Suck It and See

Arctic Monkeys

2011 Released

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She’s Thunderstorms

03 : 54

Black Treacle

03 : 35

Brick by Brick

02 : 59

The Hellcat Spangled Shalalala

03 : 00

Don’t Sit Down ’Cause I’ve Moved Your Chair

03 : 03

Library Pictures

02 : 22

All My Own Stunts

03 : 52

Reckless Serenade

02 : 42

Piledriver Waltz

03 : 23

Love Is a Laserquest

03 : 11

Suck It and See

03 : 45

That’s Where You’re Wrong

04 : 16

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Track Lyrics

She’s Thunderstorms Lyrics

[Chorus]

She's thunderstorms, lying on her front

Up against the wall, she's thunderstorms

[Verse 1]

I've been feeling foolish, you should try it

She came and substituted the peace and quiet for

[Pre-Chorus]

Acrobatic blood flow, concertina

Cheating heart beat, rapid fire

[Chorus]

She's thunderstorms, lying on her front

Up against the wall, she's thunderstorms

Here is your host, sounds as if she's pretty close

When the heat starts growing horns, she's thunderstorms

[Verse 2]

She's been loop-the-looping around my mind

Her motorcycle boots give me this kind of

[Pre-Chorus]

Acrobatic blood, concertina

Cheating heart beat, rapid fire

[Chorus]

She's thunderstorms, lying on her front

Up against the wall, she's thunderstorms

[Bridge]

In an unusual place, when you're feeling far away

She does what the night does to the day

[Chorus]

She's thunderstorms, lying on her front

Up against the wall, she's thunderstorms

Thunderstorms, thunderstorms

Black Treacle Lyrics

[Verse 1]

Lately, I've been seeing things

Belly button piercings

In the sky at night

When we're side by side

And I don't mean to rain

On anybody's cabriolet

One of those games you're gonna lose

But you wanna play it, just in case

[Chorus]

Now it's getting dark and the sky looks sticky

More like black treacle than tar, black treacle

Somebody told the stars you're not coming out tonight

And so they found a place to hide

[Verse 2]

Does it help you stay up late?

Does it help you concentrate?

Does it tune you in when you chew your chin?

Am I ruining your fun?

And you talk the talk alright

But do you walk the walk or catch the train?

You wanted it, you got it

But you don't want it now

[Chorus]

Now it's getting dark and the sky looks sticky

More like black treacle than tar, black treacle

Somebody told the stars you're not coming out tonight

And so they found a place to hide

[Bridge]

Now I'm out of place and I'm not getting any wiser

I feel like the Sundance Kid behind a synthesizer

And I tried last night to pack away your laugh

Like a key under the mat

But it never seems to be there when you want it

[Outro]

Black treacle

Brick by Brick Lyrics

[Verse 1]

I wanna build you up brick by brick

I wanna break you down brick by brick

I’m gonna reconstruct brick by brick

I wanna feel your love

[Chorus]

Brick by brick (Ah, ah-ah, ah-ah)

[Verse 2]

I wanna steal your soul brick by brick

I wanna rock and roll brick by brick

I wanna rock and roll

[Chorus]

Brick by brick (Ah, ah-ah, ah-ah)

[Verse 3]

I wanna brick by brick, brick by brick

I wanna blow by blow, brick by brick

I want an episode brick by brick

I wanna brick by brick by brick by

[Chorus]

Brick by brick (Ah, ah-ah, ah-ah)

The Hellcat Spangled Shalalala Lyrics

[Verse 1]

Just when things are getting complicated

In the eye of the storm

She flicks a red-hot revelation

Off the tip of her tongue

It does a dozen somersaults

And leaves you supercharged

Makes me wanna blow the candles out

Just to see if you glow in the dark

[Chorus]

Shalalala

[Verse 2]

Home sweet home, home sweet home

Home sweet booby-trap

I took the batteries out my mysticism

And put 'em in my thinking cap

She's got a telescopic hallelujah

Hanging up on her wall

For when it gets too complicated

In the eye of the storm

[Chorus]

Shalalala

Oh-oh-oh-oh

[Bridge]

And in a hellcat spangled cavern

When your judgement's on the run

And you're acting like a stranger

'Cause you thought it looked like fun

And did you ever get the feeling

That these are things she's said before?

