I agree the people mentioning the song is about an old couple and tying this to "Meeting Place".
In this song I believe the old man has finally gotten over part of the trauma of "Meeting Place" where the old man could not go near it after his lover past away. He now goes and reminisces of the time when they used to meet. The lover used to show up early, so he would always walk down the steps while she was already there waiting for him. The 3rd stanza shows this and also shows how the man reminisces over the time when they were young: with him sweating, the notes, and meeting under the moonlight(being romantic and in love).
The part, "She went to soon", might have a double meaning since. The straightforward one is that she showed up at the meeting place early and the second could be that the old man believes she left him(past away) too soon. Alex sings this lyric twice so I believe that might have been the effect he wanted.
@callmepresh and prettything99
To my understanding you put the song in your situation(its understandable) but it doesn't mean that this song isn't about 2 old lovers, because I believe it is. Musicians are story tellers. Alex and Miles are the tellers of this one. Just because Arctic Monkeys has a different style of lyrics don't assume Alex will write the same for all his songs, same goes for Miles.
Truly great lyrics from these young lads. Great stuff!
I agree the people mentioning the song is about an old couple and tying this to "Meeting Place".
In this song I believe the old man has finally gotten over part of the trauma of "Meeting Place" where the old man could not go near it after his lover past away. He now goes and reminisces of the time when they used to meet. The lover used to show up early, so he would always walk down the steps while she was already there waiting for him. The 3rd stanza shows this and also shows how the man reminisces over the time when they were young: with him sweating, the notes, and meeting under the moonlight(being romantic and in love). The part, "She went to soon", might have a double meaning since. The straightforward one is that she showed up at the meeting place early and the second could be that the old man believes she left him(past away) too soon. Alex sings this lyric twice so I believe that might have been the effect he wanted.
@callmepresh and prettything99 To my understanding you put the song in your situation(its understandable) but it doesn't mean that this song isn't about 2 old lovers, because I believe it is. Musicians are story tellers. Alex and Miles are the tellers of this one. Just because Arctic Monkeys has a different style of lyrics don't assume Alex will write the same for all his songs, same goes for Miles.
Truly great lyrics from these young lads. Great stuff!