Arctic Monkeys - Their 15 Best Lyrics

9. "Maybe I'm too busy being yours to fall for somebody new" Song: Do I Wanna Know? Album: AM Taken from the opening track of the band's latest number one album, released earlier this year to massive critical acclaim, "Do I Wanna Know?" is a song based around Alex's obsession with a certain girl and how he feels incapable of escaping her clutches. In the extract from the song , this theme is portrayed brilliantly as he begins to question why he hasn't been able to move onto anybody else yet, before drawing the conclusion that he is still in love with this girl, who he used to have, and that he cannot be with anybody else instead he must continue to pursue her in the futile hope that she will again feel the way that she used to towards him. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bpOSxM0rNPM 8. "I see your frown, and it's like looking down the barrel of a gun, and it goes off" Song: Mardy Bum Album: Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not A fan favourite from the band's debut, "Mardy Bum" is always met with a warm reception at live shows, and rightly so. The song focuses around a messy relationship between Alex and a girl only known as "Mardy Bum" (Mardy being slang for someone who is moody) There is a constant feeling of despair in the song's lyrics as Alex examines their dysfunctional relationship, portrayed through strong imagery such as in the quotation above. The idea is that when she is unhappy it hurts Alex in the same way as if she had shot him and also that when she gets in this frame of mind there is no reasoning with her, she is defensive and aggressive and will shoot down anything he says to try and cheer her up. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XMRnlCpTWI4