The Monkeys

We all want someone to shout for Yeah, everyone wants somebody to adore But your 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 sniggers? Are they there at all Or is it just paranoia? 'Cause 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 suicide We won't crack or compromise Your derisory divides Will never unhinge us And there's a couple of hundred Think they're Christopher Columbus But the settlers had already settled Here long before ya Just 'cause we're having a say-so Not lining up to be Play-Doh Oh, in five years time, will it be "Who the fuck's Arctic Monkeys?" 'Cause 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 suicide We won't crack or compromise Your derisory divides Will never unhinge us All the thoughts that I just said Will linger 'round and multiply in their 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 If it's really your escape, yeah

Fiendish wonder in a carnival's wake Dull caresses once again irritate Tread softly, stranger Move over toward the danger that you seek You think excitement has receded then the mirror distracts The logic of the trends quickly reaches and grasps Handsome and faceless And weightless, your imagination runs And now it's no one's fault but yours At the foot of the house of cards You thought you'd never get obsessed You thought the wolves would be impressed And you're a sinking stone But you know what it's like to hold the jeweller's hands That procession of pioneers All drowned In the moonlight they're more thrilling Those things that he knows As he leads you through the grinning Bubble blowers in the snow Watching his exit Is like falling off the ferry in the night The inevitable's gather to push you around Any other voice makes such a punishing sound He became laughter's assassin Shortly after he showed you what it was And now it's no one's fault but yours At the foot of the house of cards You thought you'd never get obsessed You thought the wolves would be impressed And you're a sinking stone But you know what it's like to hold the jeweller's hands That procession of pioneers All drowned If you've a lesson to teach me I'm listening, ready to learn There's no one here to police me I'm sinking in until you return If you've a lesson to teach me Don't deviate, don't be afraid Without the last corner piece I can't calibrate Let's get it ingrained If you've a lesson to teach me I'm listening, ready to learn There's no one here to police me I'm sinking in until you return If you've a lesson to teach me Don't deviate, don't be afraid Without the last corner piece, I can't calibrate Let's get it ingrained If you've a lesson to teach me I'm listening, ready to learn There's no one here to police me I'm sinking in until you return (If you've a lesson to teach me) (Don't deviate, don't be afraid) (Without the last corner piece, I can't calibrate) (Let's get it ingrained)

Try and think of something colourful for this season Pull the wool over the gullible for no reason You are all I have these days, shake it up and run away With the night squabbling behind you From the smoke in your hair to the blood in your bruise And the bows on the shoes you kicked off I'm joining the dots I'm joining the dots I thought I heard them talking in their sleep yesterday And I tried but I just can't believe a word they say Hurry up they'll be here soon, sleeping in the afternoon While the rain's trying to prove a point outside From the smoke in your hair to the blood in your bruise And the bows on the shoes you kicked off I'm joining the dots I'm joining the dots I'm joining the dots Those people make me calm Can't the flame Come up to the moth for a change And darling if it 's all the same to you I'll have you to myself I'm joining the dots I'm joining the dots

I wish you would've smiled in the bakery Or sat on a tatty settee At some mutual friend's gathering And the more you keep on looking, the more it's hard to take Love, we're in stalemate To never meet is surely where we're bound There's one in every town Just there to grind you down I wish I would've seen you in the post office Well, maybe I did and I missed it Too busy with the mind on clever lines Why not the rounder's pitch or the canteen You're slacking, love, where have you been? Just had to go and wait until tonight (To give me the invite, don't worry it's alright) I wish I would've seen you down in the arcade Sipping on a lemonade In the paper cup, and chewing on the straw And I wish I'd seen you in the bakery But if I'd seen you in the bakery You probably wouldn't have seen me

Five little monkeys jumping on the bed One fell off and bumped his head So mama called the doctor, and the doctor said "No more monkeys jumping on the bed" Four little monkeys jumping on the bed One fell off and bumped his head So mama called the doctor, and the doctor said "No more monkeys jumping on the bed" Three little monkeys jumping on the bed One fell off and bumped his head So mama called the doctor, and the doctor said "No more monkeys jumping on the bed" Two little monkeys jumping on the bed One fell off and bumped his head So mama called the doctor, and the doctor said "No more monkeys jumping on the bed" One little monkey jumping on the bed He fell off and bumped his head So mama called the doctor, and the doctor said "No more monkeys jumping on the bed" No little monkeys jumping on the bed None fell off and bumped his head So mama called the doctor, and the doctor said "Put those monkeys back in bed"

