50 Rebellious The Strokes Lyrics to Use as Photo Captions
Formed in 1998, The Strokes were one of the biggest rock bands of the early 2000s, captivating audiences with their fuzzy and nostalgic post-punk sound and their bold and rebellious personas. Today, we find that their music remains just as timeless as it ever was.
While it's been half a decade since they released their last album, The New Abnormal, the band has stayed busy, with a number of shows (including headlining at the 2025 Austin City Limits Festival) and they're making a return to the Coachella stage in 2026. They're rumored to be planning a world tour as well as working on another album, and to celebrate, below we've collected 50 of their essential lyrics to test out as your next photo caption.
For reflecting on simpler times:
"When we was young, oh, man, did we have fun always, always."
-"Someday"
For when being comfortable doesn't mean you should stick around:
"I like it right here, but I cannot stay."
-"Hard to Explain"
For when you're ready to be nothing but honest:
"Don't ask me questions that you don't want the answers to."
-"Why Are Sundays So Depressing"
For when all the music sounds the same:
"Everybody's been singing the same song for 10 years."
-"Under Cover of Darkness"
For spinning a tale:
"Listen one time, it's not the truth. It's just a story I tell to you."
-"Ode to the Mets"
For when the unexpected happens:
"Life is such a funny journey."
-"Eternal Summer"
For just needing to be in their presence:
"Can I stand in your light just for a while?"
-"Call It Date, Call It Karma"
For not feeling whole without your special someone:
"I don't have love without you around. Life is too short, but I will live for you."
-"Selfless"
For needing something to occupy your time:
"I'm just tryin' to find a mountain I can climb."
-"Machu Picchu"
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For realizing they're playing games with you:
"You were sayin' all the words I'm dreamin'."
-"The Adults Are Talking"
For when someone will never admit they're at fault:
"Some people think they're always right."
-"You Only Live Once"
For when living life feels like playing a game:
"It seems this game is simply never-endin'."
-"The Modern Age"
('Bad Decisions' via RCA Records)
For wishing reality was more like your dream worlds:
"Always singin' in my sleep. I will leave it in my dreams."
-"Bad Decisions"
For hoping your diligence pays off:
"I'm working so I won't have to try so hard. Tables, they turn sometimes."
-"Someday"
For falling in love with your best friend:
"That's not just friendship, that's romance, too."
-"I'll Try Anything Once"
For feeling bored and restless:
"And I don't know why I keep walkin' for miles…"
-"Last Nite"
For accepting life as it comes:
"I'm gonna take what comes my way."
-"Threat of Joy"
For trying to fit in, despite the boredom of it all:
"Can't you see I'm tryin'? I don't even like it."
-"Is This It"
For admitting to being a little annoying lately:
"I'm putting your patience to the test."
-"Machu Picchu"
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For living in a time of an overabundance of information:
"The information's here, here and everywhere."
-"The Adults Are Talking"
For struggling to make new acquaintances:
"I want new friends, but they don't want me."
-"Brooklyn Bridge to Chorus"
For when you can't get your ideas in order:
"My thoughts, such a mess."
-"At the Door"
For the person you'd gladly be a fool for:
"Oh, makin' bad decisions, makin' bad decisions for you."
-"Bad Decisions"
For the issues that feel impossible:
"The Rubik's Cube isn't solving for us."
-"Ode to the Mets"
For having a somewhat complicated relationship with yourself:
"There's no one I disapprove of more or root for more than myself."
-"Life Is Simple in the Moonlight"
For when you're ready to leave a bad situation:
"I know this for sure, I'm walkin' out that door."
-"Last Nite"
For being eager to figure yourself out:
"And for the first time in my life, I'm gonna get myself right."
-"Threat of Joy"
For the perspective that doesn't align with what you're being told:
"Oh, I, I don't see it that way, I don't see it that way."
-"Hard to Explain"
For recognizing that someone has changed:
"You're not the same anymore."
-"Not the Same Anymore"
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For when destiny takes an unexpected turn:
"Fate, my friend, you say the strangest things."
-"Someday"
For hesitating to get out of bed:
"And the distance from my room, is anything so necessary?"
-"Brooklyn Bridge to Chorus"
For needing to live life at your own pace:
"I said please don't slow me down if I'm going too fast."
-"Reptilia"
For when infatuation takes hold:
"Oh, baby, I hang on everything you say. I wanna write down every word."
-"Bad Decisions"
For trying to like yourself better:
"29 different attributes, only seven that you like."
-"You Only Live Once"
For doing what you can not to lose yourself to the routine:
"It's addiction of routine as well, making fools out of the best of us, making robots of the rest of us."
-"Life Is Simple in the Moonlight"
For committing to do something with your life:
"I ain't wastin' no more time."
-"Someday"
For wishing they could just know everything you're thinking:
"Ah baby, why's it so hard to read the sentence in my eyes?"
-"Threat of Joy"
For knowing there's always another chance:
"I missed the last bus, I'll take the next train."
-"Hard to Explain"
For feeling a little older and a little wiser:
"Talk to me now I'm older."
-"12:51"
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For giving yourself room to make mistakes:
"I'll get it right sometime, oh, maybe not tonight."
-"The Adults Are Talking"
For refusing to be controlled:
"I won't just be a puppet on a string."
-"Under Cover of Darkness"
For never losing your drive and motivation:
"I'm staying hungry, I'm staying hungry."
-"Why Are Sundays So Depressing"
For when you're both talking past each other:
"You, you didn't listen to me, but I, I didn't listen to you."
-"Bad Decisions"
For when it's tougher than everyone said it would be:
"Easy to say, easy to do, but it's not easy, well, maybe for you."
-"Ode to the Mets"
For when no one's going to stand in your path:
"Don't try to stop us. Get out of the way."
-"Life Is Simple in the Moonlight"
For knowing someone will someday look at today with nostalgia:
"In many ways, they'll miss the good old days someday, someday."
-"Someday"
For pondering the tiny choices that brought you to where you are today:
"10 decisions shape your life. You'll be aware of five, about."
-"I'll Try Anything Once"
For when you don't even understand your own actions:
"On top of this, I ain't ever gonna understand."
-"Last Nite"
For seeing that time moves on, whether you pay attention or not:
"If we don't watch the sun, it will rise."
-"Welcome to Japan"
For when you can only be responsible for so much:
"We can't help it if we are a problem."
-"The Adults Are Talking"
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