The best Arctic Monkeys lyrics: Alex Turner's greatest lines

27 May 2023, 09:00

Alex Turner of Arctic Monkeys in 2013
Alex Turner of Arctic Monkeys in 2013. Picture: Roberto Esposti / Alamy Stock Photo

From Whatever People Say I Am to the Tranquility Base... here's some of Turner's greatest words of wisdom...

  1. "The boy’s a slag / the best you ever had."

    Fluorescent Adolescent, 2007

    Arctic Monkeys - Fluorescent Adolescent (Official Video)

  2. “I just wanted to be one of The Strokes / Now look at the mess you made me make.”

    Star Treatment, 2018

    Arctic Monkeys - Star Treatment (Official Audio)

  3. "With folded arms you occupied the bench like toothache / Stood and puffed your chest out like you'd never lost a war."

    Crying Lightning, 2009

    Arctic Monkeys - Crying Lightning (Official Video)

  4. "The horizon tries but it's just not as kind on the eyes as Arabella."

    Arabella, 2013

    Arctic Monkeys - Arabella (Official Video)

  5. Now then Mardy Bum / I've seen your frown / And it's like looking down the barrel of a gun / And it goes off."

    Mardy Bum, 2006

    Mardy Bum

  6. “I want to stay with you my love / The way that some science fiction does."

    Science Fiction, 2018

    Arctic Monkeys - Science Fiction (Official Audio)

  7. "All that’s left is the truth that love’s not only blind but deaf."

    Fake Tales Of San Francisco, 2006

    Arctic Monkeys - Fake Tales Of San Francisco (Official Video)

  8. "So have you got the guts? / Been wondering if your heart's still open and if so I wanna know what time it shuts."

    Do I Wanna Know?, 2013

    Arctic Monkeys - Do I Wanna Know (Radio X Session)

  9. "You’re rarer then a can of Dandelion & Burdock."

    Suck It And See, 2011

    Arctic Monkeys - Suck It And See (Official Video - Clean Edit)

  10. "We'll stick to the guns / Don't care if it's marketing suicidal / Won't crack or compromise.

    Who The F**k Are Arctic Monkeys? 2006

    Who The Fuck Are Arctic Monkeys?

  11. "How can you wake up, with someone you don’t love / And not feel slightly fazed by it?"

    Leave Before The Lights Come On, 2006

    Arctic Monkeys - Leave Before The Lights Come On (Official Video)

  12. "There's a circle of witches, ambitiously vicious they are / Our attempts to remind them of reason won't get us that far / I don't know what it is that they want / But I haven't got it to give."

    If You Were There, Beware, 2007

    If You Were There, Beware

  13. "Didn't you see she were gorgeous, she was beyond belief / But this lad at the side drinking his Smirnoff ice / Came and paid for her Tropical Reef."

    Red Light Indicates Doors Are Secure, 2006

    Red Light Indicates Doors Are Secured

  14. “I launch my fragrance called ‘Integrity’/I sell the fact that I can’t be bought.”

    Batphone, 2018

    Arctic Monkeys - Batphone (Official Audio)

  15. "I let him go the long way round / I smelt your scent on the seatbelt / And kept my short-cuts to myself."

    Cornerstone, 2009

    Arctic Monkeys - Cornerstone (Official Video)

  16. "Over there there's broken bones / There's only music so that there's new ringtones."

    A Certain Romance, 2006

    A Certain Romance

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