Lyrics for Fluorescent Adolescent as interpreted by sedders

Fluorescent Adolescent Lyrics
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 he used to be a rascal?

Oh that boy's a slag
The best you ever had
The best you ever had
Is just a memory and those dreams
Not as daft as they seem
Not as daft as they seem
My love when you dream them up

Flicking through a little book of sex tips
Remember when the boys were all electric?
Now when she tells 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 to not be gentle
Was it a mecca dobber or a betting pencil?

Oh that 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

Oh, where did you go?
Where did you go?
Where did you go?

Falling about
You took a left off Last Laugh Lane
You just sounded it out
You're not coming back again

Falling about
You took a left off Last Laugh Lane
You just sounded it out
You're not coming back again

You used to get it in your fishnets
Now you only get it in your night dress
Started all the naughty nights with niceness
Landed in a very common crisis
Everything's in order in a black hole
Everything was pretty in the past though
That Bloody Mary's lacking in Tabasco
Remember when he used to be a rascal?

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sedders
04-05-2007

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I think these are the correct lyrics.. haven't got the album yet.
This song reminds me of lipgloss or razzmatazz by pulp.

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thomasroberts
04-12-2007

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this song is awesome... i dont know the meaning, possibly about an ex prostitute that doesnt get any action anymore..

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amypowers
04-13-2007

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Anyone else think its about a relationship getting old? And then the woman in the relation ship cheats on the man in order to gain back some excitement in her life. (Love the song by the way and ive analysed the CORRECT lyrics below.)

You used to get it in your fishnets
(Which is sexy)

Now you only get it in your night dress
(Typical and boring)

Discarded the naughty nights with niceness
(Less sex more jsut being nice, perhaps having tea with the neighbours or something shit like that.)

Landed in a very common crisis
(This happens to most relationships)

Everything's in order in a black hole
(Relationship is comapred to a black hole its in order but its lifeless and dull and sucks everything that ever was into it)

Nothing seems as pretty as the past though
(It was better in the past)

That Bloody Mary's lacking in Tabasco
(Looking for more kicks in life than the same old boring relationship like adding more tabasco to the bloody mary)

Remember when he used to be a rascal?
(thats what he used to be like)

Oh that boy's a slag
The best you ever had
The best you ever had

(This is the woman looking back on the man and waht he used to be like this is apprent because of the last line of the first verse which tells the woman to remember.)

Is just a memory and those dreams
Not as daft as they seem
Not as daft as they seem
My love when you dream them up...

(What he used to be like is just a memory and she dreams that he'll be the same again there not that daft but shes just making them up.)

Flicking through a little book of sex tips
(Trying to spice things up)

Remember when the boys were all electric?
(When she used to get all the boys)

Now when she tells she's gonna get it
(she thinks hses going to get sex)

I'm guessing that she'd rather just forget i
(sarcastic comment by the narrator she dosent want to forget it she wants to live it)

Clinging to not getting sentimental
(she dosent want to cling on for someone, settle down, she wants to relive the hayday when she was a 'fluroscent adolescent'.)

Said she wasn't going but she went still
(Perhaps she goes to cheat on her fella?)

Likes her gentlemen to not be gentle
(Everything in this relationship is just too comfy she wants excitement)

Was it a megadobber or a betting pencil?
(Ha don't know what this is about. But the first thing i thought of was that it was some sort of sex game or something and i dont know here the megadobebr or the betting pencil are going. Maybe shes comparing the size of her partners dick to this new fellas. No idea)

Falling about
(Shes drunk)

You took a left off Last Laugh Lane
(Turns down the road and laughs. She's ahd the last laugh at her boring fella)

You just sounded it out
(She just got it all out of her by having a bit of excitment with another guy not leading the boring drab lifestyle)

You're not coming back again.
(However she's not doing again... she dosen't need to shes had her fun its back to her normal life.)

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calebron
04-15-2007

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amypowers. your' totally spot-on.

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,tAn-x
04-16-2007

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its 'Was it a meccadobber or a betting pencil?'
obv referring to bingo & betting

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,tAn-x
04-18-2007

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btw that comment was sarcastic lol

if you know what a mecca dobber looks like (fat felt tip basically) and a betting pencil, then its another sexual refrence. referring to the size of a mans dick

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mad-monkey-42
04-21-2007

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I think that this is one of the only good songs on the album. I'm a bit torn over the album since some of it's good, while some of it's bad. I guess I'm disappointed.

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JonathanBC
04-24-2007

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Just a spelling fix, as I think the meaning has been nailed.

Megadobber = mecca dauber

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yalfers
04-25-2007

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I can't believe there aren't more comments for this song.

