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the complete Radiohead lyrics

pablo honey (1993)

you

you are the sun and moon and stars, are you?
and i could never run away from you
you try at working on chaotic things
and why should i believe myself not you?
it's like the world is gonna end so soon
and why should i believe myself?
you, me and everything caught in the fire
i can see me drowning caught in the fire
you, me and everything caught in the fire
i can see me drowning caught in the fire
why?
creep

when you were here before,
couldn't look you in the eye
you're just like an angel
your skin makes me cry
you float like a feather
in a beautiful world
i wish i was special
you're so fucking special
but i'm a creep
i'm a weirdo
what the hell am i doing here
i don't belong here
i don't care if it hurts
i wanna have control
i want a perfect body
i want a perfect soul
i want you to notice when i'm not around
you're so fucking special
i wish i was special
but i'm a creep
i'm a weirdo
what the hell i'm doing here
i don't belong here
she's running out again
she's running out
she runs runs runs
whatever makes you happy
whatever you want
you're so fucking special
i wish i was special
but i'm a creep, i'm a weirdo
what the hell am i doing here?
i don't belong here
i don't belong here
how do you?
he's bitter and twisted
he knows what he wants
he wants to be loved and
he wants to belong
he wants us to listen
he wants us to weep
and he was a stupid baby, turned into a powerful freak
but how do you?
how do you?
how do you?
he lives with his mother
but we show him respect
he's a dangerous bigot
but we always forget
a-and he's just like his daddy
'cause he cheats on his friends
and he steals and he bullies
anyway that he can
a-no-no-no!
but how do you?
how do you?
how do you?
stop whispering
and the wise man say i don't want to hear your voice
and the thin man say i don't want to hear your voice
but they're cursing me, and they won't let me be
and there's nothing to say, and there's nothing to do
stop whispering
start shouting
stop whispering
start shouting
and my mother say we spit on you son some more
and the buildings say we spit on your face some more
and the feeling is, that there's something wrong
because i can't find the words and i can't find the songs
stop whispering
start shouting
stop whispering
start shouting
dear sir, i have a complaint
dear sir, i have a complaint
can't remember what it is
doesn't matter anyway
doesn't matter anyway
stop whispering
stop whispering
stop whispering
stop whispering, start shou...

thinking about you
been thinking about you
your records are here
your eyes are on my wall
your teeth are over there
but i'm still no one, and you're now a star what do you care?
been thinking about you, and there's no rest
should i still love you still
see you in bed but i'm playing with myself
and what do you care when i'm not there
all the things you got
all the things you need
who bought your cigarettes?
who bribed the company to come and see you, honey?
been thinking about you
so how can you sleep?
these people aren't your friends
they're paid to kiss your feet
they don't know what i know
and why should you care when i'm not there?
all the things you got
all the things you need
who bought your cigarettes?
who bribed the company to come and see you?
been thinking about you
anyone can play guitar
destiny, destiny protect me from the world
destiny, hold my hand protect me from the world
here we are with our running and confusion
and i don't see no confusion anywhere
and if the worm does turn
and if london burns i'll be standing on the beach with my guitar
i wanna be in a band when i get to heaven
anyone can play guitar
and they won't be a nothing anymore
grow my hair, grow my hair
i am jim morrison
grow my hair
i wanna be wanna be wanna be jim morrison
here we are with our running and confusion
and i don't see no confusion anywhere
and if the world does turn
and if london burns i'll be standing on the beach with my guitar
i wanna be in a band when i get to heaven
anyone can play guitar
and they won't be a nothing anymore
ripcord

soul destroyed with clever toys for little boys
it's inevitable, inevitable it's a soul destroyed
you're free until you drop
you're free 'til you've had enough
and you don't understand
no ripcord
no ripcord
no ripcord
aeroplane,
do i mean what i mean?
it's inevitable, inevitable
oh aeroplane
a thousand miles an hour
on politics and power that you don't understand
no ripcord
no ripcord
no ripcord
the answer to your prayers
we'll drop you anywnere
with no ripcord
no ripcord
no ripcord
vegetable

i never wanted anything but this
i worked hard, tried hard
i ran around in domestic bliss
i fought hard
died hard
every time you're running out of here
every time you're running get the fear
i never wanted any broken bones
scarred face, no home
your words surround me and i asphyxiate
and i burn all hate
every time you're running out on me
every time you're running i can see
i'm not a vegetable
i will not control myself
i spit on the hand that feeds me
i will not control myself
the waters break, the waters run all over me
the waters break, the waters run and this time you're gonna pay
i'm not a vegetable
i will not control myself
i spit on the hand that feeds me
i will not control myself
prove yourself

i can't afford to breath in this town
nowhere to sit without a gun in my hand
hooked back up to my cathode ray
i'm better off dead
i'm better off dead
i'm better off
prove yourself
prove yourself
prove yourself
i wanna breath
i wanna grow
i'd say i want it but i don't know how
i work, i bleed, i beg, i pray
but i'm better off dead
prove yourself
prove yourself
prove yourself
i'm better off dead
i'm better off dead
i'm better off dead
prove yourself
prove yourself
prove yourself
why?
i can't

please forget the words that i just blurted out
it wasn't me
it was my strange and creeping doubt
it keeps rattling my cage
and there's nothing in this world
will keep it down
even though i might
even though i try
i can't
even though i might
even though i try
i can't
so many things that keep
keep me underground
so many words that i
that i can never find
if you give up on me now i'll be gutted like i've never been before
and even though i might
even though i try
i can't
and even though i might
even though i try
i can't
if you give up on me now i'll be gutted like i've never been before
even though i might
even though i try
i can't
even though i might
even though i try
i can't
even though i might
even though i try
i can't
lurgee
i feel better, i feel better now you've gone
i got better
i got better
i got strong
i feel better
i feel better
i feel better now there's nothing wrong
i got better
i got better, i got strong
tell me something
tell me something, i don't know
tell me one thing
tell me one thing, let it go
i got something
i got something, heaven knows
i got something
i got something, i don't know
blow out
in my mind
and nailed into my heels
all the time
killing what i feel
and everything i touch
(all wrapped up in cotton wool
all wrapped up and sugar coated)
turns to stone
everything i touch
turns stone
i am fused
just in case i blow out
i am glued
just in case i crack up
and everything i touch turns to stone
everything i touch
(all wrapped up in cotton wool
all wrapped up and sugar coated)
turns stone

the bends (1995)

planet telex
you can force it but it will not come
you can taste it but it will not form
you can crush it but it's always here
you can crush it but it's always near
chasing you around
saying everything is broken
everyone is broken
you can force it but it will stay strong
you can crush it as dry as a bone
you can walk it home straight from school
you can kiss it
you can break all the rules
but still
everything is broken
everyone is broken
everyone is broken
everything is broken
why can't you forget me?
why can't you forget me?
why can't you forget me?
the bends
where do we go from here?
the words are coming out all weird
where are you now when i need you?
alone on an aerplane
falling asleep beside the window pane
my blood'll thicken
i need to wash myself again to hide all the the dirt and pain
'cause i'd be scared but there's nothing underneath
who are my real friends?
have they all got the bends?
am i really sinking this low?
baby's got the bends, oh no
we don't have any real friends, no no no
lying in a bar with my drip feed on
talking to my girlfriend waiting for something to happen
i wish it was the sixties
i wish we could be happy
i wish, i wish, i wish that something would happen
where do we go from here?
the planet is a gunboat in a sea of fear
and where are you?
brought in the cia
the tanks and the whole marines to blow me away
to blow me sky high
baby's got the bends
we don't have any real friends
lying in a bar with my drip feed on
talking to my girlfriend waiting for something to happen
i wish it was the sixties
i wish we could be happy
i wish, i wish, i wish that something would happen
i want to live, breathe
i want to be part of the human race
i want to live, breathe
i want to be part of the human race
race, race, race
where do we go from here?
the words are coming out all weird
where are you now?
when i need you
high and dry
two jumps in a week i bet you think that's pretty clever don't you boy
flying on your motorcycle
watching all the ground beneath you drop
you'd kill yourself for recognition
kill yourself to never ever stop
you broke another mirror
you're turning into something you are not
don't leave me high
don't leave me dry
don't leave me high
don't leave me dry
drying up in conversation
you will be the one who cannot talk & all your insides fall to pieces
you just sit there wishing you could still make love
they're the ones who'll hate you when you think you've got the world all sussed out
they're the ones who'll spit at you
you will be the one screaming out
don't leave me high
don't leave me dry
don't leave me high
don't leave me dry
it's the best thing that you ever had
it's the best thing that you ever had
the best thing that you've had has gone away
so don't leave me high
don't leave me dry
don't leave me high
don't leave me dry
fake plastic trees
the green plastic watering can
for a fake chinese rubberplant
in the fake plastic earth
that she bought from a rubber man
in a town full of rubber plans
to get rid of itself
it wears her out
it wears her out
it wears her out
it wears her out
she lives with a broken man
a cracked polystyrene man
who just crumbles and burns
he used to do surgery for girls in the eighties
but gravity always wins
and it wears him out
and it wears him out
and it wears him out
she looks like the real thing
she tastes like the real thing
my fake plastic love
but i can't help the feeling
i could blow through the ceiling
if i just turned and ran
and it wears me out
it wears me out
it wears me out
if i could be who you wanted
if i could be who you wanted all the time
bones
i don't want to be crippled cracked
shoulders, wrists, knees and back
ground to dust and ash
crawling on all fours
when you've got to feel it in your bones
when you've got to feel it in your bones
now i can't climb the stairs
pieces missing everywhere
prozac, painkillers
when you've got to feel it in your bones
when you've got to feel it in your bones
and i used to fly like peter pan
all the children flew when i touched their hands
when you've got to feel it in your bones
when you've got to feel it in your bones
(nice dream)
they love me like i was a brother
they protect me
listen to me
they dug me my very own garden
gave me sunshine
made me happy
nice dream
nice dream
nice dream
i call up my friend the good angel
but she's out with her ansaphone
she says that she would love to come help but
the sea would electrocute us all
nice dream
nice dream
nice dream
nice dream
nice dream
nice dream
nice dream (if you think that you're strong enough)
nice dream (if you think you belong enough)
nice dream (if you think that you're strong enough)
nice dream (if you think you belong enough)
(now come on
now come on
now come on)
nice dream
nice dream
nice dream
nice dream
just

