I Wanna Be Yours

Arctic Monkeys AM English

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Verse 1

I wanna be your vacuum cleanerBreathin' in your dustI wanna be your Ford CortinaI will never rustIf you like your coffee hotLet me be your coffee potYou call the shots, babeI just wanna be yours

Pre-Chorus

Secrets I have held in my heartAre harder to hide than I thoughtMaybe I just wanna be yours

Chorus

I wanna be yoursI wanna be yoursWanna be yoursWanna be yoursWanna be yours

Verse 2

Let me be your 'leccy meterAn' I'll never run outLet me be the portable heaterThat you'll get cold withoutI wanna be your setting lotion (Wanna be)Hold your hair in deep devotion (How deep?)At least as deep as the Pacific OceanI wanna be yours

Pre-Chorus

Secrets I have held in my heartAre harder to hide than I thoughtMaybe I just wanna be yours

Chorus

I wanna be yoursI wanna be yoursWanna be yoursWanna be yoursWanna be yoursWanna be yoursWanna be yoursWanna be yoursWanna be yoursWanna be yours

Outro

I wanna be your vacuum cleaner (Wanna be yours)Breathin' in your dust (Wanna be yours)I wanna be your Ford Cortina (Wanna be yours)I will never rust (Wanna be yours)I just wanna be yours (Wanna be yours)I just wanna be yours (Wanna be yours)I just wanna be yours (Wanna be yours)

What the song means

A love song using household object metaphors to express devotion. The singer wants to be indispensable to his love interest, comparing himself to things that are useful, reliable, and necessary. He's willing to be whatever she needs, showing deep commitment and the difficulty of hiding his feelings.

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vacuum cleaner — a device that sucks up dust and dirt

used metaphorically to show he wants to be close and absorb her presence

Arctic Monkeys

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