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When we walked the streets together
All the faces seemed to smile back
And now the pavements
Have nothing to offer
And all the faces seem to need a slap
There's an unfamiliar grip
On an unfamiliar handkerchief
Attending to the tears on cheeks
I wouldn't notice
With you no matter how vicious the grief
Her expression was damp and crooked
Grabs onto my throat and won't let go
Won't let go
Won't let go
Won't let go
Save me from
The secateurs
I'll pretend
I didn't hear
Can't you see
I'm the ghost in the wrong coat
Biting butter and crumbs
There's a handsome maverick
You don't talk about to keep me calm
And I can't help
But try create a diversion
Pulls you back onto his arm
Please don't tell me
You don't have to darling I can sense
That he painted you a gushing sunset
And slayed
Their angry panthers in your defense
He stands separate and ever deadly
Clings onto my throat and won't let go
Won't let go
Won't let go
Won't let go
Save me from
The secateurs
I'll pretend
I didn't hear
Can't you see
I'm a ghost
In the wrong coat
Biting butter and crumbs
All the faces seemed to smile back
And now the pavements
Have nothing to offer
And all the faces seem to need a slap
There's an unfamiliar grip
On an unfamiliar handkerchief
Attending to the tears on cheeks
I wouldn't notice
With you no matter how vicious the grief
Her expression was damp and crooked
Grabs onto my throat and won't let go
Won't let go
Won't let go
Won't let go
Save me from
The secateurs
I'll pretend
I didn't hear
Can't you see
I'm the ghost in the wrong coat
Biting butter and crumbs
There's a handsome maverick
You don't talk about to keep me calm
And I can't help
But try create a diversion
Pulls you back onto his arm
Please don't tell me
You don't have to darling I can sense
That he painted you a gushing sunset
And slayed
Their angry panthers in your defense
He stands separate and ever deadly
Clings onto my throat and won't let go
Won't let go
Won't let go
Won't let go
Save me from
The secateurs
I'll pretend
I didn't hear
Can't you see
I'm a ghost
In the wrong coat
Biting butter and crumbs
Lyrics submitted by olliemilton7
Track duration: 02:38
"Separate and Ever Deadly" as written by Alex Turner, Miles Kane
Lyrics © EMI Music Publishing
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Clearly a 'third party' involved in the relationship but I reckon its someone from her past that she still thinks is perfect, but has lost, and the bloke in the present is suffering from comparisons to him, both by her and in his own mind.
What does everyone have for "Biting butter and crumbs"?
the first verse; he basically says "when im with you the world is happy ..but now im not with u everything pisses me off"..recheck and compare...second verse translation; "now youre crying to some1 else about your problems and not me and i cant notice your tears cuz u dont talk about it to me..the expression youre giving kills me inside cuz i cant help u anymore" and when he says "im a Ghost in the wrong coat" i think it means "im not the same without u and im dead inside"-pretty emo right? 3rd verse translation; the handsome maverick is the new guy, and our guy is trying to get her attention, but she still goes back to the maverick... last verse, he doesnt want to hear how well the girls new relationship is going cuz he can already tell, and even thou the maverick isnt doing anything to our guy directly, he is killing him...deepp shit..respect man...
one love,
-J. Temptation
as to its meaning?
not too sure
I think the "handsome maverick" was the girl's ex-boyfriend, rather than someone she's cheated on our guy with.
And he's jealous because he seemed so perfect, and terrified that she's going to go back to him.
Save me from the sequiturs, not secateurs.
Meaning, save him from the logical end. I feel he is saying he can see the relationship is ending, but doesn't want it to.
Or the end of the story, where she ends up with this other guy.
Rather than the relationship having ended, it seems like what he's saying is that he is with this girl, but feels it's coming to an end, and that she will go back to an old lover. (Why would she care about keeping him calm if they weren't together?) "I can't help if I create a version that pulls you back into his arms", which I take to meaning they used to be together, before Alex. Also the fact that he says "that he painted you a gushing sunset and slayed angry panthers in your defence" is in past tense makes me think that he is an ex-boyfriend rather than a present one.
I'm not sure though, because he does seem to imply form the very start that they're not together anymore, what do you think? and what does the chorus mean?
That he painted you a gushing sunset
And slayed angry panthers in your defence."
I reckon it means that she keeps talking about how great he (her new love) is but he doesn't want to hear any of it