can't get the stink off
he's been hanging round for days
comes like a comet
suckered you but not your friends
one day he'll get to you
and teach you how to be a holy cow
you do it to yourself, you do
and that's why it really hurts, is
you do it to yourself
just you
you and no-one else
you do it to yourself
you do it to yourself
don't get my sympathy hanging out the 15th floor
changed the locks three times
he still comes reeling through the door
and soon he'll get to you
and teach you how to get to purest hell
you do it to yourself, you do
and that's why it really hurts is
you do it to yourself
just you, you and no-one else
you do it to yourself
you do it to yourself
self
my iron lung
faith, you're driving me away
you do it everyday
you don't mean it but it hurts like hell
my brain says i'm receiving pain
a lack of oxygen
from my life support
my iron lung
the headshrinkers
they want everything
my uncle bill
by belisha beacon
we're way too young to fall asleep
too cynical to speak
we are losing it, can't you tell?
we scratch our eternal itch
a twentieth century bitch
and we are grateful for our iron lung
the headshrinkers
they want everything
my uncle bill
by belisha beacon
suck
suck your teenage thumb
toilet trained and dumb
when the power runs out we'll just hum
this
this is our new song
just like the last one
a total waste of time
my iron lung
the headshrinkers
they want everything
my uncle bill
by belisha beacon
and if you're frightened
you could be frightened
you can be
it's ok
and if you're frightened
you could be frightened
you can be
it's ok
bullet proof ... i wish i was
limb by limb and tooth by tooth, tearing up inside of me
every day, every hour
wish that i was bulletproof
wax me
mould me
heat the pins and stab them in
you have turned me into this
just wish that it was bulletproof
so pay me money, take a shot
lead-fill the hole in me
i could burst a million bubbles
all surrogate and bulletproof
and bullet proof
black star
i get home from work and you're still standing in your dressing gown
well what am i to do?
i know all the things around your head and what they do to you
what are we coming to?
what are we gonna do?
blame it on the black star
blame it on the falling sky
blame it on the satellite
that beams me home
troubled words of a troubled mind
i try to understand what is eating you
i try to stay awake but it's 58 hours since that i last slept with you
what are we coming to?
i just don't know anymore
blame it on the black star
blame it on the falling sky
blame it on the satellite
that beams me home
i get on the train and i just stand about now that i don't think of you
i keep falling over i keep passing out when i see a face like you
what am i coming to?
i'm gonna melt down
blame it on the black star
blame it on the falling sky
blame it on the satellite
that beams me home
sulk
tou bite through the big wall
the big wall bites back
you sit there and sulk
sit there and bawl
you're so pretty
when you're on your knees
disaffected and eager to please
sometimes you sulk
sometimes you burn
god rest your soul
when the loving comes and we've already gone
just like your dad
you'll never change
each time it comes it eats me alive
i try to behave but it eats me alive
so i declare a holiday
fall asleep drift away
sometimes you sulk
sometimes you burn
god rest your soul when the loving comes and we've already gone
just like your dad
you'll never change
street spirit (fade out)
rows of houses, all bearing down on me
i can feel their blue hands touching me
all these things into position
all these things we'll one day swallow whole
and fade out again
and fade out
this machine will
will not communicate these thoughts and this strain i am under
be a world child form a circle before we all go under
and fade out again and fade out again
cracked eggs dead birds scream as they fight for life
i can feel death can see its beady eyes
all these things into position
all these things we'll one day swallow whole
and fade out again and fade out again
immerse your soul in love
immerse your soul in love

ok computer (1997)

airbag
in the next world war
a jackknifed juggernaut
i am born again
in the neon sign
scrolling up and down
i am born again
in an interstellar burst
i am back to save the universe
in a deep deep sleep
of the innocent
i am born again
in a fast german car
i'm amazed that i survived
an airbag saved my life
in an interstellar burst
i am back to save the universe
in an interstellar burst
i am back to save the universe
in an interstellar burst
i am back to save the universe
paranoid android
please could you stop the noise, i'm trying to get some rest
from all the unborn chicken voices in my head
what's that?
what's that?
when i am king you will be first against the wall
with your opinion which is of no consequence at all
what's that?
what's that?
ambition makes you look pretty ugly
kicking and squealing gucci little piggy
you don't remember
you don't remember
why don't you remember my name?
off with his head, man
off with his head, man
why don't you remember my name?
i guess he does
rain down
rain down
come on rain down
on me
from a great height
from a great height
height
height
that's it sir (rain down)
you're leaving
the crackle of pig skin (rain down)
the dust and the screaming (come on rain down on me)
the yuppies networking
the panic, the vomit (from a great height)
the panic, the vomit (from a great height)
god loves his children
subterranean homesick alien
the breath of the morning
i keep forgetting
the smell of the warm summer air
i live in a town where you can't smell a thing
you watch your feet for cracks in the pavement
and up above aliens hover making home movies for the folks back home
of all these weird creatures who lock up their spirits
drill holes in themselves and live for their secrets
they're all uptight
uptight
uptight
uptight
uptight
uptight
i wish that they'd swoop down in a country lane
late at night when i'm driving
take me onboard that beautiful ship
show me the worlds i'd love to see
i'd tell all my friends but they never believe me
they'd think that i've finally lost it completely
i show them the stars and the meaning of life, they'd shut me away but i'd be all right all right
i'm just uptight
uptight
uptight
uptight
uptight
uptight
uptight
uptight

exit music (for a film)
wake
from your sleep
the drying of your tears
today we escape
we escape
pack
and get dressed
before your father hears us
before all hell breaks loose
breathe, keep breathing
don't lose your nerve
breathe, keep breathing
i can't do this alone
sing us a song, a song to keep us warm
there's such a chill, such a chill
and you can laugh
a spineless laugh
we hope your rules and wisdom choke you
and now we are one
in everlasting peace
we hope that you choke, that you choke
we hope that you choke, that you choke
we hope that you choke, that you choke

let down
transport
motorways and tram lines
starting and then stopping
taking off and landing
the emptiest of feelings
disappointed people
clinging onto bottles
and when it comes its so so disappointing
let down and hanging around
crushed like a bug in the ground
let down and hanging around
shell smashed
juices flowing
wings twitch legs are going
don't get sentimental
it always ends up drivel
one day i'm going to grow wings
a chemical reaction
hysterical and useless
hysterical and
let down and hanging around
crushed like a bug in the ground
let down and hanging around
you know where you are with
you know where you are with
floor collapses
floating
bouncing back and one day i am gonna grow wings
a chemical reaction
hysterical and useless
hysterical and
let down and hanging around
crushed like a bug in the ground
let down and hanging around
karma police
karma police
arrest this man
he talks in maths
he buzzes like a fridge
he's like a detuned radio
karma police
arrest this girl
her hitler hairdo
is making me feel ill
and we have crashed her party
this is what you get
this is what you get
this is what you get
when you mess with us
karma police
i've given all i can
it's not enough
i've given all i can
but we're still on the payroll
this is what you get
this is what you get
this is what you get
when you mess with us
for a minute there
i lost myself
i lost myself
phew, for a minute there
i lost myself
i lost myself
i lost myself
i lost myself
i lost myself
i lost myself

fitter happier

fitter
happier
more productive
comfortable
not drinking too much
regular exercise at the gym (3 days a week)
getting on better with your associate employee contemporaries
at ease
eating well (no more microwave dinners and saturated fats)
a patient better driver
a safer car (baby smiling in back seat)
sleeping well (no bad dreams)
no paranoia
careful to all animals (never washing spiders down the plughole)
keep in contact with old friends (enjoy a drink now and then)
will frequently check credit at (moral) bank (hole in wall)
favors for favors
fond but not in love
charity standing orders
on sundays ring road supermarket
(no killing moths or putting boiling water on the ants)
car wash (also on sundays)
no longer afraid of the dark
or midday shadows
nothing so ridiculously teenage and desperate
nothing so childish
at a better pace
slower and more calculated
no chance of escape
now self-employed
concerned (but powerless)
an empowered and informed member of society (pragmatism not idealism)
will not cry in public
less hance of illness
tires that grip in the wet (shot of baby strapped in back seat)
a good memory
still cries at a good film
still kisses with saliva
no longer empty and frantic
like a cat
tied to a stick
that's driven into frozen winter shit (the ability to laugh at weakness)
calm
fitter, healthier and more productive
a pig
in a cage
on antibiotics
electioneering
i will stop
i will stop at nothing
say the right things
when electioneering
i trust i can rely on your vote
when i go forwards, you go backwards
and somewhere we will meet
when i go forwards, you go backwards
and somewhere we will meet
riot shields
voodoo economics (bloodshed, bloodshed)
it's just business
cattle prods and the imf
i trust i can rely on your vote
when i go forwards, you go backwards
and somewhere we will meet
when i go forwards, you go backwards
and somewhere we will meet
climbing up the walls
i am the key to the lock in your house
that keeps your toys in the basement
and if you get too far inside
you'll only see my reflection
it's always best when the light is off
i am the pick in the ice
do not cry out or hit the alarm
you know we're friends 'til we die
and either way you turn
i'll be there
open up your skull
i'll be there
climbing up the walls
it's always best when the light is off
it's always better on the outside
fifteen blows to the back of your head
fifteen blows to your mind
so lock the kids up safe tonight
shut the eyes in the cupboard
i got the smell of a local man
who's got the loneliest feeling
that either way he turns
i'll be there
open up your skull
i'll be there
climbing up the walls
climbing up the walls
climbing up the walls

