettes that she smokes
Wraps her lips round a Mexican Coke
Makes you wish that you were the bottle
Takes a sip of your soul and it sounds like
Woo!
I just mightve tapped into your mind and soul
You cant be sure
Id like to play for you now, ladies and gentlemen
The, uh, title track from our new LP
Entitled, Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino
Get down |
Unavilable |
I just wanted to be one of The Strokes
Now look at the mess you made me make
Hitchhiking with a monogrammed suitcase
Miles away from any half-useful imaginary highway
Im a big name in deep space, ask your mates
But golden boys in bad shape
I found out the hard way that
Here aint no place for dolls like you and me
Everybodys on a barge
Floating down the endless stream of great TV
1984, 2019
Maybe I was a little too wild in the 70s
Rocket-ship grease down the cracks of my knuckles
Karate bandana, warp speed chic
Hair down to therе, impressive moustache
Lovе came in a bottle with a twist-off cap
Lets all have a swig and do a hot lap
So who you gonna call?
The Martini Police
Baby, that isnt how they look tonight
It took the light absolutely forever to get to your eyes
I just wanted to be one of those ghosts
You thought that you could forget
And then I haunt you via the rear view mirror
On a long drive from the back seat
But its alright, cause you love me
And you recognise that it aint how it should be
Your eyes are heavy and the weathers getting ugly
So pull over, I know the place
Dont you know an apparition is a cheap date?
What exactly is it youve been drinking these days?
Jukebox in the corner, Long Hot Summer
They got a film up on the wall and its dark enough to dance
What do you mean youve never seen Blade Runner?
Oh, maybe I was a little too wild in the 70s
Back down to earth with a lounge singer shimmer
Elevator down to my make-believe residency
From the honeymoon suite
Two shows a day, four nights a week
Easy money
So who you gonna call?
The Martini Police
So who you gonna call?
The Martini Police
Oh, baby, that is not how they look tonight
It took the light absolutely forever to get to your eyes
And as we gaze skyward, aint it dark early?
Its the star treatment
Yeah, its the star treatment
Yeah, ooh, its the star treatment
Yeah
Its the star
Treatment
Thank you very much
Ive been, uh, almost threatened with my life during the intermission with regards to playing this next number
So, uh |
Well, the mourning was complete
When there were tears on the steering wheel drippin on the seat
Several hours or several weeks
Id have the cheek to say theyre equally as bleak
Its the beginning of the end
The car went up the hill and disappeared around the bend
Ask anyone, theyll tell you that its these times that it tends
To start to break in half, to start to fall apart
Hold on to your hеart
And do me a favour and break my nose
Or do mе a favour and tell me to go away
Or do me a favour and stop asking questions
Cause she walked away while her shoes were untied
And her eyes were all red, you could see that shed cried
And I watched and I waited til she went inside
Forcin a smile and waving goodbye
Curiosity becomes a heavy load
Too heavy to hold, too heavy to hold
Curiosity becomes a heavy load
Too heavy to hold, will force you to be cold
And do me a favour and ask if you need some help
She said, Do me a favour and stop flattering yourself
And to tear apart the ties that bind
Perhaps fuck off might be too kind
Perhaps fuck off might be too kind
Oh, the Monkeys in the Royal Albert Hall |
Anticipation has a habit to set you up
For disappointment in evening entertainment, but
Tonight therell be some love
Tonight therell be a ruckus, yeah
Regardless of whats gone before
I want to see all of the things that weve already seen
I wanna see you face the jack—
And of course its fancy dress
And theyre all looking quite full on
In bunny ears and devil horns and oh
Anticipation has a habit to set you up
For disappointment in evening entertainment, but
Tonight therеll be some love
Tonight thеrell be a ruckus, yeah
Regardless of whats gone before
I want to see all of the things that weve already seen
I wanna see you face the jackpot out the fruit machine
And put it all back in
Youve got to understand it
You can never beat the bandit, no
And she wont be surprised and she wont be shocked
When shes pressed the star after shes pressed unlock
And theres verse and chapter sat in her inbox
And all that it says is that youve drank a lot
And you should bear that in mind tonight
Yeah, you should bear that in mind tonight
And you can pour your heart out but her reasoning will block
Owt you send her after nine o clock, come on
Anticipation has a habit to set you up
For disappointment in evening entertainment, but
Tonight therell be some love, ah
Tonight therell be a ruckus, yeah
Regardless of whats gone before
And she wont be surprised and she wont be shocked
When shes pressed the star after shes pressed unlock
And theres verse and chapter sat in her inbox
And all that it says is that youve drank a lot
And you should bear that in mind tonight
Yeah, you should bear that in mind tonight
And you can pour your heart out around three o clock
When the two-for-ones undone the writers block, woah
Thanks very much for having us, everybody
And thank you for supporting War Child
Ive got just one more question for you |
Dancing in my underpants
Im gonna run for government
Im gonna form a covers band anorl
Back there by the baby grand
Did Mr. Winter Wonderland
Say, Come ere, kid, we really need to talk?
Bear with me, man, I lost my train of thought
I fantasise, I call it quits
I swim with the economists
And I get to the bottom of it for good
By the time reality hits
The chimes of freedom fell to bits
The shining city on the fritz
They all come out of the cracks, thirsty for blood
Oh, just as the apocalypse finally gets prioritised
And you cry some of the hottest tears you ever criеd
Multiplied by five
I suppose a singеr must die
Singsong Round the Money Tree
This stunning documentary
That no one else unfortunately saw
Such beautiful photography
Its worth it for the opening scene
Ive been driving round listening to the score
Or maybe I just imagined it all
Ive played to quiet rooms like this before
Bear with me, man, I lost my train of thought |
Break a mirror, roll the dice
Run with scissors through a chip pan fire fight
Go into business with a grizzly bear
But just dont sit down cause Ive moved your chair
Find a well-known hard man and start a fight
Wear your shell suit on bonfire night
Fill in a circular hole with a peg thats square
But just dont sit down cause Ive moved your chair
Oooh, yeah, yeah, yeah
Oooh, yeah, yeah, yeah
Bite the lightning and tell me how it tastes
Kung fu fighting on your roller skates
Do the Macarena in the devils lair
But just dont you sit down cause Ive moved your chair
Yeah
Oooh, yeah, yeah, yeah
Oooh, yeah, yeah, yeah
Oooh, yeah, yeah, yeah
Oooh
Thank you very much for havin us, Royal Albert Hall
If I can call you that |
Last night these two bouncers
And one of thems alright, the other ones a scaryun
His way or no way, totalitarian
Hes got no time for you looking or breathing
How he dont want you to, so step out the queue
He makes examples of you, and theres nowt you can say
Behind they go through to the bit where you pay
And you realise then that its finally the time
To walk back past ten-thousand eyes in the line
And you can swap jumpers and make another move
Instilled in your brain, youvе got something to prove
To all the smirking facеs and the boys in black
Why cant they be pleasant? Why cant they have a laugh?
Hes got his hand in your chest, he wants to give you a duff
But secretly I think they want it all to kick off
They want arms flying everywhere and bottles as well
Its just something to talk about, a story to tell, yeah
Well, Im so glad they turned us all away, lets put it down to fate
I said a thousand million things that I could never say this morning
Got too deep, but how deep is too deep?
And this towns a different town today
This towns a different town to what it was last night
You couldnt have done that on a Sunday
And that girls a different girl today
That girls a different girl to her you kissed last night
You couldnt have done that on a Sunday
Oh, no
Well, Im so glad they turned em all away, lets put it down to fate
I thought a thousand million things that I could never think this morning
Got too deep, but how deep is too deep?
Last night, what we talked about, it made so much sense
But now the haze has ascended, it dont make no sense anymore
Last night, what we talked about, it made so much sense
But now the haze has ascended, it dont make no sense anymore
Oh |
Smile like youve got a straw in something tropical
Ive got the party plugged right into my skull
Wayne Manor, what a memorable NYE
Good morning
Cheeseburger
Snowboarding
Finally, theres a place with you through cloudy skies
Every whimsical thought that enters my mind
Look, there aint no limit to the length of the dickheads we can bе
Bukowski
Dogsitting
Screwballing
Finally, theres a place where you can wag your tongue
Baby, but why cant we all just get along?
Dance as if somebodys watching, cause they are
No ones on the streets
Theyve moved it all online as of March
Im so full of shite
I need to spend less time stood around in bars
Waffling on to strangers all about martial arts
And how much I respect them
Key changes
Re-thinking
New order |
Jesus in the day spa, filling out the information form
Mama got her hair done, just popping out to sing a protest song
Ive been on a bender back to that prophetic esplanade
Where I ponder all the questions but just manage to miss the mark
Hoo
Good afternoon
Tranquility Base Hotel and Casino
Mark speaking
Please, tell me, how may I direct your call?
