I love explaining songs to people so here we go Part 1 Pay attention to all the sweets alex turner mentions, pick'n'mix, strawberry lace, gobstopper, these are metaphors for sweet actions the girl he's talking to has done, however, we are warned that she may not be as sweet as we think hence "You're mistaken if you're thinking I haven't been called 'cold' before" so she may be giving Alex mixed signals. When Alex says "Your past-times consisted of the strange and twisted and deranged and I love that little game you have called "Crying Lighting" and how you like to aggravate the ice cream man on rainy afternoons" to me this lyric is saying she spends her time talking to a lot of men, she plays a game called "crying lighting" you can interpret this game as you'd like but to me it's her toying with the men's emotions for fun like a game. When he talks about the "ice cream man" notice he mentions another sweet, I think that the "ice cream man" is the man she toys with, "on rainy afternoons" or in other words on days she has nothing better to do, on dull days. TLDR: Alex uses a lot of metaphors for things, the lady he's talking to like toying with men's emotions for fun, she does it for entertainment. (I forgot to mention how when he says he loves her "game" he enjoys chasing her for her affection.) Part 2: "The next time I caught my own reflection it was on its way to meet you" I imagine him looking into a car mirror on his way to her house or wherever she is. "Thinking of excuses to postpone" he's starting to dislike her "game". "You never looked like yourself from the side but your profile could not hide the fact you knew I was approaching your throne" He may be talking about how she never looks at him directly but I'm not too sure, however, I do think he means she's not very good at hiding the fact she's excited for him to come over. When he says "your throne," I think he views her as someone with high authority, someone whos in control, someone who views themselves as someone who sits on a throne. "With folded arms, you occupied the bench like toothache, stood and puffed your chest out like you've never lost a war" When he says toothache, I believe he's referring to all of the previous sweets he mentioned, what happens when you eat too many sweets? You get toothaches! He's saying he's spent so much of his time with her that it's starting to cause him emotional pain. When he mentioned her puffing her chest out I think he means she knows she has power, this also refers back to the throne line, a king or queen never losing "wars". When he says "And though I try so not to suffer the indignity of a reaction, there was no cracks to grasp or claw" he's trying to avoid giving her what she wants, a reaction. But as the lyrics say "there was no cracks to grasp or claw" he gave her one anyways. Now it repeats the lines about her "game" but notice how now he says hate, he hates that little game called crying lighting. Also, see how he says "icky man" Alex was once the "ice cream man" someone who gave her what she wanted but now as the "icky man" he's trying to avoid that and it's making her upset. "Uninviting, but not half as impossible as everyone assumes, you are crying lighting" This line confused me still but I think he's saying she's not reaching out to him as much as she used to. however the line "not half as impossible as everyone assumes, you are crying lighting" has me wondering to this day. And in the last part, he repeats that he hated the game, he's done playing, "Your past times consisted of the strange, twisted and deranged" again mentioning that the way she supplies herself with entertainment is strange, twisted, and deranged. TLDR: Alex starts to realize he's being toyed with, and he breaks free from her "game", the lady playing the "game" was upset Alex stopped playing. I loved explaining this song, I hope this explanation helps! This is just how I interpret this song the way you do may be different but after I analyzed the lyrics forever this is what My brain came up with. :)
@@kiwifruitbird7to quickly add on to this, “crying lightning” is a term used to describe someone emotionally manipulative who will throw tantrums and act upset until they get what they want
Do you guys need lots of people to know about and like a thing in order to enjoy it more? Just curious, not criticizing. I too feel sad for things, maybe because I feel there are less who I can relate to since they don't know about it.
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There's this woman and he's attracted to her but, she also appears cold. He still gives her a chance and goes out with her. He then realises that she's manipulative and likes to play games, however, she's not "half as impossible as everyone assumes [she is]". Regardless, he likes her games at first, plays along but, he gets tired of it and "hates" it later.
Lyrics video should be without smoothing lyrics and lyrics must be quite before to better performing. This video didt work to leran the song whiel singing. ill find another
I’m going to be honest, the lyrics in this song confuse me yet I love them so damn much!!
ditto, perhaps vampires is abit... still my favourite though
I love explaining songs to people so here we go
Part 1
Pay attention to all the sweets alex turner mentions, pick'n'mix, strawberry lace, gobstopper, these are metaphors for sweet actions the girl he's talking to has done, however, we are warned that she may not be as sweet as we think hence "You're mistaken if you're thinking I haven't been called 'cold' before" so she may be giving Alex mixed signals. When Alex says "Your past-times consisted of the strange and twisted and deranged and I love that little game you have called "Crying Lighting" and how you like to aggravate the ice cream man on rainy afternoons" to me this lyric is saying she spends her time talking to a lot of men, she plays a game called "crying lighting" you can interpret this game as you'd like but to me it's her toying with the men's emotions for fun like a game. When he talks about the "ice cream man" notice he mentions another sweet, I think that the "ice cream man" is the man she toys with, "on rainy afternoons" or in other words on days she has nothing better to do, on dull days. TLDR: Alex uses a lot of metaphors for things, the lady he's talking to like toying with men's emotions for fun, she does it for entertainment. (I forgot to mention how when he says he loves her "game" he enjoys chasing her for her affection.)