no surprises

a heart that's full up like
a landfill
a job that slowly kills you
bruises that won't heal
i'll take a quiet life
and a handshake of carbon monoxide
and no alarms and no surprises
no alarms and no surprises
no alarms and no surprises
silent
silence
this is my final fit
my final bellyache with
no alarms and no surprises
no alarms and no surprises
no alarms and no surprises please
such a pretty house and
such a pretty garden
no alarms and no surprises
no alarms and no surprises
no alarms and no surprises please

lucky
i'm on a roll
i'm on a roll
this time
i feel my luck could change
kill my sarah
kill me again
with love
it's gonna be a glorious day
pull me out of the aircrash
pull me out of the lake
i'm your superhero
we are standing on the edge
the head of state
has called for me by name
but i don't have time for him
it's gonna be a glorious day
i feel my luck could change
pull me out of the aircrash
pull me out of the lake
i'm your superhero
we are standing on the edge
we are standing on the edge
the tourist
it barks at no else but me
like it's seen a ghost
i guess it seen the sparks a-flowing
no one else would know
hey man, slow down
slow down
idiot, slow down
slow down
sometimes i get overcharged
that's when you see sparks
you ask me where the hell i'm going?
at a thousand feet per second
hey man, slow down
slow down
idiot, slow down
slow down
hey man, slow down
slow down
idiot, slow down
slow down

kid a (2000)

everything in its right place

kid a, kid a, kid a, kid a
everything, everything, everything, everything..
in its right place
in its right place
in its right place
right place
yesterday i woke up sucking a lemon
yesterday i woke up sucking a lemon
yesterday i woke up sucking a lemon
yesterday i woke up sucking a lemon
everything, everything, everything..
in its right place
in its right place
right place
there are two colours in my head
there are two colours in my head
what is that you tried to say?
what was that you tried to say?
tried to say.. tried to say..
tried to say.. tried to say..
everything, everything, everything..
everything in its right place
kid a

i slipped away
i slipped on a little white lie
we got heads on sticks
you got ventriloquists
we got heads on sticks
and you got ventriloquists
standing in the shadows at the end of my bed (x4)
rats and children follow me out of town
rats and children follow me out of their homes
come on kids...
the national anthem
everyone
everyone around here
everyone is so near
is holding on.
everyone
everyone is so near
everyone has got the fear
is holding on
is holding on
holding on (x3)
how to disappear completely
that there, that's not me
i go where i please
i walk through walls
i float down the liffey
i'm not here
this isn't happening
i'm not here, i'm not here
in a little while
i'll be gone
the moment's already passed
yeah, it's gone
i'm not here
this isn't happening
i'm not here, i'm not here
strobe lights and blown speakers
fireworks and hurricanes
i'm not here
this isn't happening
i'm not here, i'm not here....
treefingers
flies are buzzing around my head
vultures circling my dead
picking up every last crumb
the big fish eat the little ones
the big fish eat the little ones
not my problem give me some
you can try the best you can
if you try the best you can
the best you can is good enough
(x2)

optimistic

this one's optimistic
this one went to market
this one just came out of the swamp
this one dropped a payload
fodder for the animals
living on an animal farm
you can try the best you can
you can try the best you can
the best you can is good enough
(x2)
i'd really like to help you man
i'd really like to help you man.....
nervous messed-up marionette
floating around on a prison ship.....
you can try the best you can
you can try the best you can
the best you can is good enough
you can try the best you can
you can try the best you can
dinosaur roam through around the earth (x3)
in limbo
i'm the first in the irish sea
another message i can't read
i'm on your side
nowhere to hide
trapdoors that open
i spiral down?
you're living in a fantasy world
you're living in a fantasy world
i'm lost at sea
don't bother me
i've lost my way
i've lost my way
you're living in a fantasy world (x3)
this beautiful world
idioteque
who's in the bunker? who's in the bunker?
women and children first
women and children first
women and children
i laugh until my head comes off
i swallow until i burst
until i burst
until i..
who's in the bunker? who's in the bunker?
i've seen too much
i haven't seen enough
you haven't seen enough
i laugh until my head comes off
women and children first
and children first
and children..
here i'm alive, everything all of the time here
here i'm alive, everything all of the time
ice age coming, ice age coming
let me hear both sides
let me hear both sides
let me hear both..
ice age coming, ice age coming
throw him in the fire
throw him in the fire
throw him in the..
we're not scaremongering
this is really happening, happening
we're not scaremongering
this is really happening, happening
mobiles swirking
mobiles chirping
take the money run
take the money run
take the money..
here i'm alive, everything all of the time here
here i'm alive, everything all of the time
background:
the first of the children
morning bell
the morning bell
the morning bell
light another candle
and release me
release me
you can keep the furniture
a bump on the head
howling down the chimney
release me
release me
release........
release me
release me
where'd you park the car?
where'd you park the car?
your clothes are on the lawn with the furniture
and i might as well
i might as well
sleepy jack the fire drill
round and round and round....
cut the kids in half (x3)
the lights are on but nobody's home
everybody wants to be a
the lights are on but nobody's home
nobody wants to be a slave
walking walking walking walking.......
the lights are on but nobody's home
everybody wants to be a
everyone wants to be a friend
nobody wants to be a slave
walking walking walking walking...,,,,,
motion picture soundtrack
red wine and sleeping pills
help me get back to your arms
cheap sex and sad films
help me get where i belong
i think you're crazy, maybe
i think you're crazy, maybe
stop sending letters
letters always get burned
it's not like the movies
they fed us on little white lies
i think you're crazy, maybe
i think you're crazy, maybe
i will see you in the next life

amnesiac (2001)

packt like sardines in a crushed tin box
after years of waiting nothing came
as your life flashed before your eyes
you realize
i'm a reasonable man
get off, get off, get off my case
i'm a reasonable man
get off my case (x2)
after years of waiting
after years of waiting nothing came
and you realize you're looking, looking
in the wrong place
i'm a reasonable man
get off my case (x2)
i'm a reasonable man
get off my case (x3)
i'm a reasonable man
get off my case (x3)
after years of waiting
you're a reasonable man
get off our case (x3)
i'm a reasonable man
get off my case (x3)
i'm a reasonable man
get off my case (x3)
i'm a reasonable man,
get off my case (x3)
pyramid song
i jumped in the river, what did i see?
black-eyed angels swam with me
a moonful of stars and astral cars
and all the figures i used to see
all my lovers were there with me
all my past and futures
and we all went to heaven in a little row boat
there was nothing to fear and nothing to doubt
i jumped into the river
black-eyed angels swam with me
a moonful of of stars and astral cars
and all the figures i used to see
all my lovers were there with me
all my past and futures
and we all went to heaven in a little row boat
there was nothing to fear and nothing to doubt
(x3)
pull/pulk revolving doors
there are barn doors
and there are revolving doors
doors on the rudders of big ships
and there are revolving doors
there are doors that open by themselves
there are sliding doors
and there are secret doors
there are doors that lock
and doors that don't
there are doors that let you in
and out
but never open
but they are trapdoors
that you can't come back from
you and whose army?
come on, come on
you think you drive me crazy
come on, come on
you and whose army?
you and your cronies
come on, come on
holy roman empire
come on if you think
come on if you think
you can take us on
you can take us on
you and whose army?
you and your cronies
you forget so easily
we ride tonight
we ride tonight
ghost horses
we ride tonight
we ride tonight
ghost horses... ghost horses
ghost horses

i might be wrong
i might be wrong
i might be wrong
i could have sworn
i saw a light coming home
i used to think
i used to think
there is no future left at all
i used to think
open up, begin again
let's go down the waterfall
think about the good times
and never look back
never look back
what would i do?
what would i do?
if i did not have you?
open up and let me in
let's go down the waterfall
have ourselves a good time
it's nothing at all
nothing at all
nothing at all
knives out
i want you to know
he's not coming back
look into my eyes
i'm not coming back
so knives out
catch da mouse
don't look down
shove it in your mouth
if you'd been a dog
they would have drowned you at birth
look into my eyes
it's the only way you'll know
i'm telling the truth
so knives out
cook him up
squash his head
put him in the pot
i want you to know
he's not coming back
he's bloated and frozen
still there's no point in letting it go to waste
so knives out
catch da mouse
squash his head
put him in the pot
morning bell/amnesiac
the morning bell
the morning bell
light another candle
and release me
release me
you can keep the furniture
a bump on the head
howling down the chimney
release me
release me
yeah......
release me
release me
where'd you park the car?
where'd you park the car?
you clothes are on the lawn with the furniture
and i might as well
i might as well
sleepy jack the fire drill
round and round and round....
cut the kids in half (x3)
dollars and cents
there are better things to talk about
be constructive
bear wittness
we can uussse
be constructive with yer blues
even he turns the water blues
even you turn the water green
why don't you quiet down? (x4)
quiet down!
you don't live in a business world
you never go out and you never stay
we'll know our goals in a liberal world
living in times when i could stand it, babe
all over the neighbors, maybe if i can see out there
all over the clovers, all over the clovers, let me out of here
all over...
why don't you quiet down? (x3)
quiet down!
we are the dollars and cents
and the pounds and pence
and the mark and the yen, and yeah
we're going to crack your little souls
we're going to crack your little souls
we are the dollars and cents
and the pounds and pence
and the pounds and pence, and yeah
we're going to crack your little souls
crack your little souls
we are the dollars and cents ....
hunting bears
like spinning plates

while you make pretty speeches
i'm being cut to shreds
you feed me to the lions
a delicate balance
and this just feels like spinning plates
i'm living in a cuckoo land
and this just feels like spinning plates
my bodies floating down the muddy river
life in a glass house
once again i'm in trouble with my only
friend
she is papering the window panes
she is putting on a smile
living in a glass house
once again packed like frozen food and
battery hens
think of all the starving millions
don't talk politics and don't throw stones
your royal highnesses
well of course i'd like to sit around and chat
well of course i'd like to stay and chew the fat
well of course i'd like to sit around and chat
but someone's listening in
once again we are hungry for a lynching
that's a strange mistake to make
you should turn the other cheek
living in a glass house
well of course i'd like to sit around and chat
well of course i'd like to stay and chew the fat
well of course i'd like to sit around and chat
only only only only only only only only only
only....
there's someone listening in

hail to the thief (2003)

