Favourite Worst Nightmare
Arctic Monkeys
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Brianstorm
02 : 50
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Teddy Picker
02 : 43
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D Is for Dangerous
02 : 16
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Balaclava
02 : 49
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Fluorescent Adolescent
02 : 57
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Only Ones Who Know
03 : 02
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Do Me a Favour
03 : 27
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This House Is a Circus
03 : 09
9
If You Were There, Beware
04 : 34
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The Bad Thing
02 : 23
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Old Yellow Bricks
03 : 11
12
505
04 : 43
13
Da Frame 2R
02 : 19
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Matador
04 : 57
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Track Lyrics
Brianstorm Lyrics
[Verse 1]
Brian, top marks for not trying
So kind of you to bless us with your effortlessness
We're grateful and so strangely comforted
[Refrain]
And I wonder, are you putting us under?
'Cause we can't take our eyes off the t-shirt and ties combination
Well, see you later, innovator
[Verse 2]
Some want to kiss, some want to kick you
There's not a net you couldn't slip through
Or at least that's the impression I get, 'cause you're smooth and you're wet
And she's not aware yet, but she's yours
She'll be saying, "Use me, show me the jacuzzi"
I imagine that it's there on a plate, your high rendezvous rate
Means that you'll never be frightened to make 'em wait for a while
[Bridge]
I doubt it's your style not to get
What you set out to acquire, the eyes are on fire
You are the unforecasted storm, oh
[Instrumental break]
[Verse 4]
(Brian) Calm, collected and commanding
(Top marks for not trying) You leave the other story standing
With your renditions and jokes, bet there's hundreds of blokes
That have wept 'cause you've stolen their thunder
[Chorus]
Are you putting us under?
'Cause we can't take our eyes off the t-shirt and ties combination
Well, see you later, innovator
Teddy Picker Lyrics
[Verse 1: Alex Turner]
They've sped up to the point where they provoke
The punchline before they have told the joke
Plenty of desperation to be seen
Staring at the television screen
They've sped up to the point where they provoke
You to tell the fucking punchline before you have told the joke
Well sorry, sunshine, it doesn't exist
It wasn't in the Top 100 list
[Chorus: Alex Turner]
And it's the thousandth time that it's even bolder
Don't be surprised when you get bent over
They told you but you were dying for it
[Post-Chorus: Matt Helders]
She saw it and she grabbed it and it wasn't what it seemed
The kids all dream of making it, whatever that means
[Verse 2: Alex Turner]
Another variation on a theme
A tangle on the television and the magazine
D'you reckon that they do it for a joke?
D'you reckon that they make 'em take an oath
That says that "We are defenders of any poser
Or professional pretender around"
[Chorus: Alex Turner]
And when did your list replace the twist and turn
Like a fist replaced a kiss?
Don't concern us with your bollocks, I don't want your prayer
Save it for the morning after
[Guitar Solo]
[Chorus: Alex Turner]
And it's the thousandth time that it's even bolder
Don't be surprised when you get bent over
They told you but you were gagging for it
[Bridge: Alex Turner]
Let's have a game on the teddy picker
Not quick enough, can I have it quicker?
Already thick and you're getting thicker
Let's have a game on the teddy picker
Not quick enough, can I have it quicker?
Already thick and you're getting thicker
[Outro: Alex Turner]
Presuming that all things are equal
Who'd want to be men of the people
When there's people like you?
D Is for Dangerous Lyrics
[Verse 1: Matt Helders, Alex Turner, Matt Helders & Alex Turner]
He knew what he wanted to say
But he didn't know how to word it
The dirty little Herbert was seeking an escape
But the place was well-guarded
The guiltiness that started
Soon as the other part had stopped
[Chorus: Matt Helders & Alex Turner]
'D' is for delightful and try and keep your trousers on
I think you should know you're his favourite worst nightmare
[Verse 2: Matt Helders, Alex Turner, Matt Helders & Alex Turner]
'D' is for desperately trying to simulate
What it was that was alright
Three quarters of an hour ago
That had led him to be in a position
And every compermission
And every other episode
[Bridge: Alex Turner, Alex Turner & Matt Helders]
He's nearing the brink but he thinks first
A parallel universe perhaps could be the perfect scene
He's nearing the brink but he thinks first
A parallel universe perhaps could be the perfect scene
He's nearing the brink but he thinks first
A parallel universe perhaps could be the perfect scene
He's nearing the brink but he thinks first
A parallel, I think you should know you're his favourite worst nightmare
[Chorus: Matt Helders & Alex Turner]
'D' is for delightful and try and keep your trousers on
You should know you're his favourite worst nightmare
Balaclava Lyrics
[Verse 1]
Running off over next door's garden
Before the hour is done
It's more a question of feeling
Than it is a question of fun
The confidence is the balaclava
I'm sure you'll baffle 'em good
Will the ending reek of salty cheeks
And runny makeup alone?
