Lyric discussion by belledujour 

Cover art for Secret Door lyrics by Arctic Monkeys

Obviously another song written about Alexa. I think the fools on parade are specifically the paparazzi.

There are lots of pictures of Alexa (looking pissed off) pulling Alex along by the hand early on in their relationship. All of this would have been relatively new experience to Alex, even though he was clearly famous already.

"To make a gaze turn to a scribble on a page by a picture that holds her absence." The paparazzi can take one picture and create it's own story with it, regardless of the truth to it.

When he says "ones you would rather be besides than in front of" he may be referring to Alexa's dream of being a photographer, but I may be getting too literal...

that seems pretty spot on except for the last part. I think that line just means Alexa's wishes to be a regular person; with the crowd rather than the reason for the crowd

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@belledujour the paparazzi are the waiting eyes