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.
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...