Lyric discussion by l8punkrocer 

Cover art for Secret Door lyrics by Arctic Monkeys

Fools on parade Cavort and carry on For waiting eyes That you would rather be beside than in front of But she’s never been the kind to be hollowed by the stares

She swam out of tonight’s phantasm Grabbed my hand and made it very clear There's absolutely nothing for us here It's a magnolia celebration to be attempted on a Wednesday night It's better than to get a reputation as a miserable little tyke At least that’s the conclusion she came to in this overture

The secret door swings behind us She’s saying nothing She’s just giggling along

Her arms were folded most indignant Not looking like she was soon to leave I had to squint in order to believe And then like a butler pushing on a bookshelf I'm unveiling the unexpected How she was never gonna look to? Suddenly embarrassed and corrected How could such a creature survive in such a habitat

The secret door swings behind us She's saying nothing She's just giggling along And even if they were to find us I wouldn't notice, I'm completely occupied

At all the fools on parade Cavort and carry on For waiting eyes That you would rather be beside than in front of But she’s never been the kind to be hollowed by the stares Fools on parade Frolic and fuck about to make her gaze Turn to a scribble on a page by a picture That holds her options But you’re daft to think she'd care

Fools on parade Fools on parade Fools on parade conduct a sing-along

That holds her options = That holds her absence.

And I think but I'm not sute that But you’re daft to think she'd care is You'd have to think she'd care.

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I'm pretty sure l8punkrocer is correct, it's "that holds her options" and "but you're daft to think she'd care".

HOWEVER, I am almost positive "how was she never gonna look to?" is really "I, who was earlier reluctant".

hence:

Then like a butler pushing on a bookshelf I'm unveiling the unexpected I, who was earlier reluctant, Was suddenly embarrassed and corrected How could such a creature survive in such a habitat?

that seems to make more sense. to me. (:

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