A letter from October 2nd, 2016, ARCTIC MONKEYS

Dear FutureMe, Have you got colour in your cheeks? Do you ever get that fear that you can't shift The type that sticks around like something in your teeth? Are there some aces up your sleeve? Have you no idea that you're in deep? I dreamt about you nearly every night this week How many secrets can you keep? 'Cause there's this tune I found that makes me think of you somehow and I play it on repeat Until I fall asleep Spilling drinks on my settee (Do I wanna know) If this feeling flows both ways? (Sad to see you go) Was sort of hoping that you'd stay (Baby we both know) That the nights were mainly made for saying things that you can't say tomorrow day Crawling back to you Ever thought of calling when you've had a few? 'Cause I always do Maybe I'm too busy being yours to fall for somebody new Now I've thought it through Crawling back to you So have you got the guts? Been wondering if your heart's still open and if so I wanna know what time it shuts Simmer down and pucker up I'm sorry to interrupt. It's just I'm constantly on the cusp of trying to kiss you I don't know if you feel the same as I do But we could be together if you wanted to (Do I wanna know?) If this feeling flows both ways? (Sad to see you go) Was sort of hoping that you'd stay (Baby we both know) That the nights were mainly made for saying things that you can't say tomorrow day Crawling back to you (crawling back to you) Ever thought of calling when you've had a few? (you've had a few) 'Cause I always do ('cause I always do) Maybe I'm too (maybe I'm too busy) busy being yours to fall for somebody new Now I've thought it through Crawling back to you (Do I wanna know?) If this feeling flows both ways? (Sad to see you go) Was sort of hoping that you'd stay (Baby we both know) That the nights were mainly made for saying things that you can't say tomorrow day (Do I wanna know?) Too busy being yours to fall (Sad to see you go) Ever thought of calling darling? (Do I wanna know?) Do you want me crawling back to you? NO BUSES Lady, where has your love gone? I was looking but can't find it anywhere They always offer when there's loads of love around But, when you're short of some, it's nowhere to be found Well, I know your game, you told him yesterday No chance, you'll get nothin' from me But now she's there, you're there, everybody's there He's in turmoil, as puzzled as can be Just like me Let's go down, down, low down Where I know I should not go Oh and she thinks she's the one But she's just one in 24 And just 'cause everybody's doin' it Does that mean that I can, too? Lady, where has your love gone? It was the anti-septic to the sore To hold you by the hand Must be first, be in demand How he longs for you to long for him once more Just once more Let's go down, down, low down Where I know I should not go Oh and she thinks she's the one But she's just one in 24 And just 'cause everybody's doin' it Does that mean that I can, too? Oh... Her eyes went down and cut you up And there's nothing like a dirty look from The one you want, or the one you've lost An ache in your soul is everybody's goal To get what they can't have That's why you're after her And that's why she's after him But sayin' it wont change a thing And they'll realise that it wont change a thing Realise that it wont change a thing BAD THING Do the bad thing, Take off your wedding ring, But it won't make it that much easier, it might make it worse, Oh the night's like a whirlwind, Somebody's girlfriend's talkin' to me but it's alright, She's saying that he's not gonna slap me or try to attack me, He's not the jealous type, And I only need to get half an excuse and I'm away, But when there's no excuses that's much easier to say, I've been before, And all these capers make her too forward to ignore, Well, she's talking but I'm not entirely sure, oh Do the bad thing, Take off your wedding ring, But it won't make it that much easier, it might make it worse, Oh I'm stood at the bar and somebody's partner's talking to me, But I don't know that is what she isn't she murmurs things to confirm That the tragedy is true, And I knew 'how could she could have anyone she wants, And I'm struggling to think of an immediate response, Like I don't mind, Be a big mistake, For you to wait, And let me waste your time, Really love it's fine, Really love it's fine, And then the first time it occurred that there was something to destroy, I knew before the invitation that there was this ploy, Oh but she carried on suggesting, a struggle to refuse, She said, "It's the red wine this time," but that is no excuse. SHES THUNDERSTORMS She's thunderstorms Lying on her front Up against the wall She's thunderstorms I've been feeling foolish You should try it She came and substituted The peace and quiet for Acrobatic blood flow Concertina cheating heart beat Rapid fire She's thunderstorms Lying on her front Up against the wall She's thunderstorms Here is your host Sounds as if she's pretty close When the heat starts growing horns She's thunderstorms She's been loop the looping Around my mind Her motorcycle boots give me This kind of acrobatic blood Concertina cheating heart beat Rapid fire She's thunderstorms Lying on her front Up against the wall She's thunderstorms In an unusual place When you're feeling far away She does what the night does to the day She's thunderstorms Lying on her front Up against the wall She's