B-side to “Fluorescent Adolescent” off of Favourite Worst Nightmare.
The song details the loneliness and issues of faceless girls at shows. Considering the time of release, it was probably written hot off the heels of a world tour – a life totally removed from his one two years ago.
In some ways,...
[Verse 1]
I wish you would have smiled in the bakery
Or sat on a tatty settee
At a mutual friend's gathering
And the more you keep on looking, the more it's hard to take
Love, we're in stalemate
To never meet is surely where we're bound
There's one in every town
Just there to grind you down
[Verse 2]
I wish I would have seen you in the post office
Well, maybe I did and I missed it
Too busy with the mind on clever lines
Why not the rounders pitch or the canteen?
You're slacking, love, where have you been?
Just had to go and wait until tonight
[Bridge]
To give me the invite
Don't worry, it's alright
[Verse 3]
I wish I would have seen you down in the arcade
Sipping on a lemonade
In the paper cup and chewing on the straw
And I wish I'd seen you in the bakery
But if I'd seen you in the bakery
You probably wouldn't have seen me
The Bakery was written by Alex Turner.
The Bakery was produced by James Ellis Ford & Mike Crossey.
Arctic Monkeys released The Bakery on Wed Jul 04 2007.