How am I supposed to manage my infallible beliefs
While I'm sockin' it to ya?
Performin' in Spanish on Italian TV
Sometime in the future
Whilst wondering if your mother still ever thinks of me
Hallelujah
[Chorus]
Blank canvasses leant against gallery walls
Flowing towards sculptures of Anything Goes
On the marble stairs
[Verse 2]
Is that vague sense of longing kinda trying to cause a scene?
Guess I'm talking to you now
Puncturing your bubble of relatability
With your horrible new sound
Baby, those mixed messages ain't what they used to be
When you said 'em out loud
[Chorus]
Blank canvasses leant against gallery walls
Flowing towards sculptures of Anything Goes
On the marble stairs
Leading to almost wherever you want them to
The simulation cartridge for City Life '09
Is pretty tricky to come by
Village coffee mornings with not long since retired spies
Now, that's my idea of a good time
Flash that angle grinder smile, gasp, and roll your eyes
And help me to get untied
From the chandelier
And twizzling 'round an umbrella
I'll sing a tune
About
The third track of the album. It began life as a basic structure from the band’s guitarist Jamie Cook and drummer Matt Helders on a drum machine through a moog synth, with Alex Turner writing a song around that. He stated in an interview with Radio X that the song went through different variations from the original concept, but eventually the band returned to it, and finalized the track in that way. In that same interview although not very clear about the meaning of the lyrics, Turner said that the song’s title is inspired by the opening sequence of the Steven Spielberg’s movie Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984) where Kate Capshaw performs a Mandarin version from Cole Porter’s song “Anything Goes”.
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- 3.Sculptures of Anything Goes
- 5.Body Paint
- 6.The Car
- 7.Big Ideas
- 8.Hello You
- 9.Mr Schwartz
- 10.Perfect Sense