And as mad-monkey said, it's not their best cd for sure; definately worth getting though=)

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neil-a-l
04-26-2007

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Someone said they are dissapointed with the album. Have they actually heard it?

This song is good but not the best song on the album in my opinion. Who helped Alex Turner with the lyrics? coz it says in the album lyrics by Turner/bennet

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that_place
04-27-2007

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I like this song! But I just love basically all the music Arctic Monkeys create. I like how amypowers broke it down haha. I think I feel it's something like that if not all.

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whitealex
04-30-2007

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apparently the lyrics were co-written by alex turner and johanna bennet (alex's ex-girlfriend).

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bakismaki
05-02-2007

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I'm pretty sure this is about a woman growing older and less physically attractive, and realizing she has to sort of settle for whatever she gets, instead of having her pick. It's sort of funny they would write a song like this.

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dueyfinster
05-04-2007

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Yes bakismaki you are right, not the above comments. I think it is a woman who is hitting her forties, she used to be dripping wet, now she's just dripping (ie. everything went down south). They pity her really, but she loves to think she's young and mad (hence the title), so she sleeps with young men to make herself feel special and attractive

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jpdwebb
05-06-2007

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i agree with you mostly, amypowers. with one or two exceptions

"now when she tells she's going to get it"
"i'm guessing that she'd rather just forget it"

yes, "get it" refers to sex but the next line isn't sarcastic, it's just saying that the sex is boring now so she'd "rather just forget it".

Other parts i'm just not so sure about. But you've got the general idea.

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malumphey
05-06-2007

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tAn-x is bang on - got head screwed on that one. And btw Jonathan BC, we don't need no 'spelling fix' as 'dobber' may be a corrupted version of 'dauber' but its a legit word here oop north!

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oh_someday
05-09-2007

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bakismaki and dueyfinster are right. i believe. it's just about a lady, in her 30's or 40's whos lost her touch and shes growing nostalgic about days where she was younger and crazy and shes trying too hard to go back tot he way she was, including sleeping with younger men, kinda like a mid-life crisis.

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scummyman
05-11-2007

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i changed my mind.
505 is good
but this is better

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geo_thestrokes
05-14-2007

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this song is my favorite song of all time..its so straight forward but so beautiful at the same time.
i love how the song goes from a near insult to the women to genuine sadness over losing her. others have stated that the song is about a middle aged women who is trying to bring fun back into her life. but did anyone think of the man in this situation? it seems like both parties are looking back at their teenage years with affection and at the same time remorse because they both cannot seem to get back to that blissful stage of love. they have become serious and boring.

at the end of the song the man sees the relationship deteorating and how he is losing the girl
"you took a left off last laugh lane"
she gave up and cheated on him it seems and now he knows that no matter what she isnt coming back whether he wants her to or not..such a bitter sweet song but its so great!!

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park11
05-18-2007

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you took a left off Laspark Lane --> you took a left off Laslaf Lane --> Should be "Took a left at Last Laugh Lane"

The original lyrics are right

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_InAMaze_
05-19-2007

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One of my favourites!Although every song from AM is a special one...

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kikidemaurs
05-23-2007

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Amypowers, I think you are wrong on some of the meanings.
The ralationship becomes dull, but they both have changed and turned predictable.
"Nothing seems as pretty as the past though" it seems pretty, but was it or was is just infatuation?
"The best you ever had" refers to the following sentence "is just a memory", the future will only be worse.
"Clinging to not getting sentimental
Said she wasn't going but she went still" doesn't mean she cheats, but that she fell for him even though she didn't want to.
"Remember when the boys were all electric?" now she isn't even excited at the idea of sex.
"Falling about
You took a left off Last Laugh Lane
You just sounded it out
You're not coming back again.", maybe she juste grew up, realized it, and is ready to move on?
But i don't think she's in her 40s, more likely late 20s.
But what do i know, i'm just a woman in my 40s :)

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scappaflow
06-08-2007

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The lyrics to this are just genius. The Arctics truly are great at penning a song.

I think the song is about relationships but rather than getting old it's about the singer getting dumped. Although at the time he was gutted he now thinks he's better off and she has made the mistake and is now in a boring relationship.

The last laugh lane lyric meaning that although she thought she had the last laugh that is now not the case.

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bazmeg
06-09-2007

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Everyone is missing a very telling line:

"That Bloody Mary's lacking in Tabasco" means that woman has gone through menopause and her "bloody mary" doesn't bleed (Tabasco) anymore. This proves it's about getting old(er).

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campbella
06-11-2007

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"Not as daft as they seem
Not as daft as they seem
My love when you dream them up..."
are the wrong lyrics, listening to the song i can hear the lyrics as "well as daft as they seem
as daft as they seem
My love when you dream them up..."

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