| Arctic Monkeys – Cornerstone Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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...Alternatively, maybe this is a song with a completely happy ending. Maybe the final girl is not a prostitute (maybe the middleman on the phone was her drug dealer). Maybe he was trying to replace his lost lover, tried, tried ...and finally got it right! Maybe the final girl could see what he was looking for, and wanted it as much as he. ..And they lived happily ever after :) I guess this is just as feasible as the theory about the final girl being a prostitute, so I'm a bit ashamed of my previous post LOL soz! |
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| Arctic Monkeys – Cornerstone Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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"Can I call you her name" seems to work as "can I call you my lover" sorry if that's stating the obvious. "Messing with a smoke alarm" I think this means she was in a crowded dance club, waving arms in the air. (I've also heard this dance move referred to as "screwing in a light bulb".) "So close that the walls were wet" this reminds me of crowded dance clubs where it can get so hot & humid that condensed sweat drips from the ceiling & everyone/everything becomes saturated. "She wrote it in letraset" I think this is a poetic reference that can be literally translated as "sign language". IE she flipped him off with one or two fingers. Cheers Indiebopper for the wiki reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Letraset My best guess as to why her scent was on the seatbelt: he and the original girl were in a relationship. They were in a cab riding back to his place. The relationship ended during the cabride, and she got out, leaving him to be consumed by his thoughts, and willingly haunted by her scent. ...Possibly the last time he saw her. After many unsuccessful attempts to replace his heart's lost love, in desperation he withdraws from the quest and seeks comfort by attempting to recreate that love with a prostitute. She is initially uncomfortable with what he wants because it's unprofessional to be affectionate, in the same way that a prostitute "is really not supposed to" kiss clients on the lips (as we all know from watching the Julia Roberts movie 'Pretty Woman'). But this hooker must like him, or feel sorry for him, because she agrees to make love / act like his lover. Thanks to Hampton90 & others who suggested the pirate-ish names of the pubs are a reference to adventurous quest for lost treasure, while the Cornerstone where he ends up refers more to a fallback / retreat to a lower path. I love that! BTW GREAT Band! ...But I hope their next album is a bit more optimistic about love & romance. Their previous offerings had charming touches of romantic innocence and themes of cheeky idealism in a less-than-ideal world, but with Humbug romantic ideals take a much bleaker perspective, as with this song. Cheer up lads it's not all bad! :) |
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| Arctic Monkeys – Cornerstone Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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"Can I call you her name" seems to work as "can I call you my lover" sorry if that's stating the obvious. "Messing with a smoke alarm" I think this means she was in a crowded dance club, waving arms in the air. (I've also heard this dance move referred to as "screwing in a light bulb".) "So close that the walls were wet" this reminds me of crowded dance clubs where it can get so hot & humid that condensed sweat drips from the ceiling & everyone/everything becomes saturated. "She wrote it in letraset" I think this is a poetic reference that can be literally translated as "sign language". IE she flipped him off with one or two fingers. Cheers Indiebopper for the wiki reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Letraset My best guess as to why her scent was on the seatbelt: he and the original girl were in a relationship. They were in a cab riding back to his place. The relationship ended during the cabride, and she got out, leaving him to be consumed by his thoughts, and willingly haunted by her scent. ...Possibly the last time he saw her. After many unsuccessful attempts to replace his heart's lost love, in desperation he withdraws from the quest and seeks comfort by attempting to recreate that love with a prostitute. She is initially uncomfortable with what he wants because it's unprofessional to be affectionate, in the same way that a prostitute "is really not supposed to" kiss clients on the lips (as we all know from watching the Julia Roberts movie 'Pretty Woman'). But this hooker must like him, or feel sorry for him, because she agrees to make love / act like his lover. Thanks to Hampton90 & others who suggested the pirate-ish names of the pubs are a reference to adventurous quest for lost treasure, while the Cornerstone where he ends up refers more to a fallback / retreat to a lower path. I love that! BTW GREAT Band! ...But I hope their next album is a bit more optimistic about love & romance. Their previous offerings had charming touches of romantic innocence and themes of cheeky idealism in a less-than-ideal world, but with Humbug romantic ideals take a much bleaker perspective, as with this song. Cheer up lads it's not all bad! :) |
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