Mother, I heard you call my name out now They say I have to leave the village now Please, please, don't disappoint me with your tears Stand proud and stay, salute me when I leave Oh, such foolish thoughts Tearing at the very soul Unconfirmed reports Fighting by the dawn patrol Crushed in lions' jaws Battles with the torn apart I can fight no more Confusion in the very heart Heart of the ouch monkey As night arrives, see monkeys climb down from the trees And who has ever seen such foolish ones as these? The monkey quivers with its guts torn open wide Big jungle cats surround the carcass sold inside Oh, such fun and games Fire bites to burn the soul And decorate the damned Try to hide the poor insane They must, but don't fall Games that always end in tears Fold your tales and run In fear of the approaching years In fear of the ouch monkey A trail of blood, a trail of fire lights up the night Appending scenes of chaos caught in beams of light I perched and searched elastic world [?] Just plant [?] inside [?] Oh, such fun and games Oh, such fun and games Oh, such fun and games Oh, such fun and games Oh, such fun and games Oh, such fun and games Oh, such fun and games Oh, such fun and games Oh, such fun and games Oh, such fun and games Oh, such fun and games Oh, such fun and games Oh, such fun and games

I bagsy yours If you'll bagsy mine I'll take a chance If you'll take the blame Forget it Forget it Keymon Keymon Boys are the same Brains in their pockets Girls are the same Knock it and rock it Remember Remember Keymon Keymon I'm not a holy man I'm too lowly for that I'm not a praying man I'm not ready for that Keymon Keymon I bagsy yours If you'll bagsy mine I'll take a chance If you'll take the blame Forget it Forget it Keymon Keymon Keymon Keymon

I just got your message baby So sad to see you fade away (What in the world is this feeling?) (Catch a breath and leave me reeling) It'll get you in the end It's God's revenge Oh, I know I should come clean But I prefer to deceive (Everyday I walk alone) (And pray that God won't see me) I know it's wrong I know it's wrong Tell me why Is it I'm digging your scene I know I'll die Baby They put you in a home to fill in Oh, but I wouldn't call that living (I'm like a boy among men) (I'd like a permanent friend) I'd like to think that I was just myself again Oh, tell me why Is it I'm digging your scene I know I'll die Baby I just got your message baby So sad to see you fade away (I'm like a boy among men) (I'd like a permanent friend) I'd like to think that I was just myself again Oh, tell me why Is it I'm digging your scene I know I'll die Baby Oh, Tell me why Is it I'm digging your scene I know I'll die Baby Oh, come on baby Oh, come on baby

One for the road, ooh-ooh One for the road, ooh-ooh From the bottom of your heart, the relegation zone I saw this coming from the start The shake, rattle and roll All the cracks in blackout blinds cast patterns on the ceiling But you're feeling fine I thought it was dark outside I thought it was dark outside (One for the road) So we all get back to yours and you sit and talk to me on the floor There's no need to show me 'round, baby I feel like I've been here before I've been wonderin' whether later, when you tell everybody to go Will you pour me one for the road? I knew this would be on the cards I knew you wouldn't fold I saw this comin' from the start The shake, rattle and roll (One for the road) So we all get back to yours and you sit and talk to me on the floor There's no need to show me 'round, baby I feel like I've been here before I've been wonderin' whether later, when you tell everybody to go Will you pour me one for the road? The mixture hits you hard Don't get that sinking feeling, don't fall apart Some out of tune guitar Soundtrack to disaster Ooh-ooh, one for the road Ooh-ooh, one for the road Ooh-ooh, one for the road Ooh-ooh, one for the road Ooh-ooh Ooh-ooh Ooh-ooh Ooh-ooh (One for the road) So we all get back to yours and you sit and talk to me on the floor There's no need to show me 'round, baby I feel like I've been here before I've been wonderin' whether later, when you tell everybody to go Will you pour me one for the road?