2+2=5
({either} hello {or} we're on)
(that's a nice way to start, isn't it?)
are you such a dreamer
to put the world to rights?
i'll stay home forever
where two and two always makes five
i'll lay down the tracks
sandbag and hide
january has april's showers
and two and two always makes five
it's the devil's way now
there is no way out
you can scream and you can shout
it is too late now
because!
you have not been
payin' attention
payin' attention
payin' attention
payin' attention (x4)
i try to sing along
but the music's all wrong
'cause i'm not
'cause i'm not
i swat 'em like flies but like flies the buggers keep coming back and not
but i'm not
all hail to the thief
all hail to the thief
but i'm not
but i'm not
but i'm not
but i'm not
don't question my authority or put me in the dock
'cause i'm not
'cause i'm not
oh go and tell the king that the sky is falling in
when it's not
but it's not
but it's not
maybe not
maybe not
sit down. stand up.
sit down, stand up
sit down, stand up
walk into the jaws of hell (sit down, stand up)
walk into the jaws of hell (sit down, stand up)
anytime (sit down)
anytime (stand up)
sit down, stand up
sit down, stand up
we can wipe you out anytime (sit down, stand up)
we can wipe you out (sit down, stand up)
anytime (sit down)
anytime
stand up
the rain drops {x47}
sail to the moon
i sucked the moon
i spoke too soon
and how much did it cost?
i was dropped from
moonbeams
and sailed on shooting stars
maybe you'll
be president
but know right from wrong
or in the flood
you'll build an ark
and sail us to the moon
sail us to the moon
sail us to the moon
sail us to the moon
backdrifts
we're rotten fruit
we're damaged goods
what the hell, weďľ•ve got nothing more to lose
one gust and we will probably crumble
weďľ•re backdrifting
there's far but no further
i'm hanging off a branch
i'm teetering on the brink
of honey sweet
so fall asleep
i'm backsliding
you fell into our arms
you fell into our arms
we tried but there was nothing we could do
nothing we could do
all evidence has been buried
all tapes have been erased
but your footsteps give you away
so youďľ•re backtracking
oh oh oh
you fell into our arms
you fell into our arms
we tried but there was nothing we could do
nothing we could do
you fell into our
you fell into our
we're rotten fruit
we're damaged goods
what the hell, weďľ•ve got nothing more to lose
one gust and we will probably crumble
weďľ•re backdrifters
go to sleep
something for the rag and bone man
over my dead body
something big is gonna happen
over my dead body
someone's son or someoneďľ•s daughter
over my dead body
this is how i end up sucked in
over my dead body
iďľ•m gonna go to sleep
and let this wash all over me
we don't really want a monster taking over
tip toe around, tie him down
we donďľ•t want the loonies takinďľ• over
tip toe around, tie him down
may pretty horses come to you as you sleep
iďľ•m gonna go to sleep
and let this wash all over me
where i end and you begin
there's a gap in between
there's a gap where we meet
where i end and you begin
i'm sorry for us
the dinosaurs roam the earth
the sky turns green
where i end and you begin (4, 5, 6, 7)
i am up in the clouds
i am up in the clouds
and i can't and i can't come down
i can watch and not take part
where i end and where you start
where you, you left me alone
you left me alone
x'll mark the place
like the parting of the waves
like a house falling into the sea
into the sea
i will eat you alive {x4}
thereďľ•ll be no more lies {x4}
i will eat you alive {x4}
thereďľ•ll be no more lies {x4}
i will eat you alive {x4}
there'll no more lies {x4}
i will eat you alive {x3}
we suck young blood
are you hungry?
are you sick?
are you begging for a break?
are you sweet?
are you fresh?
are you strung up by the wrists?
we want the young blood (la {x8})
are you fracturing?
are you torn at the seams?
would you do anything?
fleabitten, motheaten?
we suck young blood (la {x8})
we suck young blood (la {x8})
won't let the creeping ivy
won't let the nervous bury me
our veins are thin
our rivers poisoned
we want the sweet meat (la {x8})
we want the young blood
la {x8}
the gloaming
genie let out of the bottle
it is now the witching hour
genie let out of the bottle
it is now the witching hour
murderers, you're murderers
we are not the same as you
genie let out of the bottle
funny ha ha, funny how?
when the walls bent, when the walls bent
with your breathing, with your breathing
when the walls bent, when the walls bent
with your breathing, with your breathing
with your breathing
they will suck you down to the other side
they will suck you down to the other side
they will suck you down to the other side
they will suck you down to the other side
to the shadows blue and red, shadows blue and red
your alarm bells, your alarm bells
shadows blue and red, shadows blue and red
your alarm bells, your alarm bells
they should be ringing {x12}
this is the gloaming
there, there
in pitch dark i go walkin' in your landscape
broken branches trip me as i speak
just 'cause you feel it doesn't mean itďľ•s there
just 'cause you feel it doesn't mean itďľ•s there
there's always a siren
singing you to shipwreck
(don't reach out, don't reach out {x2})
steer away from these rocks
we'd be a walking disaster
(don't reach out, don't reach out {x2})
just 'cause you feel it doesn't mean it's there
(thereďľ•s someone on your shoulder {x2})
just 'cause you feel it doesn't mean it's there
(there's someone on your shoulder {x2})
there there
why so green
and lonely {x3}
heaven sent you
to me {x3}
we are accidents waiting
waiting to happen
we are accidents waiting
waiting to happen
i will
i will
lay me down
in a bunker
underground
i wonďľ•t let this happen to my children
meet the real world coming out of your shell
with white elephants
sitting ducks
i will
rise up
little babies' eyes eyes eyes eyes
little babies' eyes eyes eyes eyes
little babies' eyes eyes eyes eyes
little babies' eyes eyes eyes
a punch-up at a wedding
no {x42}
i don't know why you bother
nothing's ever good enough for you
i was there
it wasn't like that
you've come here just to start a fight
you had to piss on our parade
you had to shred our big day
you had to ruin it for all concerned
in a drunken punch-up at a wedding, yeah
hypocrite
opportunist
don't infect me with your poison
a bully in a china shop
when i turn 'round you stay frozen to the spot
the pointless snide remarks
of hammer-headed sharks
the pot will call the kettle black
it's a drunken punch-up at a wedding, yeah
myxomatosis
the mongrel cat came home
holding half a head
proceeded to show it off
to all his new found friends
he said i been where i liked
i slept with who i like
she ate me up for breakfast
she screwed me in a vice
but now
i don't know
why i feel so tongue-tied
don't know why i feel
so skinned alive
i sat in the cupboard
and wrote it down in neat
they were cheering and waving
cheering and waving
twitching and salivating like with myxomatosis
but it got edited fucked up
strangled, beaten up
used as a photo in time magazine
buried in a burning black hole in devon
i don't know
why i feel so tongue-tied
i don't know
why i feel so skinned alive
my thoughts are misguided and a little naive
i twitch and i salivate like with myxomatosis
you should put me in a home or you should put me down
i got myxomatosis
i got myxomatosis
yeah no one likes a smart ass but we all like stars
(for a reason) that wasn't my intention (for a reason) i did for a reason (reason)
it must have got mixed up
strangled beaten up
i got myxomatosis
i got myxomatosis
i donďľ•t know
why i feel so tongue-tied
scatterbrain
i'm walking out in a force ten gale
birds thrown around, bullets for hail
the roof is pulling off by its fingernails
your voice is rappin' on my windowsill
yesterday's headlines blown by the wind
yesterday's people end up scatterbrain
any fool can easy pick a hole (i only wish i could fall in)
a moving target in a firing range
somewhere i'm not
scatterbrain
somewhere i'm not
scatterbrain
lightning fuse, powercut
scatterbrain
a wolf at the door
drag him out your window
dragging out the dead
singing i miss you
snakes and ladders
flip the lid
out pops the cracker
snaps you in the head
knifes you in the neck
kicks you in the teeth
steel toe caps
takes all your credit cards
get up get the gunge
get the eggs
get the flan in the face
the flan in the face
the flan in the face
dance you fucker dance you fucker
don't you dare
don't you dare
don't you flan in the face
take it with the love, it's given
take it with a pinch of salt
take it to the taxman
let me back let me back
i promise to be good
don't look in the mirror
at the face you don't recognize
help me, call the doctor
put me inside
put me inside
put me inside
put me inside
put me inside
i keep the wolf from the door
but he calls me up
calls me on the phone
tells me all the ways that he's gonna mess me up
steal all my children
if i don't pay the ransom
and i'll never see 'em again
if i squeal to the cops
no {x70}
walking like giant cranes and
with my x-ray eyes i stripped her naked
in a tight little world and are you on the list?
stepford wives who are we to complain?
investments and dealers investments and dealers
cold wives and mistresses
cold wives and sunday papers.
city boys in first class
don't know they're born, they know
someone else is gonna come and clean it up
born and raised for the job
someone always does
i wish you'd get up get over get up get over
turn your tape off.
i keep the wolf from the door
but he calls me up
calls me on the phone
tells me all the ways that he's gonna mess me up
steal all my children
if i don't pay the ransom
and i'll never see 'em again
if i squeal to the cops

so i just go...

in rainbows (2007)

