Friday Sessions #73: ‘And now you’re giving me the look look’ – ‘The Look’ Metronomy

It’s Friday, and another Friday Session is coming your way… With the help of Metronomy, a British Electronic group and their track ‘The Look’, we are delving into the meaning of the lyric: ‘And now you’re giving me the look look.’

So, what does that mean exactly? When you ‘give someone a look ‘ or, ‘the look’ you are looking at them with a certain emotion. You could be angry at them or maybe they are doing something wrong, and you are looking them in a disapproving way. By adding the adjective ‘dirty’, we are emphasising that it’s not a good look.

Example:
“When I started disagreeing with the client and saying too much, my colleagues gave me a dirty look.”

“I arrived really late and I knew he was angry with me when he gave me the look.”

Note: We can also use the phrase in a question. “Why are you giving me that dirty look?” Or, “What are you giving me that dirty look for?” “What did I do?”

Lyrics:

You’re up and you’ll get down
You never running from this town
Kinda think you said
You’ll never get anything better than this
‘Cause you’re going ’round in a circle
And everyone knows you’re trouble

‘Cause you read it in a big book
And now you’re giving me the look look
But just remember how we shook shook
And all the things we took took
This town’s the oldest friend of mine

Get up and we get down
We’re always running round this town
And to think they said
We’d never make anything better than this
‘Cause we’re always in small circles
And everyone thinks we’re trouble

We didn’t read it in the big book
And now we’re giving you the look look
Just remember how we shook shook
And all the things we took took
This town’s the oldest friend of mine