Come & Get Your Love • Alex Turner

20: Memories in Latin American tour

Alex's POV:

Arena Perù. One of the famously concert halls in Lima, Peru. When I woke up from my sleep, I started to feel some headache, maybe this was because of last night's flight. I drank some pills to relieve my head at least.

While in the middle of sound checking, Matt bruised his knee, it's because he was too clumsy to handle things. I was holding my Fender Jazz Master when Matt dropped from the ground. Nick and Jamie just laughed at his incident and I felt bad. Matt said he was okay and could make it still for tonight's show.

It was already 6 in the evening and were ready tonight's show. I couldn't wait to show the Peruvian fans what they deserve, to see us. It was our first time touring here in Peru ever since we started internationally in '06.

First, I was a little bit nervous for the show. Miles was here along to comfort me. I greeted the crowd with a "Hola¡" through my microphone, again, I sounded like an American arse while trying to do my best to sound in Spanish. The first song of the night was 505 and the crowd sang along, Miles did the intro part of the song;

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

"Stop and wait a sec,
When you look at me like that, my darlin', 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,
The 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", I held my microphone in my hand as I was already sweating;

"I'm going back to 505
If it's a seven hour flight or a forty-five minute drive
In my imagination, you're waitin' lyin' on your side
With your hands between your thighs", Miles provided a solo part and as the crowd sang along with me

After the solo part, my voice was aggressive this time;

"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 the surprise
Take my hands off of your eyes too soon", the crowd sang loudly with me as I kept playing the chords of the song using my guitar,

"I'm going back to 505
If it's a seven hour flight or a forty-five minute drive
In my imagination, you're waitin' lyin' on your side
With your hands between your thighs and a smile", the crowd finished the song as Miles, Jamie, and I provided the final solo of the song.

The next song was followed by Little Illusion Machine (Wirral Riddler). It was written by me, Matt, Jamie, Nick, and Miles. We've never performed this song before, this was the first time that we've performed this in front of everybody tonight;

"Swinging room to room,
Planting something new
I've ridden the riddle, I'll do it again,
Back to the Wirral where it all began,

Wirral riddler",

"Send a letter to me, baby
I'm on the edge of my seat
Send a letter to me, baby
Little illusion machine ", Miles and I sang to the song as the crowd helped us along sing to the lyrics,