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You want to have her
Two years have gone now
But I can't relate
To the never ending
Games that you play
As desire passes through
And you're open
To the truth
I hope you understand
[Chorus]
And your love
Is standing next to me
Is standing next to me
The one you fell for
Makes it seem juvenile
And you laugh
At yourself
Again and again
But as you drink
To the thoughts
She'll remember you
Maybe tomorrow
[Chorus: x2]
Is standing next to me
Is standing next to me
You want to have her
Two years have gone now
But I can't relate
To the never ending
Games that you play
As desire passes through
Then you're open
To the truth
I hope you understand
[Chorus]
Is standing next to me
Is standing next to me
Two years have gone now
But I can't relate
To the never ending
Games that you play
As desire passes through
And you're open
To the truth
I hope you understand
[Chorus]
And your love
Is standing next to me
Is standing next to me
The one you fell for
Makes it seem juvenile
And you laugh
At yourself
Again and again
But as you drink
To the thoughts
She'll remember you
Maybe tomorrow
[Chorus: x2]
Is standing next to me
Is standing next to me
You want to have her
Two years have gone now
But I can't relate
To the never ending
Games that you play
As desire passes through
Then you're open
To the truth
I hope you understand
[Chorus]
Is standing next to me
Is standing next to me
Lyrics submitted by MuisicallyJenny
Track duration: 02:20
"Standing Next to Me" as written by Alex Turner, Miles / Kane
Lyrics © EMI Music Publishing
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X has liked this girl for 2 years but she keeps playing games with him, so after getting sick of 2 years of waiting around and being played with, he gives up and hands her off to J, the ending of the first verse I see is written from J's perspective
I hope you understand
And your love is standing next to me
Is standing next to me
J & X were possibly friends?
The song then reverts back to X as the narrator as he thinks of his time chasing Y and how stupid he was, concluding with him wondering if she still thinks of him.
who is this girl?
I reckon this is about the period when things were going OK (the only song on the album that sounds optimistic) - but he was "more into it" than her.
Hence her love was 'standing next to (him)', emphasis on the fact it is next to him, rather than something that has been expressed or internalised. It is 'next to him' but not within him as it should be. This only really makes sense in the context of the whole album.
ok so our guy, the guy who is singing, he has a GirlFriend, and there is another guy(i'll refurr to him as X)
so X is trying to steal away the Girlfriend of our guy. and my interpritation of "want her, have her, 2years have gone now but i cant relaite to the games that u play" hes basically saying "if u want to try to get my girl, go ahead, TRY, ive been with her for 2years and u aint getting nowhere with her, and im not gonna play these little games with u so i can keep the girl that i already have and it would be a waste of time on my part"
where he says "as desire passes thru then youll open to the truth i hope u understand and your love is standing next to me" MY INTERPRITATION- "when you're done liking my girl, THATS when you will be able to see clearly that she is with me and she is in love with me and she isnt going to leave me for you"
"the one you fell for, makes it too juvinile, and youll laugh at yourself again and again, and we'll drink to the thought that she'll remember you, maybe tomorrow" MY INTERPRITATION= "the fact that you're 'in love' with my girl-that u bearly know, is kiddish and childish, you'll look back on this and laugh one day on how silly this situation really is...and shes gonna forget u so u shud forget her"
well thats my inturpentation of this complex song. As poet, this song is pure and i enjoyed the medium in which it was presented to me(music) I love the shadow puppets for this reason.
One love,
J. Temptation
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The girlfriend seem not to care about the guy at all, neighter does the singer.. ("And we'll drink to the thoughts she'll remember you, maybe tomorrow")
I think its about two guys who go out
and one is flirting with girls while he has a girlfriend
and the other one is with the first persons gf
"your love is standing next to me"
and "he can't relate to the never ending games that you play"
as the first persons "desire passes through then you're open to the truth"
well I dunno, anyone else..
At the end he's saying that the girl this guy is chasing after, is "Standing next to me".
Whether the writer is still interested in her..seems muddy.