Photobooth
Friendly Fires Lyrics

You and me in the photobooth
The singer and another person are together in a photobooth

Waiting for the flash and close the curtain urgently
They are waiting for the photobooth to take their picture and are closing the curtain quickly to ensure privacy

You and me like young lovers do
The singer and the other person are behaving like young people who are in love with each other

Timing for the kiss and close enough to hear you breathe
They are getting ready to kiss each other and are close enough to hear each other's breaths

Waiting for the flash, style with a cup of tea
They are waiting for the photobooth to take their picture while casually holding a cup of tea

Giving it the natch, posing like we're this year's models
They are posing naturally and effortlessly, as if they are models for this year's fashion

You take a lot and call me up
The other person takes a lot of photographs and then calls the singer later

You show up
The other person arrives, likely to show the artist the photographs

I suppose you're right, I tell a lie
The artist admits to lying to the other person, who is actually right

You miss
The other person misses something or the artist, but it is not clear from the context

You wanna shake it right down
The other person wants to have a good time, possibly by dancing

You wanna leave me somehow
The other person wants to break up with the artist, or distance themselves physically or emotionally

On black and white negatives
The photographs they took in the photobooth are in black and white, implying a sense of timelessness or nostalgia

So you wanna shake it right
The other person is expressing a desire to have a good time, possibly by dancing or partying