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And our attempts to remind them of reason won't get us that far Arctic Monkeys – If You Were There, Beware
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They can try to talk them out of it but it won’t work. They can try to persuade them into giving mercy and even try to use guilt to get them to stop but they won’t. They will stop at nothing.

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There's a circle of witches, ambitiously vicious they are Arctic Monkeys – If You Were There, Beware
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Alex is portraying the reporters as witches, surrounding an innocent victim right before they go in for the kill.

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this image bruh lmao

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And why leave her on her own?
If I'd have known then I wouldn't have said it
I wouldn't have said it if I would have known
Why leave her on her own?
If I predicted tears then I wouldn't have said it
I wouldn't have said it if I would have known Arctic Monkeys – If You Were There, Beware
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Alex must have accidentally let some information slip to reporters, that led them to pursue his girlfriend. Now, watching them attack her, to the point of driving her to tears, he wishes that he could just take back his words.

Now, he feels all the more guilty for not being there to support her through all of the ensuing stress (“leav[ing] her on her own”).

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“Saying it” could also simply refer to him making his relationship with this girl public and thus leaving her susceptible to the media’s attention.

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What you're trying to dig up
Isn't there to be dug; Arctic Monkeys – If You Were There, Beware
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The reporters are probably looking for some kind of scandal. Alex’s girlfriend isn’t like that. Their relationship is too stable to provide suspense for their fans. The reporters aren’t gonna find any proof of her cheating or being a gold digger because she isn’t.

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Ain't you had enough? Arctic Monkeys – If You Were There, Beware
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Short for “haven’t you had enough” in Yorkshire slang. With the media, all they want is more. Even after she cooperates and tells them a story or two, they want more. They can never get enough gossip.

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I think it’s not so much that she’s giving them a few stories and wants more, but more of “haven’t you had enough of trying” knowing you won’t get what you want. In the next line he says what they are looking to dig up isn’t there to be dug, so she isn’t giving them what they want because there’s nothing to tell, yet they keep pursuing her.

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Can't you sense she was never meant to fill column inches Arctic Monkeys – If You Were There, Beware
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Column inches as in Newspaper articles. The girl that they are attacking isn’t able to handle such a life filled with being hunted down by thirsty reporters. She’s not capable of providing a story to fill your newspapers.

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Alex tells an amazing story about the media harassing one of his girlfriends. Dating someone famous comes with a lot of unwanted attention from the paparazzi. He tells the story in such a dark and gloomy way using vivid metaphors and such. He’s warning that if you date someone famous, you’ll be vulnerable to the media just as she was.

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Go on, girl, go on, give us something gruesome
We require your grief, Arctic Monkeys – If You Were There, Beware
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The reporters are trying to pressure the girl into giving them a story. They need something spicy. Something that invades her privacy and something that will most likely give her grief.

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Three-hundred and fifty "No, thank you"s and nobody flinches Arctic Monkeys – If You Were There, Beware
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Referring to the paparazzi. The media is always harassing celebrities even when they refuse to answer questions. The celeb in question has said ‘no thank you’ 350 times but its not stopping them.

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350 is also the number Charles Dickens makes use of twice in Oliver Twist to refer to a not better identified quantity

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Drunken plots hatched to jump it
Ask around, "Are you sure?"
Went for it, but the red light was showin'
And red light indicates doors are secure Arctic Monkeys – Red Light Indicates Doors Are Secured
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They were drunk so they decided to do something reckless like trying to jump out of the cab to avoid paying.

This was flashing which meant that you can’t open the doors.

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