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We all want some one to shout for
Yeah, everyone wants somebody to adore
But heroes aren't what they seem
When you've been, where we've been
Have I done something to trigger
The funny looks and the snigger
Are they there at all
Or is it just paranoia
Everybody's got there box
And doing what they're told
You push my faith near being lost
But we'll stick to the guns
Don't care if it's marketing suicide
We won't crack or compromise
Your derisory divides
Will never unhinge us
There's a couple of hundred
Think they're Christopher Columbus
But the settlers had already settled
Here long before you
Just because we're having a say so
And not lining up to be play doh
In five years time will it be
Who the fuck's arctic monkeys'
'Cause everybody's got there box
And doing what they're told
You push my faith near being lost
But we'll stick to the guns
Don't care if it's marketing suicide
We won't crack or compromise
Your derisory divides
Will never unhinge us
All the thoughts that I just said
Linger round and multiply in the head
Not that bad to start with
I'm not angry, I'm just disappointed
It's not you it's them that are wrong
Tell 'em to take out their tongues
Tell 'em to take out their tongues
It's not you it's them that are wrong
Tell 'em to take out their tongues
Tell 'em to take out their tongues
And bring on the backlash
It's not you it's them that are wrong
Tell him to take out his tongue
Tell him to take out his tongue
It's not you it's them that's the fake
I won't mess with your escape
Is this really your escape'
Yeah, everyone wants somebody to adore
But heroes aren't what they seem
When you've been, where we've been
Have I done something to trigger
The funny looks and the snigger
Are they there at all
Or is it just paranoia
Everybody's got there box
And doing what they're told
You push my faith near being lost
But we'll stick to the guns
Don't care if it's marketing suicide
We won't crack or compromise
Your derisory divides
Will never unhinge us
There's a couple of hundred
Think they're Christopher Columbus
But the settlers had already settled
Here long before you
Just because we're having a say so
And not lining up to be play doh
In five years time will it be
Who the fuck's arctic monkeys'
'Cause everybody's got there box
And doing what they're told
You push my faith near being lost
But we'll stick to the guns
Don't care if it's marketing suicide
We won't crack or compromise
Your derisory divides
Will never unhinge us
All the thoughts that I just said
Linger round and multiply in the head
Not that bad to start with
I'm not angry, I'm just disappointed
It's not you it's them that are wrong
Tell 'em to take out their tongues
Tell 'em to take out their tongues
It's not you it's them that are wrong
Tell 'em to take out their tongues
Tell 'em to take out their tongues
And bring on the backlash
It's not you it's them that are wrong
Tell him to take out his tongue
Tell him to take out his tongue
It's not you it's them that's the fake
I won't mess with your escape
Is this really your escape'
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Second verse is self explanatory.
Third verse, I think is talking about how everyone is in this "box, doing what they're told" meaning they are following all the trends out there and what not, and the Arctic Monkeys are saying that we don't give a shit if our music is marketing suicidal, (either meaning that their music isn't doing so well, or it means that their music is sending out bad messages), and they will stick to what they are doing cause they don't want to be trapped in that "box".
Fourth verse talking about how people think they have discovered this new band, just to find out that they aren't the first to actually discover them.
Fifth verse is talking about how they are not lining up to be playdoh, or they are not lining up like the rest of these new and upcoming bands to be molded by the public to fit their liking...and they are not gonna put up with that molding of the "playdoh" if that makes sense...
Then they are saying how its not you, its them, meaning its not the fans, its "them"...and who is them? I'm not sure...it could be the general media or what not.
Rest is pretty self explanatory.
Hope this helped.
-dial
I was thinking something along the lines of that aswell, all those new indie bands who think they're cool, new, hip, refreshing etc but are actually just following the craze.
That verse being about the fact that people don't really like them and just follow the crowd could be true too, but about the 'old' fans and the 'new' fans seems stupid to me. Why would someone who has knows arctic monkeys for 3 years be a better/bigger/whatever fan than someone who has knows them for 6 months? People who brag with things like 'oh i knew that band before they were famous, bla bla bla' are more fony, in my opinion.
Yeah, everyone wants somebody to adore
But your heroes aren't what they seem
When you've been where we've been
-I think this bit means they've met other famous people that maybe they idolised and thought of differently but in person, really, they are much different to what the media etc say.. maybe?
Have I done something to trigger
The funny looks and the sniggers?
Are they there at all, or is it just paranoia?
- Probably about some people who look down on them, maybe think they are better than them or their music is just rubbish..?
Everybody's got their box
Doing what they're told
You pushed my faith near being lost
But we'll stick to the guns
Don't care if it's marketing suicidal
Won't crack or compromise
Your do-rights or individes
Will never unhinge us
- Most famous people get told what to do pretty much, but I think they are saying they aren't like that, they do what they want, they make music.
And there's a couple of hundred
Think they're Christopher Columbus
But the settlers had already settled
Yeah, long before ya
-About true fans who have been there all along not just when they got cool or whatever. Fans who think they found a new amazing band but really theyy didnt find it cos well a lot of people already knew it, 'But the settlers had already settled
Yeah, long before ya'
Boy, am i different from u guys.
I know it's cliche, but it really should be about the music. If you just listened to this band for the first time four days ago in some little American town, or four years ago in Sheffield, who cares? Do you really like the music, the message and the meaning?
Funny thing is, this song is so true, because all the fuss that he did say lingered around in everyone's head and got people thinking about what kind of music enjoyers they truly are.
i.e. "It's not you it's them that's the fake" compared with "He's the one Who likes all our pretty songs And he likes to sing along" ... "but he knows not what it means"