15 step
how come i end up where i started?
how come i end up where i went wrong?
won't take my eyes off the ball again
you reel me out then you cut the string
how come i end up where i started?
how come i end up where i went wrong?
won't take my eyes off the ball again
you reel me out then you cut the string
you used to be alright
what happened?
did the cat get your tongue?
did your string come undone?
one by one
one by one
it comes to us all
it's as soft as your pillow
you used to be alright
what happened?
etcetera etcetera
fads for whatever
15 steps
then a sheer drop
how come i end up where i started?
how come i end up where i went wrong?
won't take my eyes off the ball again
you reel me out then you cut the string
bodysnatchers

i do not
understand
what it is
i've done wrong
full of holes
check for pulse
blink your eyes
1 for yes
2 for no
i have no idea what i am talking about
i am trapped in this body and can't get out
ooooohhhh
you killed the sound
removed backbone
a pale imitation
with the edges
sawn off
i have no idea what you are talking about
your mouth moves only with someone's hand up your ass
ooooohhhh
has the light gone out for you?
because the light's gone for me
it is the 21st century
it is the 21st century
it can follow you like a dog
it brought me to my knees
they got a skin and they put me in
they got a skin and they put me in
all the lines wrapped around my face
all the lines wrapped around my face
and for anyone else to see
and for anyone else to see
i'm a lie
i've seen it coming
i've seen it coming
i've seen it coming
i've seen it coming
nude
don't get any big ideas
they're not gonna happen
you paint yourself white
and feel up with noise
but there'll be something missing
now that you've found it, it's gone
now that you feel it, you don't
you've gone off the rails
so don't get any big ideas
they're not going to happen
you'll go to hell for what your dirty mind is thinking

weird fishes/arpeggi

in the deepest ocean
the bottom of the sea
your eyes
they turn me
why should i stay here?
why should i stay?
i'd be crazy not to follow
follow where you lead
your eyes
they turn me
turn me on to phantoms
i follow to the edge of the earth
and fall off
everybody leaves
if they get the chance
and this is my chance
i get eaten by the worms
and weird fishes
picked over by the worms
and weird fishes
weird fishes
weird fishes
i hit the bottom
hit the bottom and escape
escape...

all i need
i'm the next act
witing in the wings
i'm an animal
trapped in your hot car
i am all the days
that you choose to ignore
you are all i need
you are all i need
i'm in the middle of your picture
lying in the reeds
i am a moth
who just wants to share your light
i'm just an insect
trying to get out of the night
i only stick with you
because there are no others
you are all i need
you are all i need
i'm in the middle of your picture
lying in the reeds
it's all wrong
it's all right
it's all wrong
faust arp
one two three four
wakey wakey
rise and shine
it's on again, off again, on again
watch me fall
like dominoes
in pretty patterns
fingers in the blackbird pie
i'm tingling, tingling, tingling
it's what you feel not
what you ought to, what you ought to
reasonable and sensible
dead from the neck up
i guess i'm stuffed, stuffed, stuffed
we thought you had it in you
but not, not, not
for no real reason
squeeze the tubes and empty bottles
and take a bow, take a bow, take a bow
it's what you feel now
what you ought to, what you ought to
the elephant that's in the room is
tumbling, tumbling, tumbling
duplicate and triplicate
plastic bags and
duplicate and triplicate
dead from the neck up
i guess i'm stuffed, stuffed, stuffed
we thought you had it in you
but not, not, not
exactly where do you get off?
is enough, is enough
i love you but enough is enough
enough of that stuff
there's no real reason
(you've got a head full of feathers
you got melted to butter)

reckoner
reckoner
you can't take it with yer
dancing for your pleasure
you are not to blame for
bittersweet distractor
dare not speak it's name
dedicated to all human beings
because we separate like
ripples on a blank shore
(in rainbows)
because we separate like
ripples on a blank shore
(in rainbows)
reckoner
take me with yer
dedicated to all human beings
house of cards
i don't want to be your friend
i just want to be your lover
no matter how it ends
no matter how it starts
forget about your house of cards
and i'll do mine
forget about your house of cards
and i'll do mine
fall off the table,
get swept under
denial, denial
the infrastructure will collapse
from voltage spikes
throw your keys in the bowl
kiss your husband goodnight
forget about your house of cards
and i'll do mine
forget about your house of cards
and i'll do mine
fall off the table,
and get swept under
denial, denial
denial, denial
your ears should be burning
denial, denial
your ears should be burning
denial, denial
jigsaw falling into place
just as you take my hand
just as you write my number down
just as the drinks arrive
just as they play your favourite song
as your bad day disappears
no longer wound up like a spring
before you've had too much
come back and focus again
the walls are bending shape
you got a cheshire cat grin
all blurring into one
this place is on a mission
before the night owl
before the animal noises
closed circuit cameras
before you're comatose
before you run away from me
before you're lost between the notes
the beat goes round and round
the beat goes round and round
i never really got there
i just pretended that i had
words are blunt instruments
words are a sawn off shotgun
come on and let it out
come on and let it out
come on and let it out
come on and let it out
before you run away from me
before you're lost between the notes
just as you take the mike
just as you dance, dance, dance
jigsaws falling into place
so there is nothing to explain
you eye each other as you pass
she looks back, you look back
not just once
and not just twice
wish away the nightmare
wish away the nightmare
you got the light you can feel it on your back
you got the light you can feel it on your back
jigsaws falling into place
videotape
when i'm at the pearly gates
this'll be on my videotape, my videotape
when mephistophilis is just beneath
and he's reaching up to grab me
this is one for the good days
and i have it all here in
red, blue, green
red, blue, green
you are my center
when i spin away
out of control on videotape
on videotape
on videotape
on videotape
this is my way of saying goodbye
because i can't do it face to face
so i'm talking to you before...
no matter what happens now
you shouldn't be afraid
because i know
today has been the most perfect day
i have ever seen

the king of limbs (2011)

bloom
open your mouth wide
the universe will sighs
and while the ocean blooms
it’s what keeps me alive
so why does it still hurt?
don’t blow your mind with whys
i’m moving out of orbit
turning in somesault
turning in sour salt
a giant turtle’s eyes
as jellyfish float by

morning mr magpie

you got some nerve coming here
you got some nerve coming here
you stole it all
give it back
you stole it all
give it back
good morning mr. magpie
how are we today?
now you’ve stolen all the magic
and took my memory
you know you should
but you don’t
you know you should
but you don’t
good morning mr. magpie
how are we today?
now you’ve stolen all the magic
took my melody

little by little
don't turn nasty now, the dusts of hell
a pillar of my salt
the last one out of the box
the one who broke the spell
little by little, by hook or by crook
i'm such a tease and you're such a flirt
once you've been 'round you've been around enough
ooh
little by little, by hook or by crook
never in earnest, never get judged
i'm no idiot, i should look
ooh-ooh-ooh
the glue won't hold, the thread unpulls
uncurling with my love
the last one out of the box
the one who broke the seal
obligations
complications
routines and schedules
the drug that will kill you
kill you
oh, you
feral
you're not mine
i'm not yours
it's all fine
please don't judge, judge
(you're not mine)
judge
lotus flower
i would shape myself into your pocket
invisible
do what you want
do what you want
i would shrink and i would disappear
i would slip into the groove
and cut me up
and cut me up
there’s an empty space inside my heart
where the weeds take root
so now i set you free
i’ll set you free
slowly we unfold
as lotus flowers
cause all i want is the moon upon a stick
just to see what if
just to see what is
i can’t kick your habit
just to feed your fast-ballooning head
listen to your heart
we would shrink and then be quiet as mice
and while the cat is away
do what we want
do what we want
there’s an empty space inside my heart
where the weeds take root
so now i set you free
i’ll set you free
cause all i want is the moon upon a stick
just to see what if
just to see what is
the bird that’s flown into my room
slowly we unfold
as lotus flowers
cause all i want is the moon upon a stick
i dance around the pit
the darkness is beneath
i can’t kick your habit
just to feed your fast-ballooning head
listen to your heart
codex
sleight of hand
jump off the end
into a clear lake
no one around
just dragonflies
flying to our side
no one gets hurt
you’ve done nothing wrong
slide your hand
jump off the end
the water’s clear
and innocent
the water’s clear
and innocent

give up the ghost
don’t haunt me
don’t hurt me
gather up the lust and soul
in your arms
gather up the pitiful
in your arms
what seems impossible
in your arms
i think i have had my fill
in your arms
i think i should give up the ghost
in your arms
separator
it’s like i’ve fallen out of bed from a long and vivid dream
the sweetest flowers and fruits were hanging from the trees
falling off a giant bird that’s been carrying me
it’s like i’ve fallen out of bed from a long and vivid dream
just exactly as i remember
every word, every gesture
i’ve my heart in my mouth
it’s like i’ve fallen out of bed from a long and vivid dream
finally i’m free of all the weight i’ve been carrying
and as that woman blows her cover
in the eye of the beholder
i’m a fish now, out of water
falling off a giant bird that’s been carrying me
i fell open, i lay under
at the tea parlour
i lost your number
and once it’s over
hid back under
if you think this is over, then you’re wrong
if you think this is over, then you’re wrong
if you think this is over, then you’re wrong
if you think this is over, then you’re wrong
it’s like i’ve fallen out of bed from a long and vivid dream
finally i’m free of all the weight i’ve been carrying
wake me up

a moon shaped pool (2016)