Her steady hands may well have done

The devil's pedicure

What you waiting for?

Sing another fucking

[Chorus]

Shalalala

Don’t Sit Down ’Cause I’ve Moved Your Chair Lyrics

[Verse 1]

Break a mirror, roll the dice

Run with scissors through a chip pan fire fight

Go into business with a grizzly bear

But just don't sit down 'cause I've moved your chair

[Verse 2]

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 that's square

But just don't sit down 'cause I've moved your chair

[Chorus]

Ooh, yeah, yeah, yeah

[Verse 3]

Bite the lightning and tell me how it tastes

Kung fu fighting on your roller skates

Do the Macarena in the devil's lair

But just don't sit down 'cause I've moved your chair

[Chorus]

Ooh, yeah, yeah, yeah

Ooh

Library Pictures Lyrics

[Intro]

I'm in a vest

[Verse 1]

Library pictures of the quickening canoe

The first of its kind to get to the moon

Trust some ellipses to chase you 'round the room

Through curly straws and metaphors and goo

[Verse 2]

Been watching all the neon blossom flickering

You look as if you've all forgotten where you've been

Going riding through the thunder suckle fuzz canyon

Ten, nine, eight, seven, six, five, four, three, two, one

[Verse 3]

Library pictures of the quickening canoe

The first of its kind to get to the moon

Give me an eeny, meeny, miny, moe

Or an ip, dip, dog shit, rock and roll

All My Own Stunts Lyrics

[Verse 1]

Caricatures of your wrecking ball gown

In my mind all the time

I wanna be in that damsel patterned alley

Where you go for a smoke

And sorrow slow dances

The phones are lighting up

Taking no chances

Close but never close enough

[Chorus]

Been watching cowboy films

On gloomy afternoons

Tinting the solitude

Put on your dancing shoes

And show me what to do

I know you've got the moves

[Verse 2]

All my own stunts, high noon has changed its tune

Linking arms, sinking hearts

And sorrow slow dances

Around the edges of her eyes

Taking no chances

The last one out to win a prize

[Chorus]

Been watching cowboy films

On gloomy afternoons

Tinting the solitude

Put on your dancing shoes

And show me what to do

I know you've got the moves

[Instrumental Break]

[Bridge]

Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh

Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh

Oh-oh-oh

[Outro: "I'm From High Green" snippet]

'Cause I'm from High Green

Don't fuck with me

Reckless Serenade Lyrics

[Verse 1]

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

[Chorus]

I've 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

[Verse 2]

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 she's walking by

[Chorus]

I've 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

[Bridge]

I left my message, but did he fuck get back to me

And now I'm stuck still wondering how it's meant to be

[Outro]

Singing a reckless serenade, reckless serenade

Reckless serenade, reckless serenade

Reckless serenade

Piledriver Waltz Lyrics

[Verse 1]

I etched the face of a stopwatch on the back of a raindrop

And did a swap for the sand in an hourglass

I heard an unhappy ending, it sort of sounds like you leaving

I heard the piledriver waltz, it woke me up this morning

[Chorus]

You look like you've been for breakfast

At the heartbreak hotel

And sat in the back booth by the pamphlets

And the literature on how to lose

Your waitress was miserable

And so was your food

If you're gonna try and walk on water

Make sure you wear your comfortable shoes

[Verse 2]

Mysteries flashing amber go green when you answer

But the red on the rest of the questionnaire never changes

I heard the news that you're planning to shoot me out of a cannon

I heard the piledriver waltz, it woke me up this morning

[Chorus]

You look like you've been for breakfast

At the heartbreak hotel

And sat in the back booth by the pamphlets

And the literature on how to lose

Your waitress was miserable

And so was your food

If you're gonna try and walk on water

Make sure you wear your comfortable shoes

[Outro]

Oh-oh, oh-oh

Piledriver

Love Is a Laserquest Lyrics

[Verse 1]

Do you still feel younger than you thought you would by now

Or darling, have you started feeling old yet?

