Your Diary

Note: I'm talking about the studio versions lyrics, not the live lyrics posted here. I think this song is written about a breakup, months on, from the perspective of the rebound. Left alone in her room, he reads her diary and finds that all the things she says to him are the same as what she said to her ex. This is further supported by him prying about what she loved about her ex; "He's asking you why you loved him", where 'he' is the rebound and 'him' is the ex. Yet the girl can't reply, hiding her reasons in her diary because she knows she is just trying to relive what she lost with the rebound. When the rebound finds out he is livid "ripped page and petals, ripped to the blood" and he leaves her stating "But I didn't and don't want you ever to read, Any diary of mine and word I may leave now" meaning he doesn't want her to find the words he writes about another girl and look for herself in it as that would start the whole cycle again. Our rebound however still has the tug of curiosity; "Your diary, your diary, your diary, open and inviting me back", the repetition of this chorus would suggest that the cycle lives on in him. He's left wondering if she writes about him now, if he should get back with her as her diary is "open and inviting me back".

I just heard this last night, and its not bad. Its got the 'Franz Ferdinand' sound to it which is a good sign. The other new songs they played last night were also good, but this one sticks out in my mind.

If the rest of the songs are as good as this, the next album should be every bit as good as the first!

Yeah I saw them play this live too and it was a highlight. It sounds amazing, should definitely be a future single. The guitars remind me of the bit at the end of the intro bit in 'Take Me Out'. The lyrics might be about the anger and impotence the protagonist feels about how his lover was treated in a past relationship. The diary could also be a metaphor for our tendency to constantly compare current experiences to previous ones, a 'golden age' attitude causing unhappiness in the present. Or maybe that's too deep...

I too heard this live at the 'Christmas Show' they did in Glasgow in September. Their new stuff is really good, a little bit more developed and evolved from the first album, but not so much that you think 'Why did they change?'

Cant' wait for their next album.

Oops, I meant December, not September.

hah...a Christmas Show in September...looks like you should be checking your diary...

alright, yeah, that's probably the crappiest joke i've ever made...:-P

Parts of this song remind me of Jacqueline. It's a really good song. P.S. it was a good joke frozen in fire. a little awkward, but good nonetheless!

Great song! but i dont rly know what it means.... apart from being someones diary...

Why are the lyrics I find in "Franz Ferdinand.org" so different?

"Suddenly, you move away from me What more is there that I can be If you move away from me? You and I drawing I was alone in your room When there on the floor I saw a little black book You left it there on the floor, open And I opened and it is

Your diary It's open and inviting me back

You couldn't say why you loved him He's asking you why you loved him You couldn't say why you loved him But he gave you a list Of all the reasons why he did And you couldn't reply But you could say that you did

Your diary It's open and inviting me back

You said he had lips like petals Unfurling from a bud I could've ripped page and petals Ripped to the blood Ripped and torn, ripping Was all of that good? But I didn't and don't Want you ever to read Any diary of mine Any word I may leave, now

Your diary It's open and inviting me back"

Can anyone tell me the reason?

I'm not too sure if the original lyrics are for the first 'version' of the song. When they were posted the song was going to be on the latest album (unfortunatly it ended up being a B-side), but possibly the lyrics changed slightly.

Either that or the original lyrics are wrong up there. Email them and get them to change it to the ones you posted as they are correct (apart from a few repetitions of 'your diary')