Arctic Monkeys
You Probably Couldn’t See for the Lights but You Were Staring Straight at Me lyrics
- Language
- English
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 2005
- Genre
- Pop
- Length
- 2:11
One look sends it coursing through the veins
Oh, how the feeling races
Back up to their brains
To form expressions on their stupid faces
They don't want to say hello
Like I want to say hello
Well, my heartbeat's at its peak
When you're coming up to speak
And, oh, I'm so tense, never tenser
Could all go a bit Frank Spencer
And I'm talking gibberish
Tip of the tongue but I can't deliver it
Properly, oh, it's all getting on top of me
And if it weren't this dark, you'd see how red my face has gone, yeah
Everybody's trying to crack the jokes
And that to make you smile
Those that claim that they're not showing off
Are drowning in denial
But they're not half as bad as me
Say anything and I'll agree
'Cause when it comes to acting up
I'm sure I could write the book
And now that you're more than a part in the play
It's slightly easier to think what to say
You had us all standing on our heads
Doing our best tricks, yeah
Never again
Well, never again, no
Will there be another one
Quite as desirable as you
One look sends it coursing through the veins
Oh, how the feeling races
Back up to their brains
To form expressions on their stupid faces
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Key vocabulary
- agree
- have the same opinionA1
- anything
- no matter whatA1
- back
- toward the rearA1
- bad
- not goodA1
- more
- extra; additionalA1
- brains
- intelligence; mindA2
- expressions
- ways to show meaningA2
- like
- enjoy; similar toA1
- heartbeat's
- belonging to heartbeatB1
- peak
- highest pointC1
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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.