This magical thinking feels as if it really might catch on
Mama wants some answers
Do you remember where it all went wrong?
Technological advances really bloody get me in thе mood
Pull me in close on a crisp evе, baby
Kiss me underneath the moons side boob
Ahhh
Good afternoon
Tranquility Base Hotel and Casino
Mark speaking
Please, tell me, how may I direct your call?
And do you celebrate your dark side
Then wish youd never left the house?
Have you ever spent a generation trying to figure that one out?
Hoo
Good afternoon
Tranquility Base Hotel and Casino
Mark speaking
Please, tell me, how may I direct your call?
Oh
Lets give a big Royal Albert Hall round of applause for our opening act this evening
Mr Cameron Avery, ladies and gentlemen
Hes gonna help us out on this next number, folks
Its called She Looks Like Fun |
Swimming
In something new
Toxicity
This constant reminder of you
What is this city
With the skies speckled a’ white
Cause I taste salt in the air
I didn’t need this tonight
Permanent memories
Of you, you’re always there
That burning taste you know
It hanging in the air
The whites of your eyes, dancing under headlights
Salt and milk
What are these feelings
Haven’t visited this place before
And all these reading
Sending this thing off the board
Take me to healing
Rubbing this salt in the wound
Become the feeling
Of something colder than the moon
Permanent memories
Of you, you’re always there
That burning taste you know
It hangs in the air
The whites of your eyes, dancing under headlights
Salt and milk
Salt and milk
Salt |
Hey, uh basically i have a penis
Very cool
Fat shit fat shit
Piss on a bitch
7/10 on the problematic scale
Fuck taxes |
Get on your dancing shoes
Theres one thing on your mind
Oh, been there looking for you
Sure, youll be rummaging through
Oh and the shit, shock, horror
Youve seen your future bride
Yeah, but its oh so absurd
For you to say the first word
So youre waitin n waitin n...
The only reason that you came
So what ya scared for?
Well dont you always do the same
Its what ya there for, dont ya know..
The lights are flashing
Down in here tonight
And som I exchange a glance
But keep pretending to dance
Dont act like its not happening
As if its impolite
To go and mention your name
Instead youll just do the same
As they all do, and hope for the best...
The only reason that you came
So what ya scared for?
Well dont ya always do the same
Its what ya there for, but no!!
Get on your dancing shoes
You sexy little swine
Oh, been there looking for you
Sure, youll be rummagin through
And a said the shit, shock, horror
Youve seen your future bride, yeah
Yeah, but its oh so absurd
For you to say the first word
So youre waitin wowaorh! |
It feels like I only go backwards, baby
Every part of me says, Go ahead
I got my hopes up again, oh no, not again
It feels like I only go backwards, darling
I know that you think you sound silly when you call my name
But I hear it inside my head all day
Then I realise Im just holding on to the hope that maybe
Your feelings dont show
It feels like I only go backwards, baby
Every part of me says, Go ahead
I got my hopes up again, oh no, not again
It feels like I only go backwards, darling
The seed of all this indecision isnt me, oh no
Cause I decided long ago
But thats the way it seems to go
When trying so hard to get to something real, it feels
It feels like I only go backwards, baby
Every part of me says, Go ahead
I got my hopes up again, oh no, not again
It feels like I only go backwards, baby
It feels like I only go backwards, baby
Every part of me says, Go ahead
I got my hopes up again, oh no, not again
It feels like i only go backwards, baby |
I wanna build you up
Salt and milk
I wanna break you down
Salt and milk
Im gonna reconstruct
Salt and milk
I wanna feel your love
Salt and milk, aaaaah
Salt and milk, aaaaah
I wanna steal your soul
Salt and milk
I wanna rock and roll
Salt and milk
I wanna rock and roll
Salt and milk
I wanna rock and roll
Salt and milk, aaaaah
Salt and milk, aaaaah
I wanna salt and milk
Salt and milk
I wanna blow by blow
Salt and milk
I want an empty soul
Salt and milk
I wanna salt and milk and salt and...
