In My Room
The Last Shadow Puppets (Alex Turner of Arctic Monkeys and Miles Kane of The Rascals) Lyrics
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In my room she'll get to you
In my room
Could I turn on the light
Impress unknown eyes
Humor absorbs the thoughts
Challenge emotionless thoughts
As she turns through her magazines
In my room she'll get to you
In my room she'll get to you
In my room
Could I turn on the light
Impress unknown eyes
Humor absorbs the thoughts
Lift up your sorted heads
Played like dancing fools
Turning the tension round
Building up silent sounds
Just another day
Oh in my room
Shruck out like before
Oh in my room
Room
Room
Room
Room
"In My Room" by The Last Shadow Puppets is a song that describes the singer's fantasies and desires in relation to a woman. The lyrics suggest that this woman has some sort of power over men, and that the singer is one of those men. The repetition of the phrase "In my room she'll get to you" implies that this power is somehow connected to a particular physical space, and that the singer is trying to share this experience with others. The lines "Could I turn on the light / Impress unknown eyes" suggest that the singer is trying to create a certain mood or atmosphere in order to impress this woman, and that he is interested in exploring the ways in which humor, emotion, and perception can be manipulated.
The second stanza builds on this idea, describing how the woman turns through her magazines while the singer thinks about how he can impress her. The lines "Lift up your sorted heads / Played like dancing fools" suggest that the singer sees himself and his friends as part of a larger social hierarchy that is being manipulated by this woman. The final lines of the song, "Just another day / Oh in my room / Shruck out like before / Oh in my room", suggest that the singer is both fascinated by and trapped in this cycle of desire and fantasy.
Overall, the song is a charged and atmospheric exploration of desire and power dynamics, anchored by an insistent and memorable chorus.
Line by Line Meaning
In my room she'll get to you
Just being in my room with her will captivate you
In my room
The experience I'm describing only happens in my room
Could I turn on the light
I need to see more clearly to be able to attract her
Impress unknown eyes
I need to impress her, someone I don't know all that well
Humor absorbs the thoughts
Humor is a way to distract myself from overthinking
Challenge emotionless thoughts
I need to shake things up and challenge my own apathy
Seeing things with a second glance
Taking another look might reveal something new
As she turns through her magazines
She's distracted by something else, but I'm still trying to catch her attention
Lift up your sorted heads
Don't be weighed down by disappointment, lift your heads up
Played like dancing fools
We're both pretending and not being true to ourselves, like foolish dancers
Turning the tension round
Trying to change the atmosphere and turn things around between us
Building up silent sounds
Creating something special between us, without words
Just another day
This is routine for me, but still important
Oh in my room
All of this happens specifically in my room
Shruck out like before
Feeling rejected, like it has happened before
Room
Repeating the word 'room' emphasizes the significance of this location in the song
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
Written by: ALEX TURNER, MILES KANE
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