Or will blood run down the face
Of a boy bewildered and scorned
And you'll find yourself in a skirmish
Where you wish you'd never been born?
You tie yourself to the tracks
And there isn't no going back
And it's wrong, wrong, wrong
But we'll do it anyway 'cause we love a bit of trouble
[Verse 2]
Are you pulling her from a burning building
Or throwing her to the sharks?
Can only hope that the ending
Is as pleasurable as the start
The confidence is the balaclava
I'm sure you'll baffle 'em straight
And it's wrong, wrong, wrong
But she can hardly wait
[Chorus]
That's right, he won't let her out his sight
Now the shaggers perform and the daggers are drawn
Who's the crooks in this crime?
That's right, he won't let her out his sight
Now the shaggers perform and the daggers are drawn
Who's the crooks in this crime?
[Instrumental Break]
[Chorus]
That's right, he won't let her out his sight
That's right, he won't let her out his sight
That's right, he won't let her out his sight
Well, you'll be able to boast
Of the day of the most flawless heist of all time
[Outro]
You knew that it'd be trouble
Right before the very first kiss
Quiet and unassuming
But you heard that they were the naughtiest
She pleaded with you to take it off
But you resisted and fought
But sorry, sweetheart
I'd much rather keep on the balaclava
Fluorescent Adolescent Lyrics
[Verse 1]
You used to get it in your fishnets
Now you only get it in your night dress
Discarded all the naughty nights for niceness
Landed in a very common crisis
Everything's in order in a black hole
Nothing seems as pretty as the past though
That Bloody Mary's lacking in Tabasco
Remember when you used to be a rascal?
[Chorus]
Oh, the boy's a slag, the best you ever had
The best you ever had is just a memory
And those dreams weren't as daft as they seem
As daft as they seem, my love, when you dream them up
[Verse 2]
Flicking through a little book of sex tips
Remember when the boys were all electric?
And now, when she's told she's gonna get it
I'm guessing that she'd rather just forget it
Clinging to not getting sentimental
Said she wasn't going but she went still
Likes her gentlemen not to be gentle
Was it a Mecca Dauber or a betting pencil?
[Chorus]
Oh, the boy's a slag, the best you ever had
The best you ever had is just a memory
And those dreams weren't as daft as they seem
Not as daft as they seem, my love, when you dream them up
[Post-Chorus]
Oh, Flo, where did you go?
Where did you go? Where did you go?
[Bridge]
You're falling about
You took a left off Last Laugh Lane
Just sounding it out
But you're not coming back again
You're falling about
You took a left off Last Laugh Lane
You were just sounding it out
But you're not coming back again
[Outro]
You used to get it in your fishnets
(Falling about)
Now you only get it in your night dress
Discarded all the naughty nights for niceness
(You took a left off Last Laugh Lane)
Landed in a very common crisis
Everything's in order in a black hole
(You were just sounding it out)
Is anything as pretty in the past though?
That Bloody Mary's lacking in Tabasco
(You're not coming back again)
Remember when you used to be a rascal, oh?
