Arctic Monkeys
Piledriver Waltz lyrics
- Language
- English
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 2011
- Genre
- Pop
- Length
- 3:24
I etched the face of a stopwatch on the back of a raindrop
And did a swap for the sand in an hourglass
I heard an unhappy ending, it sort of sounds like you leaving
I heard the piledriver waltz, it woke me up this morning
You look like you've been for breakfast at the heartbreak hotel
And sat in the back booth by the pamphlets and the literature on how to lose
Your waitress was miserable, and so was your food
If you're gonna try and walk on water
Make sure you wear your comfortable shoes
Mysteries flashing amber go green when you answer
But the red on the rest of the questionnaire never changes
I heard the news that you're planning to shoot me out of a cannon
I heard the piledriver waltz, it woke me up this morning
You look like you've been for breakfast at the heartbreak hotel
And sat in the back booth by the pamphlets and the literature on how to lose
Your waitress was miserable, and so was your food
If you're gonna try and walk on water
Make sure you wear your comfortable shoes
Ooh, piledriver
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Key vocabulary
- sounds
- makes noiseA1
- literature
- written worksB1
- mysteries
- things hard to explainB1
- changes
- becomes differentA1
- hotel
- place to stayA1
- how
- in what wayA1
- leaving
- going awayA1
- look
- see with your eyesA1
- lose
- not keep; misplaceA1
- make
- create or produceA1
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About this song
Arctic Monkeys are an English rock band from Sheffield known for their indie and garage rock sound that rose to prominence in the mid-2000s with Whatever People Say I Am, That’s What I’m Not. They are fronted by singer-guitarist Alex Turner and later broadened their style with producer-led releases from Josh Homme and genre-shifting concept work like Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino.