When I find myself in trouble, music or literature always assist me. Today they’re helping me to overcome the embarrassment of the first post and the awe of the white page.

I’ve always been fascinated by those lyricists who make literary references in their songs, that’s why I started a thread on Instagram called: “When music meets literature”. So let me break the ice talking about the similarities between

🎶Secret door-Arctic Monkeys 📖 The Diary of a young Girl-Anne Frank 
Most of the people think that “Secret Door” is about Alex Turner and Alexa Chung’s love affair and about them hiding from paparazzi. Maybe. But if you read carefully, you might see many references about Anne Frank and her life in the hidden apartment. The fools on parade could be the Nazi troops marching. The secret door is the one that led to the rooms where Anne and her family and friends were hiding; it was behind a bookshelf (“And then, like a butler pushing a bookshelf, I’m unveiling the unexpected” Alex sings). The lines “How could such a creature survive in such a habitat” probably refer to young and vital Anne, forced to stay silent and still. 
There also are references to Anne and Peter’s getting closer in such a static environment that had nothing to offer (“She swam out of tonight’s phantasm, grabbed my hand and made it very clear. There’s absolutely nothing for us here: it’s a magnolia celebration”). Apparently there’s no joy (magnolia celebration, so, a boring one), but the feeling is deep and sincere because, even if the foolish on parade find them, they wouldn’t notice, because the two lovers are too busy looking at each other.