Arctic Monkeys 'Crawling Back to You' Complete Lyric Guide, Meaning & Faq
By James H. Sterling
Written by Alex Turner and performed alongside Jamie Cook (guitar), Nick O'Malley (bass), and Matt Helders (drums/backing vocals), the song's complete lyrical text documents an obsessive mental spiral.
[Verse 1]
Have you got color in your cheeks?
Do you ever get that fear that you can't shift the type that sticks around like summat in your teeth?
Are there some aces up your sleeve?
Have you no idea that you're in deep?
I sort of always thought I was with you guessing
[Pre-Chorus]
(Do I wanna know?)
If this feeling flows both ways?
(Sad to see you go)
Was sort of hoping that you'd stay
(Baby, we both know)
That the nights were mainly made for saying things that you can't say tomorrow day
[Chorus]
Crawling back to you
Ever thought of calling when you had a few?
'Cause I always do
Maybe I'm too busy being yours to fall for somebody new
Now, I've thought it through
Crawling back to you
[Verse 2]
So have you got the guts?
Been wondering if your heart's still open and if so I wanna know what time it shuts
Simmer down and pucker up
I'm sorry to interrupt, it's just I'm constantly on the cusp of trying to kiss you
I don't know if you feel the same as I do
But we could be together if you wanted to
[Pre-Chorus]
(Do I wanna know?)
If this feeling flows both ways?
(Sad to see you go)
Was sort of hoping that you'd stay
(Baby, we both know)
That the nights were mainly made for saying things that you can't say tomorrow day
[Chorus]
Crawling back to you
Ever thought of calling when you had a few?
'Cause I always do
Maybe I'm too busy being yours to fall for somebody new
Now, I've thought it through
Crawling back to you
[Bridge]
(Do I wanna know?)
If this feeling flows both ways?
(Sad to see you go)
Was sort of hoping that you'd stay
(Baby, we both know)
That the nights were mainly made for saying things that you can't say tomorrow day
[Outro]
(Do I wanna know?)
Too busy being yours to fall
(Sad to see you go)
Ever thought of calling, darling?
(Do I wanna know?)
Do you want me to crawl back to you?
James Sterling reports on renewable energy developments, climate policy, ecological conservation, and green tech innovations around the globe.