thunderstorms Thunderstorms Thunderstorms WHYD YOU ONLY CALL ME WHEN YOUR HIGH The mirror's image Tells me it's home time But I'm not finished 'Cause you're not by my side And as I arrived I thought I saw you leaving Carrying your shoes Decided that once again I was just dreaming Of bumping into you Now it's three in the morning and I'm trying to change your mind Left you multiple missed calls and to my message you reply, "Why'd you only call me when you're high? Hi, why'd you only call me when you're high?" Somewhere darker Talking the same shite I need a partner (hey) Well, are you out tonight? It's harder and harder to get you to listen More I get through the gears Incapable of making alright decisions And having bad ideas Now it's three in the morning and I'm trying to change your mind Left you multiple missed calls and to my message you reply (message you reply), "Why'd you only call me when you're high? (why'd you only call me when you're high?) Hi, why'd you only call me when you're high?" And I can't see you here wonder where I might? Sort of feels like I'm running out of time I haven't found what I was hoping to find You said, "You gotta be up in the morning, gonna have an early night. And you're starting to bore me, baby. Why'd you only call me when you're high?" Why'd you only ever phone me when you're high? Why'd you only ever phone me when you're high? Why'd you only ever phone me when you're high? Why'd you only ever phone me when you're high SNAP OUT OF IT What's been happening in your world? What have you been up to? I heard that you fell in love Or near enough I gotta tell you the truth… I wanna grab both your shoulders and shake baby Snap out of it (Snap out of it) I get the feeling I left it too late, but baby Snap out of it (Snap out of it) If that watch don't continue to swing or the fat lady fancies having a sing I'll be here waiting ever so patiently for you to Snap out of it Forever isn't for everyone Is forever for you? It sounds like settling down or giving up But it don't sound much like you girl I wanna grab both your shoulders and shake baby Snap out of it (Snap out of it) I get the feeling I left it too late, but baby Snap out of it (Snap out of it) If that watch don't continue to swing or the fat lady fancies having a sing I'll be here waiting ever so patiently for you to Snap out of it Under a spell you're hypnotized Darling how could you be so blind? (Snap out of it) Under a spell you're hypnotized Darling how could you be so blind? I wanna grab both your shoulders and shake baby Snap out of it (Snap out of it) I get the feeling I left it too late, but baby Snap out of it (Snap out of it) If that watch don't continue to swing or the fat lady fancies having a sing I'll be here waiting ever so patiently for you to Snap out of it I WANNA BE YOURS I wanna be your vacuum cleaner Breathing in your dust I wanna be your Ford Cortina I won't ever rust If you like your coffee hot Let me be your coffee pot You call the shots babe I just wanna be yours Secrets I have held in my heart Are harder to hide than I thought Maybe I just wanna be yours I wanna be yours, I wanna be yours Wanna be yours, wanna be yours, wanna be yours Let me be your 'leccy meter and I'll never run out And let me be the portable heater that you'll get cold without I wanna be your setting lotion (I wanna be) Hold your hair in deep devotion (how deep?) At least as deep as the Pacific Ocean I wanna be yours Secrets I have held in my heart Are harder to hide than I thought Maybe I just wanna be yours I wanna be yours, I wanna be yours Wanna be yours, wanna be yours, wanna be yours Wanna be yours, wanna be yours, wanna be yours... I wanna be your vacuum cleaner Breathing in your dust I wanna be your Ford Cortina I won't ever rust I just wanna be yours (Wanna be yours) I just wanna be yours (Wanna be yours) I just wanna be yours (Wanna be yours) R U MINE I'm a puppet on a string Tracy Island, time-traveling Diamond could've shaped heartaches Come to find you four in some velvet morning Years too late She's a silver lining lone ranger riding Through an open space In my mind when she's not right there beside me I go crazy 'cause here isn't where I wanna be And satisfaction feels like a distant memory And I can't help myself, All I wanna hear her say is "Are you mine?" Well, are you mine? Are you mine? Are you mine? I guess what I'm trying to say is I need the deep end Keep imagining meeting, wished away entire lifetimes Unfair we're not somewhere misbehaving for days Great escape lost track of time and space She's a silver lining climbing on my desire And I go crazy 'cause here isn't where I wanna be And satisfaction feels like a distant memory And I can't help myself, All I wanna hear her say is "Are you mine?" Well, are you mine? (are you mine tomorrow?) Are you mine? (or just mine tonight?) Are you mine? (are you mine? Mine?) And the thrill of the chase moves in mysterious ways So in case I'm mistaken, I just wanna hear you say you got me baby Are you mine? She's a silver lining lone ranger riding through an open space In my mind when she's not right there beside me I go crazy cause here isn't where I wanna be And satisfaction feels like a distant memory And I can't help myself, All I wanna hear her say is "Are you mine?" Well, are you mine? (are you mine tomorrow?) Are you mine? (or just mine tonight?) Are you mine? (are you mine tomorrow, or just mine tonight?)