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The Sandtrap Lyrics
When you leave us through the patient doors
That rattle in you ear will be the sound of our applause
raptuous, considered and due.
Oh the nasty laughter and desperate smirks
are tangled in the boredom where out brittle kisses lurk
well how can i believe you, when you can't believe your luck
and the shardes of past attraction lie visible
but shy and blunt and weak and worn
away by whining in the emery paper voice you use to speak
oh the shardes of past attraction lie visible
but shy and blunt and weak and worn
away by whining in the emery paper voice you use to speak
in the trap
you only want to be the first to laugh
you only want to be the first in the sandtrap
you only want to be the first to laugh
and your climbing holes and cinder claws
ring out the the ? all towards
Farwell, Farewell Farewell
That rattle in you ear will be the sound of our applause
raptuous, considered and due.
Oh the nasty laughter and desperate smirks
are tangled in the boredom where out brittle kisses lurk
well how can i believe you, when you can't believe your luck
but shy and blunt and weak and worn
away by whining in the emery paper voice you use to speak
but shy and blunt and weak and worn
away by whining in the emery paper voice you use to speak
you only want to be the first to laugh
you only want to be the first in the sandtrap
you only want to be the first to laugh
ring out the the ? all towards
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Submitted by
life_aint_chess On Oct 28, 2007
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raptuous isnt a word.
rapturous adj. Filled with great joy or rapture; ecstatic
"emery paper voice you use to speak"
"you only want to be the first to laugh you only want to be the first in the sandtrap"
really good lyrics also great music.. this song is amazing!!
"ring out like the ... that you sent us all towards" sounds like calanche but sadly thats not a word..
'Ring out like the clatch that yer sent us all towards'
maybee?
that lyric you can't work out... it sounds to me something like "and you climb in holes and sink the claws; ring out like that clash as you send us of to war"
oh, and the meaning... I think it's from he viewpoint of an arctic monkeys fan whose just grown tired of the band. "and the shardes of past attraction lie visible but shy and blunt and weak and worn away by whining in the emery paper voice you ue to speak"... that basically means "I used to like this band but they're starting to annoy me now". The "weak and worn away by whining in the emery paper voice you use to speak" part is a reference to alex's yorkshire accent - the narrator found that annoying and ground away his appreciation of the band.
Or it could be about a person...
Or it could be about a person...