burn the witch
stay in the shadows
cheer at the gallows
this is a round-up
this is a low-flying panic attack
sing the song on the jukebox that goes
burn the witch
burn the witch
we know where you live
red crosses on wooden doors
if you float, you burn
loose talk around tables
abandon all reason
avoid all eye contact
do not react
shoot the messengers
this is a low-flying panic attack
sing the song of sixpence that goes
burn the witch
burn the witch
we know where you live
we know where you live
daydreaming
dreamers
they never learn
they never learn
beyond the point
of no return
of no return
then it's too late
the damage is done
the damage is done
this goes
beyond me
beyond you
a white room
by a window
where the sun comes
through
we are
just happy to serve
just happy to serve
you
efil ym fo flah
efil ym fo flah
efil ym fo flah
efil ym fo flah
efil ym fo flah
efil ym fo flah
efil ym fo flah
efil ym fo flah
efil ym fo flah
efil ym fo flah
efil ym fo flah
efil ym fo flah
efil ym fo flah
efil ym fo flah
efil ym fo flah
efil ym fo flah
decks dark
then into your life, there comes a darkness
there's a spacecraft blocking out the sky
and there's nowhere to hide
you run to the back and you cover your ears
but it's the loudest sound you've ever heard
and all we trapped rag doll cloth people
we are helpless to resist
into our darkest hour
but it was just a laugh, just a laugh
just a laugh, just a laugh
even at this angle
and so we crumble
a ten ton head, made of wet sand
oh, this dread circumference
you've gotta be kidding me
the grass grows over me
your face in the glass, in the glass
it was just a laugh, just a laugh
it's whatever you say it is
in split infinity
then into your life, there comes a darkness
and a spacecraft blocking out the sky
and there's nowhere to hide
you run to the back and you cover your ears
but it's the loudest sound you've ever heard
into your darkest hour
when you've had enough of me
when you've had enough of me
sweet darling
when you've had enough of me
when you've had enough of me
sweet darling
sweet times
sweet darling
sweet times
desert island disk
now as i go upon my way
so let me go upon my way
born of a light, born of a light
the wind rushing 'round my open heart
an open ravine with my spirit wide
totally alive and my spirit light
through an open doorway
across a street to another life
and catching my reflection in a window
switching on a light, one i didn't know
totally alive, totally released
waking, waking up from shutdown
from a thousand years of sleep
yeah, you, you know what i mean
you know what i mean
you know what i mean
standing on the edge of
you, you know what i mean
you know what i mean
you know what i mean
different types of love
different types of love
different types of love
are possible
are possible
are possible
are possible
ful stop
you really messed up everything
you really messed up everything
if you could take it all back again
strike up the tinderbox
why should i be good if you're not?
this is a foul tasting medicine
a foul tasting medicine
to be trapped in your full stop
truth will mess you up, truth will mess you up
truth will mess you up, truth will mess you up
truth will mess you up, truth will mess you up
truth will mess you up, truth will mess you up
truth will mess you up (all the good times)
truth will mess you up
truth will mess you up (all the good times)
truth will mess you up
truth will mess you up (all the good times)
truth will mess you up
truth will mess you up (all the good times)
truth will mess you up
truth will mess you up (all the good times)
truth will mess you up
truth will mess you up (all the good times)
truth will mess you up
truth will mess you up (all the good times)
truth will mess you up
truth will mess you up (all the good times)
when you take me back
take me back again
will you take me back
take me back again
you really messed up
you really messed up
you really messed up
you really messed up this time
you really messed up
you really messed up
you really messed up
you really messed up this time
you really messed up
you really messed up
you really messed up
you really messed up this time
glass eyes
hey, it's me, i just got off the train
a frightening place, the faces are concrete grey
and i'm wondering, should i turn around?
buy another ticket? the panic is coming on strong
so cold, from the inside out
no great drama, message coming in
in the oh-so-smug glassy eyed light of day
glassy eyed light of day
where the path trails off and heads down the mountain
through the dry bush, i don't know where it leads
and i don't really care
where the path trails off and heads down the mountain
through the dry bush, i don't know where it leads
and i don't really care
i feel this love to the core
i feel this love turn cold
identikit
a moon shaped pool
dancing clothes won't let me in
and now i know it's never gonna be, oh, me
a moon shaped pool
dancing clothes won't let me in
and now i know it's never gonna be, oh, me
a moon shaped pool
dancing clothes won't let me in
and now i know it's never gonna be, oh, me
the sweet-faced ones with nothing left inside
that we all can love, that we all can love, that we all
sweet-faced ones with nothing left inside
that we all can love, that we all can love, that we all
but now i see you messing me around
i don't want to know, i don't want to know, i don't want
when i see you messing me around
i don't want to know, i don't want to know, i don't want to know
broken hearts make it rain
broken hearts make it rain
broken hearts make it rain
broken hearts make it rain
broken hearts make it rain
broken hearts make it rain
broken hearts make it rain
broken hearts make it rain
broken hearts make it rain
broken hearts
broken hearts make it rain
broken hearts make it rain
broken hearts make it rain
broken hearts make it rain
broken hearts make it rain
broken hearts make it rain
broken hearts make it rain
broken hearts make it rain
the pieces of a ragdoll mankind
that we can create, that we can create, that we can
pieces of a ragdoll mankind
that we can create, that we can create
but when i see you messing me around
i don't want to know, i don't want to know, i don't want
when i see you messing me around
i don't want to know, i don't want to know, i don't want to know
the numbers
it holds us like a phantom
it touches like a breeze
it shines its understanding
see the moon is smiling
open on all channels
ready to receive
cause we're not at the mercy
of your chimeras and spells
your chimeras and spells
mmmhm
we are of the earth
to her we do return
the future is inside us
it's not somewhere else
it's not somewhere else
it's not somewhere else
(one day at a time)
one day at a time
we call upon the people
the people have this power
the numbers don't decide
the system is a lie
a river running dry
the wings of butterflies
and you may pour us away like soup
like we're pretty broken flowers
we'll take back what is ours
take back what is ours
one day at a time
present tense
this dance, this dance
is like a weapon, is like a weapon
of self-defence, of self-defence
against the present, against the present
the present tense
no, i won't get heavy, don't get heavy
keep it light and keep it moving
i am doing no harm
as my world comes crashing down
i'll be dancing, freaking out
deaf, dumb, and blind
in you, i'm lost
in you, i'm lost
i won't turn around or the penny drops
won't stop now, won't slack off
or all this love will be in vain
to stop from falling down a mine
it's no one's business but mine
where all this love has been in vain
in you, i'm lost
in you, i'm lost
in you, i'm lost
in you, i'm lost
tinker tailor soldier sailor rich man poor man beggar man thief
all the holes at once
are coming alive, set free
out of sight and out of mind
the lonely and their prey
the ones you light your fires to keep away
is crawling out upon its belly
and all you have to do is say yes
all the birds stay up
in the trees
all the fish swim down to the deep
the lonely and their prey
i am here
come to me
before it's too late
the one you light your fires to keep away
is crawling out upon its belly
and all you have to do is say yes
true love waits
i'll drown my beliefs
to have your babies
i'll dress like your niece
and wash your swollen feet
just don't leave
don't leave
i'm not living, i'm just killing time
your tiny hands, your crazy-kitten smile
just don't leave
don't leave
and true love waits
in haunted attics
and true love lives
on lollipops and crisps
just don't leave
don't leave

