Crying Lightning Lyrics

Lyric discussion by ZuLi 

Cover art for Crying Lightning lyrics by Arctic Monkeys

It's not past-times, its pastimes...a pastime is something you do to kill time...

Crying lightning is probably crying in a manner that grabs everyone's attention..

I definitely agree that it's 'pass-times' and not 'past-times' which i think makes a lot more sense than 'past-times' does. I also agree that 'crying lightning' means grabbing attention and possibly tricking people, similar to the phrase 'crying wolf'...maybe. haha.