'505' - NEA Chosen Audio Track

Choice 1:  505 - Arctic Monkeys

-'505' first debuted on Arctic Monkeys' second album "Favourite Worst Nightmare", the track stays true to many of the band's influences such as Indie Rock, Garage Rock, Post-Punk Revival and Psychedelic Rock; all genres prevalent during the target audience's lifetimes. The track has a rather melancholic feel to begin with and slowly crescendos throughout with slow canonic introductions of each instrument.
The lyrics are filled with imagery and lines open to interpretation that tell the story of a break up between our protagonist and his ex-partner. Through the words we see that our protagonist was deeply in love no matter the status between he and his partner; why they broke up is up for interpretation within the lyrics.

[Chorus]
I'm going back to 505
If it's a seven-hour flight or a forty-five-minute drive
In my imagination, you're waiting lying on your side
With your hands between your thighs

[Verse 1]
Stop and wait a sec
When you look at me like that, my darling, what did you expect?
I'd probably still adore you with your hands around my neck
Or I did last time I checked
Not shy of a spark
A knife twists at the thought that I should fall short of the mark
Frightened by the bite, though it's no harsher than the bark
The middle of adventure, such a perfect place to start

[Chorus]

[Verse 2]
But I crumble completely when you cry
It seems like once again you've had to greet me with "Goodbye"
I'm always just about to go and spoil a surprise
Take my hands off of your eyes too soon

[Chorus]
I'm going back to 505
If it's a seven-hour flight or a forty-five minute drive
In my imagination, you're waiting lying on your side
With your hands between your thighs and a smile

The chorus suggests imagery of when this relationship was stable and how our protagonist wishes to return to this stage. '505' could be interpreted in a number of different ways: a room number, a house number or a time (5:05). The imagery of 'lying on your side with your hands between your thighs' is a somewhat sexualised thought/position however also suggests loneliness perhaps conveying the break-up.

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