other Radiohead songs

4 minute warning
this is just a nightmare
soon i’m going to wake up
someone’s gonna bring me ’round
running from the bombers
hiding in the forest
running through the fields
laying flat on the ground
just like everybody
steping over heads
running from the underground
this is your warning
4 minute warning
i don’t wanna hear it
i don’t wanna know
i just wanna run and hide
this is just a nightmare
but soon i’m gonna wake up
someone’s gonna bring me ’round
this is a warning
4 minute warning
a reminder
if i get old
i will not give in
but if i do
remind me of this
remind me that
once i was free
once i was cool
once i was me
and if i sat down and crossed my arms
hold me until this song
knock me out
smash out my brains
if i take the chair and start to talk shit
if i get old remind me of this
that night we kissed and i really meant it
whatever happens if we’re still speaking
pick up the phone
play me this song
banana co.
oh banana co.
we really love you and we need you
and oh, banana co.
we’d really love to believe you
but everything’s underground
we got to dig it up somehow
yeah, yeah
oh, she said, “no go”
she said she’d like to
she’s seen you
but no, no go
she knows if you die then we all do
and everything’s underground
we’ve got to dig it up somehow
yeah, yeah
everything’s burning down
we got to put it out somehow
yeah, yeah
bangers + mash
you bit me, bit me, bit me, ow
you bit me, bit me, now i want more
standing in the hall
kicking out the wall
it’s all been sent to recover hell
the bangers and the mash
the negatives for cash
you’re either in the club, baby, or you’re not
whatever turns you on
whatever gets you off
chief of police or vice-chancellor
lord and lady, blah blah
the vicar or the judge
you are dancing to my little red book
because you bit me, bit me, bit me, ow
i got the poison, poison, and i want more
if you are on top
then it is a long drop
the pyramid is power
we’re changing the hour
if you are on the top
then it is a long drop
if you stare into the dark
the black will stare back
back into your soul
i’m taking you down
i’m taking you down
i’m taking you down
when i go down
i’m taking you down
i’m taking you down
i’m standing in the hall
i’m kicking at the wall
because you bit me, bit me, bit me, ow
poison, i got the poison, i got the poison now
i got the poison
bishop’s robes
dressed in bishop’s robes
terrifies me still
in bishop’s robes
bastard headmaster
i’m not going back
i’m not going back
i’m not going back
children taught to kill
to tear themselves to bits
on playing fields
dressed in bishop’s robes
i’m not going back
i’m not going back
i’m not going back
coke babies
easy living, easy hold
easy teething, easy fold
easy listening, easy love
easy answers to easy questions
easy tumble, easy doll
easy rumble, easy fall
i get up on easy love
i get up on easy questions
cuttooth
i will live a wallpaper life
or run away to the foreign legion
i want to be in the wallpaper
or run away to the foreign legion
and as the tanks roll into town
as the tanks roll into town
a little bit of knowledge will destroy you
a little bit of knowledge will destroy you
as the tanks roll into town
as the tanks roll into town
a little bit of knowledge will destroy you
a little bit of knowledge will destroy you
i don’t know why i feel so tongue-tied
i don’t know why i feel so skinned alive
run until your lungs are sore
until you cannot feel it any more
run until your lungs are sore
until you find an open door
i built you up to pull you down
tie you to your feet, and watch you drown
a little bit of knowledge will destroy you
a little bit of knowledge will destroy you
i built you up to pull you down
tie you to the stake and watch you burn in hell
i don’t know why i feel so tongue-tied
i don’t know why i feel so skinned alive
i’ll find another skin to wear
i’ll find another skin to wear
down is the new up
get yourself together
let the light pour in
pour yourself a hot bath, pour yourself a drink
nothing’s gonna happen without a warning
down is the new up
what is up, buttercup
down is the new up, is the new up
your services are not required
your future’s bleak, you’re so last week
ladies and gentlemen, without a safety net
i shall now perform a 180 flip-flop
i shall now amputate, i shall now contort
because down is the new up
what if i just flip-flopped?
down is the new up
down is the new up
down is the new up, is the new up
you crawled off and left us.
you crawled off and left us.
you bastard. you bastard.
you’re on candid camera
the chink in your armor
topsy turvy town, topsy turvy town
shake your pockets out
pass it on, pass it down
topsy turvy town, topsy turvy town
you crawled off and left us.
you crawled off and left us.
you bastard. you bastard.
you crawled off and left us.
you crawled off and left us.
faithless, the wonder boy
i’ve had these jeans since i was born
and now they’re ripped and now they’re torn
and all my friends have skateboards
i want the toys of other boys
i want a knife and a gun and things
but mum and dad will not give in
and i can’t put the needle in
can’t put the needle in
can’t put the needle in
no i can’t put the needle in
can’t put the needle in
can’t put the needle in
and now i know just what it is
it’s got disease and it’s got my head
it always runs where i hide
too scared to talk, too scared to try
too scared to know the reasons why
and all my friends say bye bye
and i can’t put the needle in
can’t put the needle in
can’t put the needle in
no i can’t put the needle in
can’t put the needle in
can’t put the needle in
fast-track
fog
there’s a little child
running around this house
and he never leaves
he will never leave
and the fog comes up from the sewers
and glows in the dark
baby alligators in the sewers grow up fast
grow up fast
anything you want, it can be done how?
how did you go bad?
did you go bad?
did you go bad?
somethings will never wash away
did you go bad?
did you go bad?
gagging order
i know what you’re thinking
but i’m not your property
no matter what you say
no matter what you say
move along, there’s nothing left to see
just a body, nothing left to see
a couple more for breakfast
a little more for tea
just to take the edge off
just to take the edge off
move along, there’s nothing left to see
just a body, pouring down the street
move along, theres nothing left to see
just a body, nothing left to see
go slowly
over here
come slowly
come slowly to me
i’ve been waiting
patient
patiently
i didn’t
but now i can see
that there’s a way out
that there’s a way out
that there’s a way out
that there’s a way out
that there’s a way out
harry patch (in memory of)
i am the only one that got through
the others died where ever they fell
it was an ambush
they came up from all sides
give your leaders each a gun and then let them fight it out themselves
i’ve seen devils coming up from the ground
i’ve seen hell upon this earth
the next will be chemical but they will never learn
how can you be sure?
seen all the good things and bad
running down the hill
all so battered and brought to the ground
i am hungry again
i am drunk again
with all the money i owe to my friends
and when i’m like this
how can you be smiling, singing?
how can you be sure?
how can you be sure?
if you walk out the door
will i see you again?
if so much of me lies in your eyes
i am hungry again
i am drunk again
with all the money i owe to my friends
when i’m like this
how can you be smiling, singing?
how can you be sure i don’t want you?
how can you be sure i don’t want you?
how can you be sure i don’t want you?
how can you be sure i don’t want you?
i don’t want you, i don’t want you anymore
i don’t want you, i don’t want you anymore
how i made my millions
i was stronger
i was better
picked you out
now don’t say a word
no, don’t yell out
never mind
let you out
led you back
stay on
sit down
let it fall
let it fall
let it fall
let it fall
i am a wicked child
mother mary come to me
for i am a wicked child
i have sinned and i am so confused and
i am a wicked child
i am a wicked child
i am the devil’s son and
i wish i could be good for you
i walk a crooked mile
but i wish i could be good
i wish i could be good
if i could have kept the straight and narrow
if i could have kept the straight and narrow
and not have broke your heart
not have broke your heart
now i wake up in the night
lying on my bed
it’s tugging at my arms and legs
like i was a marionette
send baby jesus
surely it is time
send baby jesus
let him radiate his light
radiate his light
i am citizen insane
i’m looking at you for a minute
900 people die
i’m looking away because
i did and you can’t
why? because i’m looking back
i’m citizen insane
i’m citizen insane
i’m a citizen now
look out!
danger is coming in
how could i?
it is cold, what is near?
look out!
danger through me
in the pool, no one in but me
i’m citizen insane
i’m citizen insane
i’m a citizen now
i’m a citizen now
i’m a citizen now
i’m a citizen now
worry!
i want none of this
you can keep what you want
i want none of this
they’re just bad memories
i don’t want
in the sunshine
you can pack it all up
and be gone
and be gone
if it matters to you
you can sell it all up
if the price fells right
i won’t judge
if you get off your knees
you’ll be out on the breeze
take a lesson from me
don’t get stuck on a dream
india rubber
did it all for you to say
you never wanted me that way
now the dogs have had their meat
i think i’ll go plug in the mains
i tumble like a clown
before your baying hounds
i supplicate myself into your hands
when you spare a make up smile
i’m instantly your biggest fan
how was i to know
that you practiced it beforehand?
i tumble like a clown
before your baying hounds
i supplicate myself into your hands
inside my head
what do you want from me now you got me
now my fingers bleed, now they stare at me
i’m a coward now
i hold my peace
now you tie me up to your feather bed
and i twist and turn in a chinese burn
you won’t let go
you won’t let go
you’re inside my head
inside my head
what do you want from me now you got me
now my energy you suck from me
and i’m holding on for dear life
quit smothering me
quit laughing at me
i’ve got a disease, an english disease
it will not go
it will not go
you’re inside my head
inside my head
whatever you put in that syringe
whatever you really said to him
he’s sitting there inside of me
and you bother me, you possess me
you’re there again, ahead of me
i won’t let go
i won’t let go
you’re inside my head
inside my head
inside my head
inside my head
killer cars
too hard on the brakes again
what if these brakes just give in?
what if they don’t get out of the way?
what if there’s someone overtaking?
i’m going out for a little drive
and it could be the last time you see me alive
there could be an idiot on the road
the only kick in life is pumping his steel
wrap me up in the back of the trunk
packed with foam and blind drunk
they won’t ever take me alive
because they all drive . . .
don’t die on the motorway
the moon would freeze, the plants would die
i couldn’t cope if you crashed today
all the things i forgot to say
i’m going out for a little drive
and it could be the last time you see me alive
what if the car loses control?
what if there’s someone overtaking?
wrap me up in the back of the trunk
packed with foam and blind drunk
they won’t ever take me alive
because they all drive killer cars
wrap me up in the back of the trunk
packed with foam and blind drunk
no, they won’t ever take me alive
because they all drive killer cars
they all drive killer cars
they all drive killer cars
kinetic
you’re being took for a ride
plain old lazy
please keep moving
better keep moving
don’t fall asleep at the wheel
i’m waiting for you but you never came
please keep moving
better keep moving
please keep moving
better keep moving
last flowers
appliances have gone berserk
i cannot keep up
treading on people’s toes
snot-nosed little punk
and i can’t face the evening straight
you can offer me escape
houses move and houses speak
if you take me then you’ll get relief
relief, relief, relief, …
and if i’m gonna talk
i just wanna talk
please don’t interrupt
just sit back and listen
cause i can’t face the evening straight
and you can offer me escape
houses move and houses speak
if you take me then you’ll get relief
relief, relief, relief, relief…
it’s too much
too bright
too powerful
too much
too bright
too powerful
too much
too bright
too powerful
too much
lewis (mistreated)
bummed out again by your only business friend
the smell of fear is thicker than you think
don’t do it, don’t jump
changed shape to fit, in the end you just feel sick
a million love songs under anaesthetic