Don't worry, I'm sure that you're still breaking hearts

With the efficiency that only youth can harness

And do you still think love is a Laser Quest

Or do you take it all more seriously?

I've tried to ask you this in some daydreams that I've had

But you're always busy being make-believe

[Chorus]

And do you look into the mirror to remind yourself you're there

Or have somebody's goodnight kisses got that covered?

When I'm not being honest

I pretend that you were just some lover

[Verse 2]

Now I can't think of there without thinking of you

I doubt that comes as a surprise

And I can't think of anything to dream about

I can't find anywhere to hide

[Chorus]

And when I'm hanging on by the rings around my eyes

And I convince myself I need another

And for a minute, it gets easier

To pretend that you were just some lover

[Instrumental Break]

[Chorus]

When I'm pipe and slippers and rocking chair

Singing dreadful songs about summer

Will I have found a better method

Of pretending you were just some lover?

Will I have found a better method

Of pretending you were just some lover?

Suck It and See Lyrics

[Verse 1]

Your love is like a studded leather headlock

Your kiss, it could put creases in the rain

You're rarer than a can of dandelion and burdock

And those other girls are just post-mix lemonade

[Chorus]

Suck it and see, you never know

Sit next to me before I go

Jigsaw women with horror movie shoes

Be cruel to me 'cause I am a fool for you

[Verse 2]

I poured my aching heart into a pop song

I couldn't get the hang of poetry

That's not a skirt, girl, that's a sawn-off shotgun

And I can only hope you've got it aimed at me

[Chorus]

Suck it and see, you never know

Sit next to me before I go

Jigsaw women with horror movie shoes

Be cruel to me 'cause I am a fool for

[Bridge]

Blue moon girls from once upon a Shangri-La

How I often wonder where you are

You have got that face that just says

"Baby, I was made to break your heart", oh-oh-oh

[Chorus]

Suck it and see, you never know

Sit next to me before I go, go, go, go

Jigsaw women with horror movie shoes

Be cruel to me 'cause I am a fool for you

That’s Where You’re Wrong Lyrics

[Verse 1]

A pussyfooting setting sun

Make a wish that weighs a tonne

There are no handles for you to hold

And no understanding where it goes

[Verse 2]

Jealousy in technicolor

Fear by name, love by numbers

Street lamp amber, wanderlust

Powder in a blunderbuss

[Chorus]

She looks as if she's blowing a kiss at me

And suddenly the sky is a scissor

Sitting on the floor with a tambourine

Crushing up a bundle of love

Don't take it so personally

You're not the only one

That time has got it in for, honey

That's where you're wrong

[Verse 3]

All the old flames fastened on

Make a wish that weighs a tonne

There are no handles you can hold

And no understanding where it goes

[Chorus]

She looks as if she's blowing a kiss at me

And suddenly the sky is a scissor

Sitting on the floor with a tambourine

Crushing up a bundle of love

Don't take it so personally

You're not the only one

That time has got it in for, honey

That's where you're wrong

[Outro]

That's where you're wrong

Oh, oh-oh, oh-oh, oh

Oh, oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh

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Track Lyrics

She’s Thunderstorms Lyrics

Black Treacle Lyrics

Brick by Brick Lyrics

The Hellcat Spangled Shalalala Lyrics

Don’t Sit Down ’Cause I’ve Moved Your Chair Lyrics

Library Pictures Lyrics

All My Own Stunts Lyrics

Reckless Serenade Lyrics

Piledriver Waltz Lyrics

Love Is a Laserquest Lyrics

Suck It and See Lyrics

That’s Where You’re Wrong Lyrics