Alex isn’t “sure we’re ready”, since the second album was pretty soon after the first (Exactly 1 year after the Who the Fuck EP, actually).
He thinks people will say the new stuff is rubbish and “nothing on the early stuff” – a common phrase from music “fans” who don’t like the new output of a band...
[Verse 1]
Under constant correction, a fraud, a fraud
Someone's perception, trying not to bore
I'm a cold-hearted kidder, applaud, applaud
If you're the highest bidder, I'm yours
You think we have pathetic sets
And we're not sure of the etiquette
Although we know they're pathetic sets
And we're not sure of the etiquette
[Chorus]
And if you found this, it's probably too late
Clinically cynical, hereditary hate
If you found this, it's probably too late
Approaching the pinnacle, I'm running out of mates
[Verse 2]
If we concentrate on being off the cuff
Not sure we're ready, but probably rough
Frightened that honesty isn't enough
And it's nothing on the early stuff
If You Found This It’s Probably Too Late was written by Alex Turner.
If You Found This It’s Probably Too Late was produced by Mike Crossey & James Ellis Ford.
Arctic Monkeys released If You Found This It’s Probably Too Late on Mon Apr 16 2007.