hey don’t do it, don’t jump
lewis, save yourself the pain, you’ll never get there
lewis, save yourself the pain, it never really mattered
we never noticed, we never understood
he just get crushed to fit, he never even smelt out the best
it’s the best, it’s the best day of your life
lewis, save yourself the pain, you’ll never get there
lewis, save yourself the pain, it never really matters
no, i swear, i swear, i swear
oh, mistreated, a low corporate
mistreated, a low corporate
i don’t want to talk about it
i don’t want to talk about it
i don’t want to talk about lewis, lewis, lewis
i don’t want to talk about lewis, lewis, lewis
lozenge of love
i am gone, everybody’s raging
and these fruits, they still taste of poison
i won’t be around
when you really need me
i can’t sleep, why can’t someone hold me?
i need warmth, a restless body cracks some more
i won’t have the strength
when you really need me
lull
you stop the crowd
i cried out to break the spell
you wake and smile
i just snapped and lost control
distracted by irrelevance
the stress and the tension
the stress and the tension
i’m in a lull
there’s nothing so dull
as talking, talking about yourself
but what i meant to say
i’m sorry that i lost control
distracted by irrelevance
the stress and the tension
crawling through the keyhole
i’m in a lull
maquiladora
here it comes, here it comes
i can feel the hills exploding
exploding gracefully
burning up the freeway
here it comes
grass is green at the edge of the bubble
beautiful kids into beautiful trouble
well it seems to fall out of the sky and come down on you
oh baby, burn
fast toyota, burns rubber
useless rockers from england
good times had by all
just swallow your guilt and your conscience
blue and white birds stepping hard on the pedal
interstate 5 runs straight down the middle
and it seems to fall out of the sky and come down on you
oh baby, burn
melatonin
don’t forget that you are our son
now go back to bed
we just know that you’ll do well
you won’t come to harm
death to all who stand in your way
wake, my dear
meeting in the aisle
million dollar question
was always waiting for the crush
the car to drive right through the shops
to call in sick and late at work
and take a holiday
was always tangled up in knots
to keep myself from speaking up
but no one’s listening anyway
just trying to bribe me
and if it’s all right, then what am i doing here?
and if it’s all right, this place is gassed by fear
and if it’s all right, i’ll tell you, because you never understand
and if it’s all right, i’ll beg you, because i’m a begging kind of man
today i wrote a bad cheque
packed a bag and took a jet
but no one’s looking anyway
i hope they miss me
i just think maybe i’m making a mistake
mk 1
mk 2
molasses
shake hands, genocide, molasses
jet powered caravans, molasses
i’m too good, you’re stuck on
rent free earthquake zone, molasses
i need someone else’s glasses
starving waitresses in plasters
fat houseflies, genocide
we’ve been stitched up, molasses
palo alto
in a city of the future
it is difficult to concentrate
meet the boss, meet the wife
everybody’s happy
everyone is made for life
in a city of the future
it is difficult to find a space
i’m too busy to see you
you’re too busy to wait
but i’m okay, how are you?
thanks for asking, thanks for asking
but i’m okay, how are you?
i hope you’re okay too
everyone one of those days
when the sky’s california blue
with a beautiful bombshell
i throw myself into my work
i’m too lazy, i’ve been kidding myself for so long
i’m okay, how are you?
thanks for asking, thanks for asking
but i’m okay, how are you?
i hope you’re okay too
paperbag writer
blow into this paper bag
go home and stop grinning at everyone
blow into this paper bag
go home and stop grinning at everyone
it was nice when it lasted but now it’s gone
it was nice when it lasted but now it’s gone
blow into this paper bag
take your armour off, you’re not under attack
take your armour off, you’re not under attack
come on, come on
blow into this paper bag
go home and stop grinning at everyone
blow into this paper bag
go home and stop grinning at everyone
like they were honeybees or a plague of rats
take your armour off, you’re not under attack
blow into this paper bag
blow into this paper bag
pearly
how’d you get your teeth so pearly?
dew drop dentures
white washed faces
she runs from the third world, pearly
vanilla (feel it closing in)
milkshakes (calling back again)
from hard rock (whatever you say)
cafes (make it go away)
that’s where (i feel it closing in)
she got her (climbing back again)
sweet tooth (make it go away)
for white boys (whatever you say)
she runs from the third world, pearly
use me
darling, use me
darling, use me
darling, use me
permanent daylight
the easiest way to sleep at night
is to carry on believing that i don’t exist
the easiest way to sell your soul
is to carry on believing we don’t exist
it must be hard, hard, with your head on backwards
polyethylene (parts 1 & 2)
go
tears of joy now scare ourselves of all that you want to be
just got paid and now you’re going, how inside you please
if i get scared i’ll just call you and i’ll miss your glow as i unsettle
oh, and i’ll always feel, i will always be
right, one, two, three, four
so sell your suit and tie and come and live with me
leukemia schizophrenia polyethylene
there is no significant risk to your health
she used to be beautiful once as well
plastic bag, middle class, polyethylene
decaffeinate, unleaded, keep all surfaces clean
if you don’t believe this, sell your soul
if you don’t get into it, no one will
pop is dead
oh no, pop is dead, long live pop
it died an ugly death by back-catalogue
and now you know it gets you nowhere
and now you know, you realize
oh no, pop is dead, it just gave up
we raised the dead but they won’t stand up
and radio has salmonella
and now you know you’re going to die
he left this message for us
so what, pop is dead, it’s no great loss
so many facelifts, his face flew off
the emperor really has no clothes on
and his skin is peeling off
oh no, pop is dead, long live pop
one final line of coke to jack him off
jack him off
he left this message for us
he left this message for us
he’s dead, he’s dead, pop is dead
he’s dead, he’s dead, pop is dead
he’s dead, he’s dead, pop is dead
punchdrunk lovesick singalong
i wrapped you inside my coat
when they came to firebomb the house
i didn’t feel pain, because no one can touch me
now that i’m held in your spell
a beautiful girl
a beautiful girl can turn your world into dust
sell me a car that goes
sell me a house that stands
i never cared before, i never cared before
i never cared before, before, before, before
a beautiful girl
a beautiful girl can turn your world into dust
a beautiful girl
a beautiful girl can turn your world into dust
i stood in front of her face
when the first bullet was shot
stupid car
i find it hard
to drive your stupid car
i find it hard
because i never get that far
and you put my brain in overload
i can’t change gears
i cannot see the road
you’ve got concrete eyes
and i cannot see your face
and i failed in life
because you crushed me with your hate
and you put my brain in overload
i can’t change gears
i cannot see the road
supercollider
super collider
dust in a moment
particles scatter
parting from the soup
swimming upstream
before the heavens crack open
thin pixelations
coming out from the dust
in a blue light
in a green light
in a half light
in a work light
in a b-spin
flip flopping
in a pulse wave
outstepping
to put the shadows back into
the boxes
i am open
i am welcome
for a fraction
of a second
i have jettisoned my illusions
i have dislodged my depressions
i put the shadows back into
the boxes
talk show host
i want to
i want to be someone else or i’ll explode
floating upon this surface for the birds
the birds
the birds
you want me?
fucking well, come and find me
i’ll be waiting
with a gun and a pack of sandwiches
and nothing
nothing
nothing
nothing
you want me?
well, come on and break the door down
you want me?
fucking come on and break the door down
i’m ready
i’m ready
i’m ready
i’m ready
i’m ready
i’m ready
the amazing sounds of orgy
i want to see you smile again
like diamonds in the dust
the amazing sound of the killing hordes
the day the banks collapse on us
cease this endless chattering
like everything is fine
when sorry is not good enough
sit in the back while no one drives
so glad you’re mine
the butcher
beauty will destroy your mind
spare the gory details
give them gift wrapped for the man with everything
though i lived a lonely life
i was confused
a butcher
i feel nothing
as it courses up my arms
in position of the worms
up, up through my heart
into my brain
i’m a big slab a basic combination
cut out of chopped liver on the block
my hearts still pumping
(my hearts still pumping)
he’s a warrior
a warrior
here’s a little bitch coming at him
he’s a warrior
a warrior
here’s a little bitch coming at him
coming at him
the trickster
lost in the mountains
rust in my brain
the air is sacred here
in spite of your claim
up on the rooftops
out of reach
trickster is meaningless
trickster is weak
he’s talking out the world
talking out the world
hey, hey, hey, this is only halfway
hey, hey, hey, this is only halfway
i wanted you so bad
that i couldn’t say
all these things fall apart
we wanted out so bad
that we couldn’t say
these things fall apart
we’re talking out the world
talking out the world
hey, hey, hey, this is only halfway
hey, hey, hey, this is only halfway
truant kids
a can of brick dust worms
who do not want to climb down from
their chestnut tree
long white gloves
police check carefully
escaped from the zoo
the perfect child facsimile is
talking out the world
talking out the world
hey, hey, hey
hey, hey, hey
these are my twisted words
these are my twisted words
when i feel you still walking
i know i should not look down
but i’m so sick of just talking
when are you coming back?
i just can’t handle it
when are you coming back?
i just can’t handle it
when are you coming back?
i just can’t stand it
i just can’t handle it
trans-atlantic drawl
i was born for your magazines
for your magazines
i am trapped in the society page
of your magazines
of your magazines
i don’t know what it means
do you see light at the end of the tunnel?
at the end of the tunnel?
do you see light at the end of the tunnel?
at the end of the tunnel?
at the end of the tunnel?
up on the ladder
i’m stuck in the tardis
trapped in hyperspace
one minute snake charming
the next in a motorcade
all the right moves and
earn the right percent
watch me dance like a puppet
you can almost see the strings
give me an answer
give me a sign
i’ve been climbing up this ladder
i’ve been wasting my time
so long, so long
so long, so long
up on the ladder
no time to escape
up on the ladder
away for fucking sake
up on the ladder
try to call out your name
up on the ladder
you’re all the fucking same
oh, you let the people down
you let the people down
you let the people down
where bluebirds fly
worrywort
you don’t want to talk to me
you don’t want to say the words
trying to get off the hook
trying to get off the hook
spinning on a pin
hanging off a hook
trying to get yourself away
trying to get yourself away
there’s no use dwelling on
on what might have been
just think of all the fun
you could be having
we know the way you talk
we know what you want
we know what you want
what you really want
take a look around
the candles on the cake
on what might have been
the road you should have took
mistakes mistaken
there’s no use dwelling on
no use dwelling on
it’s such a beautiful day
it’s such a beautiful day
find yourself a moment
and go and get some wings
it’s such a beautiful day
it’s such a beautiful day
go up, turning around
go up, turning around
go and get some wings
yes i am
i resent you calling
i resent your voice
i resent that i don’t have a choice
anywhere i go
you are always there
outside the car
or in my hair
i think i’ve been here before
yes, i’ve been here before
the last time you locked
all the doors
and i resent you calling
i resent your voice
i resent that i don’t have a choice
and yes, i am wary
yes, i am
i think i’ve told you once
i think i needed advice
you were such a help
that’s very nice
i think i’ve been here before
yes, i’ve been here before
but this time i kick
down your door
and yes, i am wary
yes, i am wary
you never wash up after yourself
i must get out once in a while
everything’s starting to die
the dust settles, the worms dig
the spiders crawl over the bed
i must get out once in a while
i eat all day and now i’m fat
yesterday’s meal is hugging the plates
you never wash up after yourself