Salt and milk, aaaaah
Salt and milk, aaaaah
Salt and milk, aaaaah
Salt and milk, aaaaah |
I wish you would have smiled in the bakery
Or sat on a tatty settee
At a mutual friends gathering
And the more you keep on looking, the more its hard to take
Love, were in stalemate
To never meet is surely where were bound
Theres one in every town
Just there to grind you down
I wish I would have seen you in the post office
Well, maybe I did and I missed it
Too busy with the mind on clever lines
Why not the rounders pitch or the canteen?
Youre slacking, love, where have you been?
Just had to go and wait until tonight
To give me the invite
Dont worry, its alright
I wish I would have seen you down in the arcade
Sipping on a lemonade
In the paper cup and chewing on the straw
And I wish Id seen you in the bakery
But if Id seen you in the bakery
You probably wouldnt have seen me |
In a foreign place, the saving grace was the feeling
That it was a heart that he was stealing
Oh, he was ready to impress and the fierce excitement
The eyes are bright, he couldnt wait to get away
And I bet that Juliet was just the icing on the cake
Make no mistake, no
And even if somehow we could have
Shown you the place you wanted
Well, I’m sure you could have
Made it that bit better on your own
And I bet she told a million people that shed stay in touch
But all the little promises, they dont mean much
When there’s memories to be made
And I hope youre holding hands by New Years Eve
They made it far too easy to believe
That true romance cant be achieved these days
And even if somehow they could have
Shown you the place you wanted
Well, Im sure you could have
Made it that bit better on your own
You are the only ones who know |
This is the story of the 21
Above average
But still Im average to everyone
That I know
No higher status here
Just another stratosphere
But why am I on land
In my own land
Since 03 we been
Competing
And Ive been beaten senselessly
Repeatedly
Every MEAP
Every weak
Test score that Ive gotten
Ive gotten weaker
By comparison
Im stronger myself
More As on the shelf
But like Krillin
I keep getting killed and I cant
Go on like this anymore
Yall stress less
And Im restless
If you get the message
Ive almost given up
And given in to the music anyways
So why worry about my grades
Im fading to grey
Fading away
Like Dirk with the jump shot
Pump fake
Cut to the rim
With the in and out
Because whats the point of shooting
If its bouncing back out |
Topless models doing Semaphore
Wave their flags as she walks by and get ignored
Illuminations on a rainy day
When she walks, her footsteps sing a reckless serenade
Ive been trying to figure out exactly what it is I need
Called up to listen to the voice of reason
And got the answering machine
The type of kisses where teeth collide
When she laughs, the heavens hum a stun gun lullaby
Those twinkling vixens with the shining spiral eyes
Their hypnosis goes unnoticed when shes walking by
Ive been trying to figure out exactly what it is I need
Called up to listen to the voice of reason
And got his answering machine
I left my message but did he fuck get back to me?
And now Im stuck still wondering how its meant to be
Singing a reckless serenade, reckless serenade
Reckless serenade, reckless serenade |
Are you mine?
Are you mine?
Are you mine?
Are you mine?
Im a puppet on a string
Tracy Island, time-traveling
Diamond cutter-shaped heartaches
Come to find you four in some velvet morning
Years too late, shes a silver lining
Lone ranger riding through an open space
In my mind when shes not right there beside me
I go crazy cause here isnt where I wanna be
And satisfaction feels like a distant memory
And I cant help myself, all I
Wanna hear her say is Are you mine?
Well, are you mine?
Are you mine?
Are you mine? Oh, ah
I guess what Im tryna say is I need the deep end
Keep imagining meeting, wished away entire lifetimes
Unfair were not somewhere misbehaving for days
Great escape, lost track of time and space
Shes a silver lining climbing on my desire
And I go crazy cause here isnt where I wanna be
And satisfaction feels like a distant memory
And I cant help myself, all I
Wanna hear her say is Are you mine?
Well, are you mine?
Are you mine?
Are you mine? |
Have you got color in your cheeks?
Do you ever get that fear that you cant shift the type
That sticks around like summat in your teeth?
Are there some aces up your sleeve?
Have you no idea that youre in deep?
Ive dreamt about you nearly every night this week
How many secrets can you keep?
Cause theres this tune I found
That makes me think of you somehow and I play it on repeat
Until I fall asleep, spillin drinks on my settee
If this feelin flows both ways?
Was sorta hopin that youd stay
That the nights were mainly made
For sayin things that you cant say tomorrow day
Crawlin back to you
Ever thought of callin when
Youve had a few?
Cause I always do
Maybe Im too
Busy bein yours
To fall for somebody new
Now, Ive thought it through
Crawlin back to you
So have you got the guts?