Only Ones Who Know Lyrics
[Verse 1]
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 couldn't wait to get away
And I bet that Juliet was just the icing on the cake
Make no mistake, no
[Chorus]
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
[Verse 2]
And I bet she told a million people that she'd stay in touch
But all the little promises, they don't mean much
When there's memories to be made
And I hope you're holding hands by New Year's Eve
They made it far too easy to believe
That true romance can't be achieved these days
[Chorus]
And even if somehow they could have
Shown you the place you wanted
Well, I'm sure you could have
Made it that bit better on your own
You are the only ones who know
Do Me a Favour Lyrics
[Verse 1]
Well, the mourning was complete
When there was tears on the steering wheel dripping on the seat
Several hours or several weeks
I'd have the cheek to say they're equally as bleak
[Verse 2]
It's the beginning of the end
The car went up the hill and disappeared around the bend
Ask anyone, they'll tell you that it's these times that it tends
To start to break in half, to start to fall apart, hold on to your heart
[Chorus]
And do me a favour and break my nose
Or do me a favour and tell me to go away
Or do me a favour and stop asking questions
[Verse 3]
As she walked away, well, her shoes were untied
And the eyes were all red, you could see that we'd cried
And I watched and I waited till she was inside
Forcing 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
[Outro]
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
This House Is a Circus Lyrics
[Chorus]
This house is a circus, berserk as fuck
We tend to see that as a perk, though
Look what it's done to your friends, their memories are pretend
And the last thing that they want is for the feeling to end
This house is a circus, berserk as fuck
We tend to see that as a perk, though
Look what it's done to your friends, their memories are pretend
And the last thing that they want is for the feeling to end
[Verse 1]
There's a room full of trouble and there's lovers to be had
Those ones who make sinners out of such lovely lads
Scaling the corridors for maidens in the maze
And the anomaly is slipping into familiar ways
[Refrain]
And we're forever unfulfilled and can't think why
Like a search for murder clues in dead men's eyes
Forever unfulfilled and can't think why
Like a search for murder clues in dead men's eyes
[Bridge]
The more you open your mouth, the more you're forcing performance
And all the attention is leading me to feel important
(Give me obnoxious, give me obnoxious now)
Now that we're here, we may as well go too far
[Verse 2]
Wriggling around in incidents you won't forget
There's certainly some venom in the looks that you collect
Aimlessly gazing at the faces in the queue
And we're struggling with the notion that it's life, not film
[Outro]
This house is a circus, berserk as fuck
(We're forever unfulfilled)
We tend to see that as a perk, though
(Can't think why)
Look what it's done to your friends, their memories are pretend
(Like a search for murder clues)
And the last thing that they want is for the feeling to end
If You Were There, Beware Lyrics
[Verse 1]
If you were there
Beware the serpent soul pinchers
Three-hundred and fifty "no, thank you"s
And nobody flinches
Go on, girl, go on, give us something gruesome
We require your grief, the thugs help the thieves
As they're trying to rob the words from her gob and
Take the swords to the innocents
[Verse 2]
And if you were there
Beware the serpent soul pinchers
Can't you sense she was never meant
To fill column inches
Ain't you had enough? What you're trying to dig up
Isn't there to be dug, the thieves help the thugs
As they're trying to beat the good grace of a sweetheart
Out to the point she'll comply
[Bridge]
And why leave her on her own?
If I'd have known then I wouldn't have said it
I wouldn't have said it if I would have known
Why leave her on her own?
If I predicted tears then I wouldn't have said it
I wouldn't have said it if I would have known
[Instrumental Break]
[Outro]
There's a circle of witches
Ambitiously vicious they are
And our attempts to remind them of reason
Won't get us that far
But I don't know what it is that they want
I don't know what it is that they want
But I haven't got it to give
And she hasn't got it to give
The Bad Thing Lyrics
[Chorus]
Do the bad thing
Take off your wedding ring
But it won't make it that much easier
It might make it worse
[Verse 1]
Oh, the night's like a whirlwind
Somebody's girlfriend's 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
[Chorus]
Do the bad thing
Take off your wedding ring
But it won't make it that much easier
It might make it worse
[Verse 2]
Oh, a sudden disheartener
Somebody's partner's talking to me
But I don't know that is what she isn't
She murmurs things to confirm that the tragedy is true
And I knew, how could she not?
