Crying Lightning
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About Crying Lightning
Crying Lightning is the first single from British alternative rock band Arctic Monkeys' third album Humbug. It was first played on Zane Lowe's show on BBC Radio 1 on 6 July 2009, when talking about the song frontman Alex Turner told Lowe, "this was deemed the best signifier of the record. It was a favourite during recording." When Lowe commented that he thought this track works well as an unconventional pop song, Turner agreed saying, "It's quite strange as far as a pop song goes, the arrangement. .
Crying Lightning Lyrics
[00:17.96] Outside the café by the cracker factory, you were practicing a magic trick
[00:26.10] And my thoughts got rude as you talked and chewed
[00:30.97] On the last of your pick'n'mix
[00:34.88] Said, "You're mistaken if you're thinking that I haven't been called 'cold' before"
[00:39.61] As you bit into your strawberry lace
[00:43.97] Then offered me your attention in the form of a gobstopper
[00:48.40] It's all you had left and it was going to waste
[00:53.95] Your past times consisted of the strange
[00:58.24] And twisted and deranged
[01:00.35] And I loved that little game you had called "Crying Lightning"
[01:06.07] And how you like to aggravate the ice-cream man on rainy afternoons
[01:12.88]
[01:19.57] The next time that I caught my own reflection
[01:22.14] It was on its way to meet you
[01:25.07] Thinking of excuses to postpone
[01:28.67] You never looked like yourself from the side
[01:31.18] But your profile could not hide
[01:33.43] The fact you knew I was approaching your throne
[01:37.43] With folded arms you occupied the bench like toothache
[01:41.78] Stood and puffed your chest out like you'd never lost a war
[01:46.46] And though I tried so not to suffer the indignity of a reaction
[01:51.62] There was no cracks to grasp or gaps to claw
[01:55.87] And your past times consisted of the strange
[02:00.82] And twisted and deranged
[02:02.96] And I hate that little game you had called "Crying Lightning"
[02:08.80] And how you like to aggravate the icky man on rainy afternoons
[02:15.78] Uninviting
[02:18.83] But not half as impossible as everyone assumes, you are crying lightning
[02:28.92]
[02:54.66] Your past times consisted of the strange
[02:59.06] Twisted and deranged
[03:01.01] And I hate that little game you had called "Crying Lightning"
[03:09.29] "Crying Lightning"
[03:13.93] "Crying Lightning"
[03:18.42] "Crying Lightning"
[03:21.27] Your past times consisted of the strange
[03:26.22] And twisted and deranged
[03:28.43] And I hate that little game you had called "Crying..."
[03:34.56]
[00:26.10] And my thoughts got rude as you talked and chewed
[00:30.97] On the last of your pick'n'mix
[00:34.88] Said, "You're mistaken if you're thinking that I haven't been called 'cold' before"
[00:39.61] As you bit into your strawberry lace
[00:43.97] Then offered me your attention in the form of a gobstopper
[00:48.40] It's all you had left and it was going to waste
[00:53.95] Your past times consisted of the strange
[00:58.24] And twisted and deranged
[01:00.35] And I loved that little game you had called "Crying Lightning"
[01:06.07] And how you like to aggravate the ice-cream man on rainy afternoons
[01:12.88]
[01:19.57] The next time that I caught my own reflection
[01:22.14] It was on its way to meet you
[01:25.07] Thinking of excuses to postpone
[01:28.67] You never looked like yourself from the side
[01:31.18] But your profile could not hide
[01:33.43] The fact you knew I was approaching your throne
[01:37.43] With folded arms you occupied the bench like toothache
[01:41.78] Stood and puffed your chest out like you'd never lost a war
[01:46.46] And though I tried so not to suffer the indignity of a reaction
[01:51.62] There was no cracks to grasp or gaps to claw
[01:55.87] And your past times consisted of the strange
[02:00.82] And twisted and deranged
[02:02.96] And I hate that little game you had called "Crying Lightning"
[02:08.80] And how you like to aggravate the icky man on rainy afternoons
[02:15.78] Uninviting
[02:18.83] But not half as impossible as everyone assumes, you are crying lightning
[02:28.92]
[02:54.66] Your past times consisted of the strange
[02:59.06] Twisted and deranged
[03:01.01] And I hate that little game you had called "Crying Lightning"
[03:09.29] "Crying Lightning"
[03:13.93] "Crying Lightning"
[03:18.42] "Crying Lightning"
[03:21.27] Your past times consisted of the strange
[03:26.22] And twisted and deranged
[03:28.43] And I hate that little game you had called "Crying..."
[03:34.56]