Been wonderin if your hearts still open
And if so, I wanna know what time it shuts
Simmer down an pucker up, Im sorry to interrupt
Its just Im constantly on the cusp of tryin to kiss you
I dont know if you feel the same as I do
But we could be together if you wanted to
If this feelin flows both ways?
Was sorta hopin that youd stay
That the nights were mainly made
For sayin things that you cant say tomorrow day
Crawlin back to you
Ever thought of callin when
Youve had a few?
Cause I always do
Maybe Im too
Busy bein yours
To fall for somebody new
Now, Ive thought it through
Crawlin back to you
If this feelin flows both ways?
Was sorta hopin that youd stay
That the nights were mainly made
For sayin things that you cant say tomorrow day
Too busy bein yours to fall
Ever thought of callin, darlin?
Do you want me crawlin back to you? |
Stop making the eyes at me
Ill stop making the eyes at you
What it is that surprises me
Is that I dont really want you to
And your shoulders are frozen
Oh, but youre an explosion
Your name isnt Rio, but I dont care for sand
And lighting the fuse might result in a bang, b-b-bang-oh
I bet that you look good on the dance floor
I dont know if youre looking for romance or
I dont know what youre looking for
I said, I bet that you look good on the dance floor
Dancing to electro-pop like a robot from 1984
Well, from 1984
I wish youd stop ignoring me
Because youre sending me to dеspair
Without a sound, yeah, youre calling me
And I dont think its vеry fair
That your shoulders are frozen
Oh, but youre an explosion
Your name isnt Rio, but I dont care for sand
And lighting the fuse might result in a bang, b-b-bang-oh
I bet that you look good on the dance floor
I dont know if youre looking for romance or
I dont know what youre looking for
I said, I bet that you look good on the dance floor
Dancing to electro-pop like a robot from 1984
Well, from 1984
Oh, there aint no love, no Montagues or Capulets
Just banging tunes and DJ sets and
Dirty dance floors and dreams of naughtiness!
Well, I bet that you look good on the dance floor
I dont know if youre looking for romance or
I dont know what youre looking for
I said, I bet that you look good on the dance floor
Dancing to electro-pop like a robot from 1984
Said, from |
My days end best when the sunset gets itself behind
That little lady sitting on the passenger side
Its much less picturesque without her catching the light
The horizon tries but its just not as kind on the eyes
As Arabella, oh
As Arabella
Just mightve tapped into your mind and soul
You cant be sure
In a cheetah print coat
Underneath it I hope
I can have one of those
Cigarettes that she smokes
Around a Mexican Coke
That you were the bottlе
You cant be sure
You cant be sure |
Show me your groove
Before I’m bouncing wall to wall
Alex bby where is u at honeh
Im thinking of buying a bunneh
Or something like that
Would you tell me ur alive
Or should we not give a crap
I miss alec
I misss alex
ALES WHERE ARE YOI
I miss alex
I miss alex
Pls come back
Give a sign
Or are you too shy
Tell us ur alive
Alex pls not be ded
Dont be ded
Or i die too
So dont be ded yes ok good job |
I wanna be the one you run to
When your mans not home baby come around four
I wanna be the one to love you
Since your girls don’t know that I got you on the floor
It wouldn’t be too hard to fall for a nigga like me, like me
I just need one night and you won’t be leaving these sheets, these sheets
What if I told you you could it have it all
What if I told you baby I could give you the world
Maybe I make your dreams come true if you let me
Maybe I just wanna be yours
I wanna be yours
I wanna be yours
Wanna be yours
Wanna be yours
Wanna be yours
Oh, and I wanna see you undress baby take it off
I wanna hear you scream my name while you grabbing the sheets, all night long
And I don’t give a fuck who he is, you should know this, by now
But tonight we both know who that pussy’s for
What if I told you you could it have it all
What if I told you baby I could give you the world
Maybe I make your dreams come true if you let me
Maybe I just wanna be yours
I wanna be yours
I wanna be yours
Wanna be yours
Wanna be yours
Wanna be yours
You don’t gotta worry bout a thing
When I say I got your bag baby girl I mean it
So bring your pretty ass to the crib
And work that pretty ass for my friends
You know how we live
You’ve been here times before
Since you know how it is
Just leave em heels on the floor
I said I’d be the same
You know I said I’d try
Well girl
I tried.. I tried |