'Cause she could have anyone she wants
And I'm struggling to think
Of an immediate response
Like, "I don't mind, it'd be a big mistake
For you to wait and have me waste your time
Really, lovely, it's fine"
I said, "Really, lovely, it's fine"
[Instrumental Break]
[Verse 3]
And then the first time it occurred
That there was something to destroy
I knew before the invitation
That there was this ploy
Oh, but she carried on suggesting
A struggle to refuse
She said, "It's the red wine this time"
But that is no excuse
Old Yellow Bricks Lyrics
[Verse 1]
Old yellow bricks, love's a risk
Quite the little escapologist
Looked so miffed when you wished
For a thousand places better than this
[Pre-Chorus]
You are the fugitive but you don't know what you're running from
You can't kid us and you couldn't trick anyone
Houdini, love, you don't know what you're running away from
[Chorus]
Who wants to sleep in a city that never wakes up?
Blinded by nostalgia
Who wants to sleep in a city that never wakes up?
[Verse 2]
She was enraged by the way
That the emperors were trapped in the cage
And the days she deemed dull
Leading to nights reading beer bottles
[Pre-Chorus]
You're such a fugitive but you don't know what you're running from
You can't kid us and you couldn't trick anyone
Houdini, love, you don't know what you're running away from
[Chorus]
Who wants to sleep in a city that never wakes up?
Blinded by nostalgia
Who wants to sleep in a city that never wakes up?
[Instrumental Break]
[Outro]
You're at a loss just because
It wasn't all that you thought it was
You are the fugitive but you don't know
What you're running away from
She said, "I want to sleep in the city that never wakes up
And revel in nostalgia", I know I said
"Who wants to sleep in a city that never wakes up?"
But Dorothy was right though
505 Lyrics
[Chorus]
I'm going back to 505
If it's a seven hour flight or a forty-five minute drive
In my imagination, you're waitin' lyin' on your side
With your hands between your thighs
[Verse]
Stop and wait a sec
And when you look at me like that, my darlin'
What did you expect?
I'd probably still adore you
With your hands around my neck
Or I did last time I checked
Not shy of a spark
The knife twists at the thought
That I should fall short of the mark
Frightened by the bite, though
It's no harsher than the bark
The middle of adventure
Such a perfect place to start
[Chorus]
I'm going back to 505
If it's a seven hour flight or a forty-five minute drive
In my imagination, you're waitin' lyin' on your side
With your hands between your thighs
[Bridge]
But I crumble completely when you cry
It seems like once again you've had to greet me with goodbye
I'm always just about to go and spoil the surprise
Take my hands off of your eyes too soon
[Chorus]
I'm going back to 505
If it's a seven hour flight or a forty-five minute drive
In my imagination, you're waitin' lyin' on your side
With your hands between your thighs and a smile
Da Frame 2R Lyrics
[Verse 1]
007 and Brucey Wayne
Are shitting them sens because there's another name
Coming to claim what is his to claim
Ten percent faster with a sturdier frame
He's certainly come into his own
There's one on his arm in every land that he roams
And two consecutive nights alone
Are a thing of the past as he has recently shown
[Chorus]
They said he looks so handsome, stood not dancing
Drawing you in like it's boring to him
It's a war you can't win and the first and the last
Are two things you'll never be, my darling
[Verse 2]
Another roll around and another push and shove
Further away from the idea of love
And his conclusion, it must be good
Or when the penny has dropped with an incredible thud
Forgot to kick the tin
He knows where she's going but don't know where she's been
And as opposed to the other thing
He'll worry about it when it's trouble he's in
[Chorus]
They said he looks so handsome, stood not dancing
Drawing you in like it's boring to him
It's a war you can't win and the first and the last
Are two things you'll never be, my darling
(Two things you'll never be, my darling)
Two things you will never be, my darling
(Two things you'll never be, my darling)
[Outro]
Well, he sneered and sniffed and spat at my chat up-lines
Not to feel like a twat at times
It's hard, but not for this kid
Not when they come to you
Matador Lyrics
[Instrumental Intro]
[Verse: Alex Turner]
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 he'll regret the day
He didn't make the rescue from the bullring
Sulking won't get you nowhere, son
There's blood on your chin where you've bitten your tongue
Smitten, but might not be smitten for long
If you're still sitting, she'll soon be smitten and gone
[Interlude: Matt Helders]
(One, two
One, two, three, four)
[Instrumental Outro]