Radiohead: "In Rainbows" Lyrics
Some kind soul on the Green Plastic forum was kind enough to post the lyrics book from "In Rainbows". Here's the first half of the album (Update 11/24/07: all of the lyrics are now up)--it's good to finally know what Thom is singing about. I had a lot of stuff wrong, but the lyrics just go to confirm my theory--"Bodysnatchers" is about Coldplay: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
Right?
Click to Enlarge:
Front and Back Covers
Pages 1 & 2: Inside Front Cover and 15 Step lyrics
Pages 3 & 4: Bodysnatchers and Nude lyrics
Pages 5 & 6: Weird Fishes / Arpeggi and All I Need lyrics
Pages 7 & 8: Artwork spread
Pages 9 & 10: Faust ARP and Reckoner Lyrics
Pages 11 & 12: House of Cards and Jigsaw Falling into Place Lyrics
Pages 13 & 14: Videotape Lyrics and Dedication, thanks, credits, etc
[Green Plastic]
[Mortigi Tempo Thread about the Artwork/Lyrics]
[Artwork Source]
[Read my "In Rainbows" Review]
Listen to "Bodysnatchers" (Thom and Jonny Acoustic at Koko):
[Download the MP3 Here]
Listen to "Reckoner" (Webcast Version):
[Download the MP3 Here]
[Band Website/Order/Download "In Rainbows"]
[Band Wiki]
Labels: in rainbows, lyrics, mp3, radiohead
posted by Mike at 8:51 PM
2 Comments:
Bodysnatchers = Coldplay ... interesting theory, Kegzies. Would love to hear more substantiation. Based on your theory, there's some pretty interesting stuff going on with Yorke's use of the grammatical person in the story. Lots of flipping between first and second person perspectives. Do you think he "I" in the song is what T.Y. envisions is going on in Chris Martin's mind? Let's hear more.
Well, I don't know if it's a theory so much as a hunch. I've always thought that, and it was the 'they follow you like a dog' line.
Just off the top of my head, I remember there was an event a few years back where Thom snubbed Martin. Martin called Coldplay "radiohead lite". At one of the first live performances of the song, Thom said "think of stepford wives"--that is a fitting way to describe the army of Radiohead clones in the wake of OK Computer.
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