“Automatic Stop” is a slow-paced tale about two people’s different perspectives over their mutual relationship. It serves as the third track of The Strokes' second record, Room on Fire.

The song has some… Read More [Verse 1]

So many fish there in the sea

I wanted you, you wanted me

That's just a phase, it's got to pass

I was a train moving too fast

[Pre-Chorus]

Didn't understand what to see

Yeah, then I got a different view

It's you... no

[Chorus]

Wait, I'm not gonna give it a break

I'm not your friend, I never was

I said wait, I'm not gonna give it a break

I'm not your friend, I never was, no

[Verse 2]

So many fish there in the sea

She wanted him, he wanted me

That's just a phase, it's got to pass

I was a train moving too fast

[Pre-Chorus]

Yeah, I know you warned me but this is too important

Now I got a different view

It's you

[Chorus]

Why can't you wait? I'm not gonna give it a break

I'm not your friend, I never was

I said wait, I'm not gonna give it a break

I'm not your friend, I never was