| Arctic Monkeys – The Hellcat Spangles Shalalala Lyrics | 14 years ago |
|
I agree with you in that I think it's about an argument he's had with Alexa about an affair/one night stand she's had but I do disagree slightly on a few things: To me the Shalala bit is her talking to him, not the other way round - she's told him about an affair but she's swearing that "this is the last time, it didn't mean anything,etc".He's heard it all before so her words just become meaningless noise to him, or shalala if you will. The "acting like a stranger" line to me is that as she became more well known in American fashion cirlces she started getting invited to all of the big parties, things that in interviews from years ago she mocked as being trivial wastes of time. For her these things are now "fun" but Alex is thinking that she's not the person she used to be - she's a stranger to him now. "Her steady hands.." to me is a very sad line. Alex has been told that Alexa has been unfaithful again, but she's very calmly lying to his face and saying that she hasn't. Giving the Devil a pedicure would make you incredibly nervous (lol)for your safety but Alex is saying if she can keep her nerve and lie to him like that then Alexa could probably cope with the pressure of meeting the devil himself! What makes me think this is the line "what you waiting for, sing another fucking shalala" - it's aggressive and to me it reads like " go on then, tell me more of your bullsh*t lies." This is all written after Alex and alexa have split and imo this song was written by Alex in the full knowledge that their relationship was in trouble. |
|
* This information can be up to 15 minutes delayed.