-------- 1993 Pablo Honey -------- -------- Anyone Can Play Guitar -------- [Verse 1] Destiny, destiny, protect me from the world Destiny, hold my hand, protect me from the world [Pre-Chorus] Here we are, with our running and confusion And I don't see no confusion anywhere [Chorus] 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 [Verse 2] Grow my hair Grow my hair, I am Jim Morrison Grow my hair I wanna be, wanna be, wanna be Jim Morrison [Pre-Chorus] Here we are, with our running and confusion And I don't see no confusion anywhere [Chorus] 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 -------- 1993 Pablo Honey -------- -------- Blow Out -------- [Verse 1] In my mind And nailed into my heels All the time Killing what I feel [Chorus] And everything I touch (all wrapped up in cotton wool) (all wrapped up in sugar-coated pills) Turns to stone And everything I touch (all wrapped up in cotton wool) (all wrapped up in sugar-coated pills) Turns to stone [Verse 2] I am fused Just in case I blow out I am glued Just in case I crack out [Chorus] And everything I touch Turns to stone Everything I touch (All wrapped up in cotton wool) (All wrapped up and sugar-coated) Turns to stone [Instrumental] -------- 1993 Pablo Honey -------- -------- Creep -------- [Verse 1] 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 fuckin' special [Chorus] But I'm a creep I'm a weirdo What the hell am I doing here? I don't belong here [Verse 2] 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 fuckin' special I wish I was special [Chorus] But I'm a creep I'm a weirdo What the hell am I doing here? I don't belong here Oh, oh [Bridge] She's running out the door She's running out She run, run, run, run Run [Outro] Whatever makes you happy Whatever you want You're so fuckin' 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 -------- 1993 Pablo Honey -------- -------- How Do You? -------- [Verse 1] 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 who turned into a powerful freak [Chorus] But how do you? How do you? How do you? [Verse 2] He lives with his mother But we show him respect He's a dangerous bigot But we always forget And he's just like his daddy 'Cause he cheats on his friends And he steals and he bullies anyway that he can [Chorus] But how do you? How do you? How do you? -------- 1993 Pablo Honey -------- -------- I Can't -------- [Verse 1] 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 [Chorus] Even though I might, even though I try, I can't Even though I might, even though I try, I can't [Verse 2] So many things that keep, that keep me underground So many words that I, that I can never find [Bridge] If you give up on me now I'll be gutted like I've never been before [Chorus] Even though I might, even though I try, I can't Even though I might, even though I try, I can't [Bridge] If you give up on me now I'll be gutted like I've never been before [Chorus] 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 Even though I might, even though I try, I can't -------- 1993 Pablo Honey -------- -------- Lurgee -------- [Verse 1] 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 now there's nothing wrong I got better I got better, I got strong [Verse 2] Tell me something Tell me something I don't know Tell me one thing Tell me one thing and let it go I got something I got something, heaven knows I got something I got something I don't know -------- 1993 Pablo Honey -------- -------- Prove Yourself -------- [Verse 1] I can't afford to breathe in this time Nowhere to sit without a gun in my hand Hooked back up to the cathode ray [Pre-Chorus] I'm better off dead, I'm better off dead I'm better off... [Chorus] Prove yourself Prove yourself Prove yourself [Verse 2] I wanna breathe, I wanna grow I'd say I want it but I don't know how I work, I bleed, I beg and pray [Pre-Chorus] But I'm better off dead, I'm better off dead I'm better off... [Chorus] Prove yourself Prove yourself Prove yourself [Pre-Chorus] I'm better off dead, I'm better off dead I'm better off... [Chorus] Prove yourself Prove yourself Prove yourself Prove yourself Why? Prove yourself Prove yourself Prove yourself -------- 1993 Pablo Honey -------- -------- Ripcord -------- [Verse 1] Soul destroyed with clever toys for little boys It's inevitable, inevitable, it's a soul destroyed [Chorus] You're free until you drop You're free until you've had enough But you don't understand You've no ripcord, no ripcord No ripcord, no ripcord [Verse 2] Aeroplane, do I mean what I mean? It's inevitable, inevitable, oh aeroplane [Chorus] A thousand miles an hour And politics in power That you don't understand You've no ripcord, no ripcord No ripcord, no ripcord The answer to your prayers We'll drop you anywhere With no ripcord, no ripcord No ripcord, no ripcord -------- 1993 Pablo Honey -------- -------- Stop Whispering -------- Produced by -------- 1993 Pablo Honey -------- -------- Thinking About