album: whatever people say i am, that's what i am not

• fake tales of san francisco: a young girl's telephone beeps / yeah, she's dashing for the exit / oh, she's running to the streets outside / "oh, you've saved me" she screams down the line / "the band were fucking wank and i'm not having a nice time"
• you probably couldn't see for the lights but you were staring straight at me: everybody's trying to crack the jokes and that to make you smile / those that claim that they're not showing off are drowning in denial / but they're not half as bad as me / say anything and i'll agree
• riot van: "have you been drinking, son?" / "you don't look old enough to me" / "i'm sorry officer, is there a certain age you're supposed to be? because nobody told me"
• mardy bum: oh, there's a very pleasant side to you / a side i much prefer / it's one that laughs and jokes around / remember cuddles in the kitchen to get things off the ground?
• from the ritz to the rubble: last night what we talked about / it made so much sense / but now the haze has ascended, it don't make no sense anymore

album: favourite worst nightmare

• teddy picker: they've sped up to the point where they provoke you to tell the fuckin' punchline before you have told the joke [...] presuming that all things are equal, who'd want to be men of the people / when there's people like you?
• balaclava: she pleaded with you to take it off, but you resisted and fought / but sorry, sweetheart, i'd much rather keep on the balaclava
• only ones who know: they made it far too easy to believe that true romance can be achieved these days
• do me a favour: curiosity becomes a heavy load / too heavy to hold, will force you to be cold [...] perhaps "fuck off" might be too kind
• old yellow bricks: she said i want to sleep in the city that never wakes up / and revel in nostalgia

album: humbug [♡]

• crying lightning: with folded arms you occupied the bench like toothache / stood and puffed your chest out like you'd never lost a war
• secret door: how could such a creature survive in such a habitat?
• fire and the thud: am i snapping the excitement / if i pack away the laughter / and tell you how it feels? [...] the day after you stole my heart / everything i touched told me / it would be better shared with you
• the jeweller's hands: you thought the wolves would be impressed / and you're a sinking stone / but you know what it's like to hold the jeweller's hands

album: suck it and see

• the hellcat spangled shalalala: she's got a telescopic hallelujah hanging up on her wall / for when it gets too complicated in the eye of the storm
• piledriver waltz: if you're gonna try and walk on water / make sure you wear your comfortable shoes
• love is a laserquest: don't worry, i'm sure that you're still breaking hearts / with the efficiency that only youth can harness / and do you still think love is a laserquest? / or do you take it all more seriously? [...] when i'm pipe and slippers and rocking chair / singing dreadful songs about summer / will i have found a better method of pretending you were just some lover?

album: am

• one for the road: the mixture hits you hard / don't get that sinking feeling, don't fall apart
• arabella: when she needs to shelter from reality she takes a dip in my daydreams

album: tranquility base hotel & casino

• golden trucks: and in response to what you whispered in my ear / i must admit, sometimes i fantasize about you too
• four out of five: only time that we stop laughing is to breathe or steal a kiss
• the world's first ever monster truck flip: i'm just a bad girl tryna be good / i've got a laser guidin' my love that i cannot adjust
• science fiction: i wanna stay with you, my love / the way some science fiction does
• the ultracheese: oh, the dawn won't stop weighing a tonne / i've done some things that i shouldn't have done / but i haven't stopped loving you once

album: the car

• there'd better be a mirrorball: and how's that insatiable appetite? / for the moment when you look them in the eyes / and say "baby, it's been nice"
• body paint: for a master of deception and subterfuge / you've made yourself quite the bed to lie in
• mr schwartz: put your heavy metal to the test / there might be half a love song in it all for you / timing wise, it's probably for the best / come here and kiss me now before it gets too cute