Released on 30 November 2018, “Anyways” is the B-Side to the Tranquility Base Hotel + Casino digital and vinyl single, and the first new song released by the band since the release of their sixth album, Tranquility Base Hotel + Casino.
[Verse 1]
Just another microcosm somewhere in the ether
Putting the world to rights with Bing Crosby eyes
Oversharing and its bitter aftertaste
Exactly the wrong time in exactly the wrong place
Save it for a rainy day
Baby, you go hard in the paint
It's just another race to anyways
[Verse 2]
Philanthropic toga party
What a place for both the opposite sides of my double life to finally collide
Sharing secrets I was taking to the grave
Nosebleeds from epiphanies I took full in the face
Oh, come all by the fire, babe, let’s all participate
In yet another race to anyways
Oh, how's your Mum and Dad been doing with the generation gap?
[Bridge]
Yeah, I'm behind my movie camera
I’ve got my megaphone
You can call me Alexander
It's nice to meet you all
[Verse 3]
Listening to the Shipping Forecast
Driving to the airport
Me and the guys
Metropolis ablaze in the rear view
Devising methods to both have and eat your cake
Mmm, just like the ones that Mother Nature used to bake
You look as if you know exactly what I'm gonna say
It's just another race to
Anyways
Anyways was written by Alex Turner.
Anyways was produced by Alex Turner & James Ellis Ford.
Arctic Monkeys released Anyways on Fri Nov 30 2018.
My songs tend to have a lot of words, but you have to be careful because you can pack too much into a song. I had a song that didn’t make this record with lyrics that mentioned both Bing Crosby and Randy Newman. And I just thought, You can’t do that. You can have one or the other. Just fucking calm...