The last track off Comedown Machine.
Discussing the recording process with Zane Lowe, bassist Nikolai Fraiture said:
We got off tour and we had these songs, some left over and some new. We rehearsed in Electric Lady and it was working so we went with it. It was touch-and-go for a while but we…hash...
[Verse 1]
Close the door
Not all the way
He don’t understand
We don’t understand
So don’t you wanna remind me
I don’t know a thing
And some of us remember
And some run out of place
[Chorus]
Can I waste all your time here on the sidewalk?
Can I stand in your light just for a while?
I’ve waited around to wait in a room
Having a hard time watching you
[Verse 2]
You got it down now, don’t you?
I wanted to understand your face
So don’t you wanna remind me
I don’t know a thing
And some of us remember
And some run out of place
[Chorus]
Can I waste all your time here on the sidewalk?
Can I stand in your light just for a while?
I’ve waited around to wait in a room
Having a hard time watchin' you
[Outro]
I needed someone
I needed someone
Call It Fate, Call It Karma was written by Nick Valensi & Albert Hammond Jr. & Julian Casablancas.
Call It Fate, Call It Karma was produced by Gus Oberg.
The Strokes released Call It Fate, Call It Karma on Tue Mar 26 2013.