Four Out Of Five – English Lyrics

• By: Arctic Monkeys
• Album: Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino

Lyrics & Translation

[English]

作词 : Alex Turner

作曲 : Arctic Monkeys/Alex Turner

Advertise in imaginative ways, start your free trial today

Come on in, the water's lovely

Look, you could meet someone you like

During the meteor strike, it is that easy

Lunar surface on a Saturday night, dressed up in silver and white

With coloured Old Grey Whistle Test lights

Take it easy for a little while

Come and stay with us, it's such an easy flight

Cute new places keep on popping up

Since the exodus, it's all getting gentrified

I put a taqueria on the roof, it was well reviewed

Four stars out of five

And that's unheard of

Mr. Bridge and Tunnel on the Starlight Express

The head of special effects in my mind's eye

Hokey Cokey with the opposite sex

The things you try to forget, doesn't time fly?

I'm in no position to give advice, I don't wanna be nice

And you know that

Take it easy for a little while

Come and stay with us, it's such an easy flight

Cute new places keep on popping up

Around Clavius, it's all getting gentrified

The Information-Action Ratio is the place to go

And you will not recognise the old headquarters

All the nights that never happened and the days that don't exist

At the Information-Action Ratio

The only time that we stop laughing is to breathe or steal a kiss

I can get you on the list for all the clubs

I can lift you up another semitone

Take it easy for a little while (Take it easy for a little while)

Come and stay with us, now, it's such an easy flight

Cute new places keep on popping up

(Cute new places keep on popping up)

Since the exodus, it's all getting gentrified

The Information-Action Ratio (The Information-Action Ratio)

Is the place to go, four stars out of five

I put a taqueria on the moon (The Information-Action Ratio)

Rave reviews, four stars out of five

Take it easy for a little while (Take it easy for a little while)

Come and stay with us, four stars out of five

Take it easy for a little while (Take it easy for a little while)

Come and stay with us, four stars out of five

Take it easy for a little while

Four stars out of five

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
advertise /ˈædvərtaɪz/ B2	verb - to promote or make something known publicly
strike /straɪk/ B2	noun - a military or industrial action, or a sudden attack verb - to hit or come into contact with something
gentrify /ˈdʒɛntrɪfaɪ/ C1	verb - to renovate or improve a district so that it appeals to wealthier people
review /rɪˈvjuː/ B2	noun - an evaluation or assessment of something verb - to assess or examine critically
exodus /ˈeksədəs/ C2	noun - a mass departure of people
pooping /ˈpupɪŋ/ C2	verb - informal for defecating
orbit /ˈɔːrbɪt/ B2	noun - the curved path of a celestial object around a star, planet, or moon
silver /ˈsɪlvər/ A2	adjective - having the color or appearance of silver
white /waɪt/ A1	adjective - the color of snow or milk
space /speɪs/ A2	noun - the boundless three-dimensional extent in which objects and events occur
white /waɪt/ A1	adjective - having the color of snow or milk

Key Grammar Structures

• Advertise in imaginative ways, start your free trial today

  ➔ Imperative Mood

  ➔ The "imperative mood" is used to give commands, instructions, or make suggestions. The verb is in its base form, like "Advertise" and "start".

• Look, you could meet someone you like

  ➔ Modal Verb 'could' for possibility + Reduced Relative Clause

  ➔ "Could" expresses a possibility in the present or future. "you like" is a reduced relative clause, meaning "someone who you like" or "someone whom you like".

• Lunar surface on a Saturday night, dressed up in silver and white

  ➔ Past Participle as an Adjective/Reduced Relative Clause

  ➔ "dressed up" is a past participle acting as an adjective, describing the "Lunar surface" (or an implied subject like people). It's a reduced form of "which is dressed up".

• Cute new places keep on popping up

  ➔ Phrasal Verb 'keep on' + Gerund

  ➔ "Keep on" followed by a gerund (-ing form) means to continue doing something repeatedly or persistently. "Popping up" is another phrasal verb meaning to appear suddenly.

• Since the exodus, it's all getting gentrified

  ➔ Passive Voice with 'getting' + Present Continuous for Change

  ➔ The "getting + past participle" structure is an informal way to form the passive voice, often used to describe a change or process. The "is getting" (present continuous) emphasizes that this change is ongoing. "Since the exodus" indicates the starting point of this continuous change.

• I'm in no position to give advice

  ➔ Idiomatic Expression 'in no position to do something' + Infinitive of Purpose

  ➔ The idiom "in no position to do something" means one is not able or qualified to do something, often due to personal circumstances. "to give advice" is an infinitive of purpose, explaining what one is not in a position to do.

• All the nights that never happened and the days that don't exist

  ➔ Defining Relative Clauses with 'that'

  ➔ "That never happened" and "that don't exist" are defining relative clauses. They provide essential information about the nouns "nights" and "days," specifying which ones are being referred to.

• The only time that we stop laughing is to breathe or steal a kiss

  ➔ 'Stop + Gerund' vs. 'Stop + Infinitive'

  ➔ "Stop laughing" means to cease the action of laughing. If it were "stop to laugh," it would mean to pause another activity in order to laugh. "to breathe or steal a kiss" are infinitives of purpose, explaining the reason for stopping.

• I put a taqueria on the roof, it was well reviewed

  ➔ Simple Past Tense + Passive Voice (Simple Past)

  ➔ "I put" is in the simple past tense, describing a completed action. "it was well reviewed" uses the simple past passive voice, indicating that the taqueria received reviews from others.

• Come and stay with us, it's such an easy flight

  ➔ 'Such a/an' for emphasis

  ➔ "Such a/an" is used before a noun phrase (adjective + noun) to add emphasis, meaning "so much of something" or "of that kind." It intensifies the description of the flight.