What's been happenin' in your world?
What have you been up to?
I heard that you fell in love or near enough
I gotta tell you the truth, yeah

I wanna grab both your shoulders and shake, baby
Snap out of it (snap out of it)
I get the feelin' I left it too late, but baby
Snap out of it (snap out of it)
If that watch don't continue to swing
Or the fat lady fancies havin' a sing
I'll be here waitin' ever so patiently
For you to snap out of it

Forever isn't for everyone
Is forever for you?
It sounds like settlin' down or givin' up
But it don't sound much like you, girl

I wanna grab both your shoulders and shake, baby
Snap out of it (snap out of it)
I get the feelin' I left it too late, but baby
Snap out of it (snap out of it)
If that watch don't continue to swing
Or the fat lady fancies havin' a sing
I'll be here waitin' ever so patiently
For you to snap out of it

(Under a spell you're hypnotized, ooh)
(Darlin', how could you be so blind?)
(Snap out of it)
Under a spell you're hypnotized (ooh)
Darlin', how could you be so blind?

I wanna grab both your shoulders and shake, baby
Snap out of it (snap out of it)
I get the feelin' I left it too late, but baby
Snap out of it (snap out of it)
If that watch don't continue to swing
Or the fat lady fancies havin' a sing
I'll be here waitin' ever so patiently
For you to snap out of it


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    My Interpretation

    While listening to the song I'd might agree with stellarabella's comment that an ex girlfriend has fallen in love..... Though it seems to me that Alex Turner wrote and is addressing this song to himself, in some way he's saying to himself to snap out of it, since he has fallen deeply love. Following the continuing pattern of the album "Do I want to be yours? Are you mine? I wanna be yours! Be with you forever. Is forever for everyone?" and taking in consideration the catchy, almost pop, rhythm of the song this the part in the record where the message is clear: it happened, it's over, move on.

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