Part 2:
"The next time I caught my own reflection it was on its way to meet you" I imagine him looking into a car mirror on his way to her house or wherever she is. "Thinking of excuses to postpone" he's starting to dislike her "game". "You never looked like yourself from the side but your profile could not hide the fact you knew I was approaching your throne" He may be talking about how she never looks at him directly but I'm not too sure, however, I do think he means she's not very good at hiding the fact she's excited for him to come over. When he says "your throne," I think he views her as someone with high authority, someone whos in control, someone who views themselves as someone who sits on a throne. "With folded arms, you occupied the bench like toothache, stood and puffed your chest out like you've never lost a war" When he says toothache, I believe he's referring to all of the previous sweets he mentioned, what happens when you eat too many sweets? You get toothaches! He's saying he's spent so much of his time with her that it's starting to cause him emotional pain. When he mentioned her puffing her chest out I think he means she knows she has power, this also refers back to the throne line, a king or queen never losing "wars". When he says "And though I try so not to suffer the indignity of a reaction, there was no cracks to grasp or claw" he's trying to avoid giving her what she wants, a reaction. But as the lyrics say "there was no cracks to grasp or claw" he gave her one anyways. Now it repeats the lines about her "game" but notice how now he says hate, he hates that little game called crying lighting. Also, see how he says "icky man" Alex was once the "ice cream man" someone who gave her what she wanted but now as the "icky man" he's trying to avoid that and it's making her upset. "Uninviting, but not half as impossible as everyone assumes, you are crying lighting" This line confused me still but I think he's saying she's not reaching out to him as much as she used to. however the line "not half as impossible as everyone assumes, you are crying lighting" has me wondering to this day. And in the last part, he repeats that he hated the game, he's done playing, "Your past times consisted of the strange, twisted and deranged" again mentioning that the way she supplies herself with entertainment is strange, twisted, and deranged. TLDR: Alex starts to realize he's being toyed with, and he breaks free from her "game", the lady playing the "game" was upset Alex stopped playing.
I loved explaining this song, I hope this explanation helps! This is just how I interpret this song the way you do may be different but after I analyzed the lyrics forever this is what My brain came up with. :)
@@kiwifruitbird7 nice explanation!
@@kgaytan thank you! :D
@@kiwifruitbird7to quickly add on to this, “crying lightning” is a term used to describe someone emotionally manipulative who will throw tantrums and act upset until they get what they want
Humbug is so underated.
Not as underrated as suck it and see though.
@@Jairoalvarz I'm fully agree with both
Do you guys need lots of people to know about and like a thing in order to enjoy it more? Just curious, not criticizing. I too feel sad for things, maybe because I feel there are less who I can relate to since they don't know about it.
Jairo Alvarez Humbug is better though
@Grant Elder joe
*_the bass._*
YEEEEEAAAH
I went into a bar and this was playing it was amazing
omg so lucky
I wish
I WISH OMGGG
Very underrated.
What? I don't think that
No
It's one of their best hits jajajja
One of my favourite Arctic monkeys songs !!!!!
and you past time, listening to this sooonnnnn
These are the best lyrics Alex Turner has written
Fluorescent adolescent it has better lyrics
@solve et coagula lol
@@colossalgoat8616 I prefer Flourescent Adolescent as a song but lyrics wise this is so much better
Jewellers hands or dance little liar
I love Arabella though the lyrics are SO good
Taking full advantage of the beauty of the English language and the dexterity of regional accents 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
“ puffed your chest out like you’ve never lost a war”
U are
Crying Lightning
my fav
I learned english thanks to this song
that's so cool👍💕
Well done! I hope you get to enjoy many more songs.
cool!
Especially british accent
siento q ya puedo hablar con un nativo por entender tu comentario 😁🥵
listening to this at 4 am after seeing them for the first time :')
_marthx _ okay quite literally me but 8 months later
@@faeriecat444 okay quite literally me but 1 year later
Damn, I'm so jealous of all of you lol
Aaaaaaaaaaa I'm sooo fucking jealous!!!!!!!
Same but 1 year later💔
WHY DID I ONLY FIND THIS MATERPIECE NOW???????
