The fourth track on The Black Keys' seventh studio album El Camino, “Little Black Submarines” originated as a demo recorded by guitarist Dan Auerbach and producer Brian Burton that saw several alterations. The band recorded it “four or five different ways” before playing it in a sparse, acoustic arr...
[Verse 1]
Little black submarines
Operator, please put me back on the line
Told my girl I'd be back
Operator, please
This is wreckin' my mind
[Chorus]
Oh, can it be?
The voices calling me
They get lost and out of time
I should've seen it glow
But everybody knows that a broken heart is blind
That a broken heart is blind
[Verse 2]
Pick you up, let you down
When I wanna go to a place I can hide
You know me, I had plans
But they just disappeared to the back of my mind
[Chorus]
Oh, can it be?
The voices calling me
They get lost and out of time
I should've seen it glow
But everybody knows that a broken heart is blind
That a broken heart is blind
[Verse 3]
Treasure maps, fallen trees
Operator, please call me back when it's time
Stolen friends and disease
Operator, please patch me back to my mind
[Chorus]
Oh, can it be?
The voices calling me
They get lost and out of time
I should've seen it glow
But everybody knows that a broken heart is blind
That a broken heart is blind
That a broken heart is blind
Little Black Submarines was written by Danger Mouse & Patrick Carney & Dan Auerbach.
Little Black Submarines was produced by Dan Auerbach & Patrick Carney & Danger Mouse.
The Black Keys released Little Black Submarines on Mon Oct 08 2012.