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Love Is a Laserquest Lyrics
Do you still feel younger than you thought you would by now
Or, darling, have you started feeling old yet
Don't worry, I'm sure that you're still breaking hearts
With the efficiency that only youth can harness
And do you still think love is a Laserquest
Or do you take it all more seriously
I've tried to ask you this in some daydreams that I've had
But you're always busy being make-believe
And do you look into the mirror to remind yourself you're there
Or have somebody's good-night kisses got that covered
Well I'm not being honest, I'll pretend that you were just some lover
Now I can't think of air without thinking of you
I doubt that comes as a surprise
And I can't think of anything to dream about
I can't find anywhere to hide
And when I'm hanging on by the rings around my eyes
And I convince myself I need another
And for a minute it gets easier to pretend that you were just some lover
When I'm pipe and slippers and rocking chair
Singing dreadful songs about soma
Well I've found a better method of pretending you were just some lover
Well I've found a better method of pretending you were just some lover
Or, darling, have you started feeling old yet
Don't worry, I'm sure that you're still breaking hearts
With the efficiency that only youth can harness
And do you still think love is a Laserquest
Or do you take it all more seriously
I've tried to ask you this in some daydreams that I've had
But you're always busy being make-believe
And do you look into the mirror to remind yourself you're there
Or have somebody's good-night kisses got that covered
Well I'm not being honest, I'll pretend that you were just some lover
I doubt that comes as a surprise
And I can't think of anything to dream about
I can't find anywhere to hide
And when I'm hanging on by the rings around my eyes
And I convince myself I need another
And for a minute it gets easier to pretend that you were just some lover
Singing dreadful songs about soma
Well I've found a better method of pretending you were just some lover
Well I've found a better method of pretending you were just some lover
Song Info
Copyright
Lyrics © Sony/atv Music Publishing Llc
Writer
Alex Turner
Duration
3:11
Submitted by
flashbackhumour On May 20, 2011
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My god, these lyrics are gorgeous. Btw, lyric booklet says 'can't think of THERE'.
I love the visuals of the song title, Laser Quest being a game where you try and tag as many people as you can without getting tagged yourself, so it's like this girl is running around, hitting all these guys that just swoon to the floor for her, and she never gets hit herself.
Could this be the best ever but most underrated love song you will ever hear ? the song paints pictures in your head like nothing else (or maybe i'm just heart broken?)
this song is amazing... I can't help thinking of Fluorescent Adolescent throughout this song, especially when Alex sings
"Don't worry I'm sure that you're still breaking hearts with the efficiency that only youth can harness"
greatest "i'll never forget her" song ever...
A song that provokes bittersweet emotions.
I think this song is about a hopeless romantic who fell in love with a girl who was not interested in love and who thought of love as a fantasy (think Zooey Deschanel in 500 Days of Summer). This girl probably thought of love as a foolish game, and now he wonders if she still thinks the same or is she has now finally understood what love is. He may or may not have been in a relationship with her , she is the one who got away, and he will always wonder What if? He has probably had many lovers but he will never forget that one girl, so he'll pretend she was just another lover.
the song. it's about the one girl you never get over,and she's the girl no body ever gets over.he's aware of this,but the really haunting part is the last line Well I've found a better method of pretending you were just some lover...i kept wondering what the better method was,and it's not alzheimer's=)...but the meaning of the song is that even when he'll be old and gray, he still won't be able to get over her,he'll still be PRETENDING she's just some lover,it will still be selfdeception,just a little wiser, but he will still be painfully aware that she wasn't just some lover.i think that this song is so horribly truthful and painful that you can only pretend and deceive yourself that it's going to stop,or that you'll be able to cope someday.
Strongest song in my opinion, it may be the most straightforward but lyrically stands out.
Okay this is being pedantic but i think that it's "WHEN i'm not being honest" and also i think it's "now i can't think of HER without thinking of you"
I heard the exact same things too!
I heard the exact same things too!
Two errors, it's 'I can't think of THERE without thinking of you', and at the end it's 'WILL I HAVE found a better method of pretending you were just some lover?'
Amazing song, probably only second to Black Treacle on the new album lyrically.
Its been a few years. Shes a stunner who could get anyone she wants. She messed him about, had loads on the go at once tagging guys like in a game of lazer quest. He wants to know if shes found someone now, still dreams about her. The bit about the mirror or goodnight kises shows this. Mirror = single, goodnight kisses = with someone. Wishes she was not important. Just another girl but she wasnt. He cant think of anything else. He tries drinking which makesit easier. If he makes it to pipe and slippers age it means hes found a way to get over it which suggests hes thinking of killing himself
Seriously if people would stop trying to fix the lyrics and try to interpretate it instead probably we'd get somewhere...