🎵 Is This It // by The Strokes

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Is This It

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Is This It July 30, 2001 📍 Sterling Sound 👁 312,267
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Is This It
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About this song (Last.fm)
Julian Casablancas explained the song’s title to the NME: “How it came about is that we had the song and it was done without a chorus, so I was like, ‘I’ll wing it, I’ll figure something out’ and one day I sang that over the chorus and that song was done.” (Source Is This It Songfacts). Read more on Last.fm.

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54 ContributorsTranslationsItalianoFrançais Is This It Lyrics This opening track to The Strokes' 2001 debut ended up arbitrarily spawning the album’s title.… Read More  [Verse 1] Can't you see I'm tryin'? I don't even like it I just lied to get to your apartment Now, I'm stayin' there just for a while I can't think 'cause I'm just way too tired [Chorus] Is this it? Is this it? Is this it? [Verse 2] Said they'd give you anything you ever wanted When they lied, I knew it was just stable Children tryin' hard not to realize I was sitting right behind them [Bridge] Dear, can't you see? It's them, it's not me We're not enemies. We just disagree If I was like him, all pissed in this bar He changes his mind, says I went too far, eh We all disagree. I think we should disagree, yeah [Chorus] Is this it? Is this it? Is this it? [Outro] Can't you see I'm tryin'? I don't even like it I just lied to get to your apartment Now, I'm stayin' there just for a while I can't think 'cause I'm just way too tired
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