You -------- [Verse 1] 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 my star What do you care? [Verse 2] 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 the other men are far, far better? [Chorus] All the things you've got All the things you need Who bought you cigarettes Who bribed the company to come and see you, honey? [Verse 3] I've 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? [Instrumental break] [Verse 4] 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? [Chorus] All the things you've got That you'll never need All the things you've got I've bled and I bleed to please you [Outro] Been thinking about you -------- 1993 Pablo Honey -------- -------- Vegetable -------- [Verse 1] I never wanted anything but this I worked hard, tried hard I ran around in domestic bliss I fought hard, died long [Pre-Chorus 1] Every time you're running out of here Every time you're running I get the fear [Verse 2] I never wanted any broken bones Scarred face, no home Your words surround me and asphyxiate And I burn all hate [Pre-Chorus 2] Every time you're running out on me Every time you're running I can see [Chorus] I'm not a vegetable I will not control myself I spit on the hand that feeds me I will not control myself [Bridge] The waters spray, the waters run all over me The waters spray, the waters run And this time you're gonna pay [Chorus] I'm not a vegetable I will not control myself I spit on the hand that feeds me I will not control myself -------- 1993 Pablo Honey -------- -------- You -------- [Verse 1] You are the sun and moon and stars are you And I could never run away from you [Instrumental Break] [Verse 2] You try at working out chaotic things And why should I believe myself, not you? [Verse 3] It's like the world is gonna end so soon And why should I believe myself? My- [Instrumental Break] [Bridge] 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 -------- 1995 The Bends -------- -------- Black Star -------- [Verse 1] 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 [Pre-Chorus 1] What are we coming to? What are we gonna do? [Chorus] Blame it on the black star Blame it on the falling sky Blame it on the satellite That beams me home [Verse 2] The 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 [Pre-Chorus 2] What are we coming to? I just don't know anymore [Chorus] Blame it on the black star Blame it on the falling sky Blame it on the satellite That beams me home [Verse 3] 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 [Pre-Chorus 3] What am I coming to? I'm gonna melt down [Chorus] Blame it on the black star Blame it on the falling sky Blame it on the satellite That beams me home [Outro] Ah, this is killing me Ah, this is killing me -------- 1995 The Bends -------- -------- Bones -------- [Verse 1] I don't want to be crippled and cracked Shoulders, wrists, knees, and back Ground to dust and ash Crawling on all fours [Chorus] When you've got to feel it in your bones When you've got to feel it in your bones [Verse 2] Now I can't climb the stairs Pieces missing everywhere Prozac, painkillers [Chorus] When you've got to feel it in your bones When you've got to feel it in your bones [Bridge] And I used to fly like Peter Pan All the children flew when I touched their hands [Outro] Listen, you've got to feel it in your bones Listen, you've got to feel it in your bones -------- 1995 The Bends -------- -------- Bullet Proof... I Wish I Was -------- [Verse 1] Limb by limb and tooth by tooth Stirring up inside of me Every day, every hour Wish that I Was bulletproof [Verse 2] Wax me, mould me Heat the pins and stab them in You have turned me into this Just wish that it [Chorus] Was bulletproof Was bulletproof [Verse 3] So, pay me money and take a shot Lead, fill the hole in me I could burst a million bubbles All surrogate [Chorus] And bulletproof And bulletproof And bulletproof Bulletproof -------- 1995 The Bends -------- -------- Fake Plastic Trees -------- [Verse 1] A green plastic watering can For a fake Chinese rubber plant In a fake plastic earth That she bought from a rubber man In a town full of rubber plants To get rid of itself [Chorus 1] It wears her out It wears her out It wears her out It wears her out [Verse 2] 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 [Chorus 2] And it wears him out It wears him out It wears him out It wears [Verse 3] 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 turn and run [Chorus 3] And it wears me out It wears me out It wears me out It wears me out [Outro] And if I could be who you wanted If I could be who you wanted All the time All the time -------- 1995 The Bends -------- -------- High and Dry -------- [Verse 1] 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 [Chorus] Don't leave me high Don't leave me dry Don't leave me high Don't leave me dry [Verse 2] 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 [Chorus] Don't leave me high Don't leave me dry