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Arctic Monkeys – Cornerstone (3:18)

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Alex Turner told Uncut Magazine that he wrote this breezy love song about meeting girls in pubs who remind him of the one he’s trying to forget, “one morning, quite quickly.” (Source Cornerstone Songfacts).
Thought I saw you in the battleship
but it was only a look a like
She was nothing but a vision trick
Under the warning light
She was close, close enough to be your ghost
But my chances turned to toast
When i asked her if i could call her your name

I thought i saw you in the rusty hook
Huddled up in wicker chair
I wandered up for a closer look
And kissed who ever was sitting there

She was close, and she held me very tightly
Till i asked awfully politely, please
Can i call you her name

And i elongated my lift home,
Yeah i let him go the long way round
I smelt your scent on the seatbelt
And kept my shortcuts to myself

I thought I saw you in the parrots beak
Messing with the smoke alarm
It was too loud for me to hear her speak
And she had a broken arm

It was close, so close that the walls were wet
And she wrote it out in letraset
No you can’t call me her name

Tell me where’s your hiding place
I’m worried i’ll forget your face
And i’ve asked everyone
And i’m beginning to think i imagined you all along

I elongated my lift home
Yeah i let him go the long way round
I smelt your scent on the seatbelt
And kept my shortcuts to myself

I saw your sister in the cornerstone
On the phone to the middle man
When i saw that she was on her own
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  • omgwhatdapro

    Im in love with this song

    Wednesday evening

  • ftambs

    she was close, close enough to be your ghost

    Monday evening

  • britishsoul_

    It was a sad song for me before I saw the video. [9]

    last month

  • MsBriightsiide

    Can a song be sweet? well, this surely can.

    March 2012

  • kjais

    It's in my Arctic Monkeys top 5 ;D

    March 2012

  • didin_mcrmy

    it was close...

    March 2012

  • lotusflower_

    ah,i love that song anyway..

    March 2012

  • lotusflower_

    It was a sad song for me before I saw the video. [8]

    March 2012

  • volupiaken

    best song of humbug !

    February 2012

  • LittleLiar_

    It was a sad song for me before I saw the video. [8] hahahahaha

    January 2012

  • Suuuuuuuuu

    Brilliant lyrics

    January 2012

  • herculean_

    It was a sad song for me before I saw the video. [7]

    January 2012

  • Nilo_F

    much better if you has passed for this in some moment of you life.

    January 2012

  • coloronthewalls

    yep, always love this

    January 2012

  • Brenda1507

    pretty, I just can't get enough of this song.

    January 2012

  • me_araujo

    ~~vela

    December 2011

  • isdangerous

    Stephani ~<3

    December 2011

  • wtfisSalma

    Its like a psychotic sad man singing his aching heart out and to him the ending is happy. I love this song, I love every song of Arctic Monkeys.

    December 2011

  • whatawaster-

    I could listen to this over and over again.

    December 2011

  • Evertonmoretto

    Muito bom !

    December 2011
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