If You Found This It’s Probably Too Late Lyrics
Under constant correction, a fraud, a fraud
Someone's perception, trying not to bore
I'm a cold-hearted kidder, applaud, applaud
If you're the highest bidder, I'm yours
You think we have pathetic sets
And we're not sure of the etiquette
Although we know they're pathetic sets
And we're not sure of the etiquette
[Chorus]
And if you found this, it's probably too late
Clinically cynical, hereditary hate
If you found this, it's probably too late
Approaching the pinnacle, I'm running out of mates
[Verse 2]
If we concentrate on being off the cuff
Not sure we're ready, but probably rough
Frightened that honesty isn't enough
And it's nothing on the early stuff
About
Alex isn’t “sure we’re ready”, since the second album was pretty soon after the first (Exactly 1 year after the Who the Fuck EP, actually).
He thinks people will say the new stuff is rubbish and “nothing on the early stuff” – a common phrase from music “fans” who don’t like the new output of a band and say “the old stuff was better” etc. etc. Arctic Monkeys aren’t suffering from the “Sophomore Slump” on their second release.
In a vaguely related note, this song might have opened the album. Matt said they thought about opening the album with something silly like strings but they decided just to go the no-nonsense route and just start with Brianstorm instead.
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- 1.If You Found This It’s Probably Too Late
- 2.Brianstorm