#like bhjvjhvjhvjh i was listening again to the track by track interview alex and nick did for fwn and they got to only ones who know and lol

[mrschwartz]

Interviewer: And lyrically what is Only Ones Who Know about?

Alex: Oh that were just, so... me and me friend John McClure were once in town--this is like, it’s very old that song, I’ve had that probably when we were recording the first album but um... no, in fact, probably a little bit after. I think it must’ve been just when, like, uni term had started back or whatever, and there were like these two--this lass and this lad in town, like on a Sunday night. And they were, like, asking for directions or somewhere to go about or whatever, and I don’t know, I just sorta... they looked like they didn’t quite know each other, almost like they’d been bound together, probably had the room next door to each other in the halls or...

Interviewer: Yeah yeah

Nick: And you’ve been following them

Alex: So I followed them! For six months after that. No, but like, I don’t know, but I got that impression from them and I thought... and then I kinda daydreamed about it and that...

Interviewer: And the results are here in this song

#arctic monkeys #alex turner #nick o'malley #favourite worst nightmare #fwn #only ones who know #audio #* #like bhjvjhvjhvjh i was listening again to the track by track interview alex and nick did for fwn and they got to only ones who know and lol #i’d completely forgot about the actual story behind this song #all this time i’ve thought that it was about like a fleeting relationship he had with some girl but no!! #the actual story is so much more crazy to me nfjnvfjvn #primarily bc he has a million songs about breakus so like what's one more #but since it's not actually about alex himself it paints him as such an inspired fanfic writer jvnjfnfjnjn #like okay he’s used strangers as inspiration before #riot van is about troublemakers he’d observe in sketchy parts of sheffield; same for when the sun goes down #brianstorm is famously about the weird guy they’d met backstage; “mark speaking” is a greeting he’d heard some guy answer the phone with etc #but this is different! it’s such a sad song. he truly created an entire romeo and juliet-esque heartbreaking ballad #about some random uni students who probably weren’t even dating 😭😭😭 #mano como eu queria que existisse uma palavra em inglês pra ''fanfiqueiro'' nada mais consegue descrever ele contando essa história jnvjfnv #''and even if somehow we could have shown you the place you wanted i'm sure you could have made it that bit better on your own'' #alex;;;;; are you saying. ''even if john and i could've given you the right directions to the bar you would've had more fun #running off by yourselves to live some romantic fantasy''???? #this is insane who IS he. what gave him the right to do this ndbshdjmfj