The Dark of the Matinee Lyrics

Lyric discussion by jenz00uk 

Cover art for The Dark of the Matinee lyrics by Franz Ferdinand

i love franz and i love this song!

To me, this song means that you can do whatever you want, whatever you like and then you'll smile. If you read the 2nd part of the 2nd verse then that pretty much explains it.

The chorus is basically about school. refectories are school canteens academic factory also is self explanitory- a school.

So basically its saying leave school and do whatever you like and you can be happy and make it in the world.