Franz Ferdinand – The Dark of the Matinée Lyrics

 

The Dark of the Matinée Lyrics by Franz Ferdinand

 

You take your white finger
Slide the nail under the top and bottom buttons of
My blazer
Relax the fraying wool
Slacken ties and I’m
Not to look at you in the shoe
But the eyes
Find the eyes

Find me and follow me
Through corridors, refectories
And files, you must follow, leave this academic factory
You’ll find me in the matinée, the dark of the matinée
It’s better in the matinée, the dark of the matinée
Is mine, yes it’s mine

I time every journey
To bump into you accidentally
I charm you and tell you
Of the boys I hate, all the girls I hate
All the words I hate, all the clothes I hate
How I’ll never be anything I hate
You smile, mention something that you like
Oh, how you’d have a happy life
If you did the things you like

Find me and follow me
Through corridors, refectories
Files, you must follow, leave this academic factory
You’ll find me in the matinée, dark of the matinée
It’s better in the matinée, the dark of the matinée
Is mine, yes it’s mine

So I’m on BBC2 now
Telling Terry Wogan how I made it and
What I made is unclear now
But his deference is and his laughter is
My words and smile are so easy now
Yes, it’s easy now, yes, it’s easy now

Find me and follow me
Through corridors, refectories
And files, you must follow, leave this academic factory
You’ll find me in the matinée, dark of the matinée
It’s better in the matinée, the dark of the matinée
You will find me and follow me
Through corridors, refectories
And files, you must follow, leave this academic factory
You will find me in the matinée, the dark of the matinée
Better in the matinée, the dark of the matinée
Is mine, yes it’s mine