Relatable
Dw im 4 months later than u😟
Are you 12? Aha listen to the slow readers club and Doves, thank me whenever dude aha
Same 😩😩
me too.
One of the best arctic monkeys songs ever... can listen to this on repeat for years
that guitar is so sexy
Jessa Pearyid it really is
Weirdo
@@K1ng_Squ1dZ No just no
Everything about Alex is
@@perryplayzzz Noob
Insane song, insane bass line.
this song is insanely amazing
best and most underrated arctic monkeys song
1:56 On my knees.
this song changes my life!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Γεια σου Μαρία!
I miss this genre era. Still tbh+c and am are great but seems like they're changing genres in each albums.
Finally someone who is a Muse and AM fan...:,)
Experimental rock, mix of genres
WHY TF DID I FIND THIS MASTERPIECE JUST NOW
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I could listen to this on repeat all day one of my favs ❤ 💕
It's been a decade but all of their songs still slap in 2022
Indeed
fr fr
this is so real
@@whatamidoinghere9394 hello again🤭
@@shuraaki LMFAO
"And my thoughts got rude and you talked and chewed on the last of your pick n mix" 🔛🔝
Humbug is my fav album by them tbh
I love this song
you past timeeeeee, listening to this songgggggg
_...ice-cream man on rainy afternoons_
avragate the
My all time song
I love the lyrics and the guitar solos on this. Can someone please explain me what does it mean when he says 'aggravate the icky man'?
in the north the corner shops called the icky shop where you get your sweets and that i always go on the way to school
provoke
In Sheffield they say 'icky' instead of ice cream, its just a play on their accents
I mean he says icecream man the first time, then literally only changes that one word.
Where I come from people don't get much ice cream whan it's too cold or raining, I guess that's the aggravation there.
2:16 my favorite lines
0:43 what does he say? "and then a flip in your attention..." Or "and then offered me your attention"
the offered me... how it's written I'd swear
He say "and then a flip in your attention". The lyrics to this video are a bit wrong.
Look ua-cam.com/video/_o7kOjmU57A/v-deo.html
Super je
Alguien practicando la pronunciacion pal concierto en Lima? :v
iioooo :v
yooo:’v
en vivo fue lo mejor!
Sigo sin superar el concierto, y sí, en vivo esto es ooootra cosa
Yo vivo en Tacna :'v
Amazing
the greates song criying lighthing
The Best
I can't even ~~~Uhhh Delish
this got me shivered as fuck
My 60-year-old dad says thank you and that this song is fu**ing outstanding poetry!
less than89 days to see em, right here in monterrey...
NOOOOOOO ME BEING AN IDIOT I THOUGHT YOUR COMMENT WAS FORM 2 DAYS AGO, FUCK I SCREAMED FOR NOTHING * cry *
@@ghostcookiie4471 y pensar que asistí a ese concierto con mi novia hace dos años :c
i fucking love these British men
3:21 like this part
💞
very nice song broo :D
There is Eminem and there’s Alex Turner
Alex you fucking top lad
What's wrong with the size of the video ?!
mad for it
*PAST TIIIMES*
Nic3 vid3o
okey...están todas las canciones que me gustan y escucho excepto por la de ferrari, saludos desde México:v
Is he talking about a little girl? Because there is so much name of candy and sweet...
Not a child, but a childish and spoiled woman
darkapy I think is about a toxic friendship
Can someone explain what crying lightning even means?
2:30 john shelby kicks in
Finally someone mentions something about it 😂🤣😂🤣.
2023❤
Still listening in 2024 aged 50+
lyrics**
Outside the café by the crack
Ow you dont need this
jsjaja buena
i miss these silly british boys😭😭😭
vc é br? ''café''
olá br
vc por aqui?
aqui n tem bosta nenhuma
cara tbm pensei isso
A mi me gusta musical
What's a gobstopper??
It's a sweet
It’s a massive hard candy ball that one licks or sucks on to get to the core. Biting it causes intense loss of teeth
Si nenxxxxxzzzz
What is this song about exactly
There's this woman and he's attracted to her but, she also appears cold. He still gives her a chance and goes out with her. He then realises that she's manipulative and likes to play games, however, she's not "half as impossible as everyone assumes [she is]". Regardless, he likes her games at first, plays along but, he gets tired of it and "hates" it later.
Lyrics video should be without smoothing lyrics and lyrics must be quite before to better performing. This video didt work to leran the song whiel singing. ill find another
I miss my Jarebear:(
yaz 88 9
Anjir gue kemana aja nih
Listen to the slow readers club guys!
Arabella best lyrics ever
im one million year old
É BR
Guilherme Furquim Caetano Silva é br
Fart
Don't lie, you feel like you're a mafia right now right ?
I really love that music
the best
3:28 like this part