Don't leave me high Don't leave me dry [Guitar Solo] [Bridge] Oh, it's the best thing that you've ever had The best thing that you've ever, ever had It's the best thing that you've ever had The best thing you've had has gone away [Chorus] So don't leave me high Don't leave me dry Don't leave me high Don't leave me dry Don't leave me high Don't leave me high Don't leave me dry -------- 1995 The Bends -------- -------- Just -------- [Verse 1] Can't get the stink off He's been hanging 'round for days Comes like a comet Suckered you but not your friends [Pre-Chorus 1] One day he'll get to you And teach you how to be a holy cow [Chorus] You do it to yourself, you do And that's what really hurts Is that you do it to yourself, just you You and no one else You do it to yourself You do it to yourself [Verse 2] Don't get my sympathy Hanging out the fifteenth floor You've changed the locks three times He still comes reeling through the door [Pre-Chorus 2] One day I'll get to you And teach you how to get to purest hell [Chorus] You do it to yourself, you do And that's what really hurts Is that you do it to yourself, just you You and no one else You do it to yourself You do it to yourself [Chorus] You do it to yourself, you do And that's what really hurts Is that you do it to yourself, just you You and no one else You do it to yourself You do it to yourself Self -------- 1995 The Bends -------- -------- My Iron Lung -------- [Verse 1] Faith, you're driving me away You do it every day 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 [Verse 2] We're too young to fall asleep Too cynical to speak We are losing it, can't you tell? We scratch our eternal itch Our twentieth century bitch We are grateful for our iron lung [Chorus] The headshrinkers, they want my everything My uncle Bill, my Belisha beacon The headshrinkers, they want my everything My uncle Bill, my Belisha beacon [Verse 3] 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 [Chorus] The headshrinkers, they want my everything My uncle Bill, my Belisha beacon The headshrinkers, they want my everything My uncle Bill, my Belisha beacon [Bridge] And if you're frightened You can be frightened You can be, it's okay And if you're frightened You can be frightened You can be, it's okay [Chorus] The headshrinkers, they want my everything My uncle Bill, my Belisha beacon The headshrinkers, they want my everything My uncle Bill, my Belisha beacon -------- 1995 The Bends -------- -------- (Nice Dream) -------- [Verse 1] 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 [Chorus] Nice dream Nice dream Nice dream [Verse 2] I call up my friend, the good angel But she's out with her answerphone She said that she'd love to come help, but The sea would electrocute us all [Chorus] 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) [Guitar Solo] [Chorus] Nice dream Nice dream Nice dream Nice dream -------- 1995 The Bends -------- -------- Planet Telex -------- [Verse 1] 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 home Saying [Chorus] Everything is broken Everyone is broken [Verse 2] You can force it but it will stay stone 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 All of the rules But still [Chorus] Everything is broken Everyone is broken Everyone is, everyone is broken Everyone is, everything is broken [Outro] Why can't you forget? Why can't you forget? Why can't you forget? -------- 1995 The Bends -------- -------- Street Spirit (Fade Out) -------- [Verse 1] 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 [Chorus] And fade out again And fade out [Verse 2] This machine will, will not communicate These thoughts and the strain I am under Be a world child, form a circle Before we all go under [Chorus] And fade out again And fade out again [Verse 3] 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 [Chorus] And fade out again And fade out again [Outro] Immerse your soul in love Immerse your soul in love -------- 1995 The Bends -------- -------- Sulk -------- [Verse 1] You bite through the big wall The big wall bites back You sit there and sulk You sit there and bawl You look so pretty When you're on your knees Disinfected And eager to please [Chorus] Sometimes you sulk Sometimes you burn God rest your soul When the loving comes but we're already gone Just like your dad, you'll never change [Verse 2] 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 [Chorus] Sometimes you sulk Sometimes you burn God rest your soul When the loving comes but we're already gone Just like your dad, you'll never change [Chorus] Sometimes you sulk Sometimes you burn God rest your soul When the loving comes but we're already gone Just like your dad, you'll never change -------- 1995 The Bends -------- -------- The Bends -------- [Verse 1] Where do we go from here? The words are coming out all weird Where are you now when I need you? Alone on an airplane Falling asleep against the windowpane My blood will thicken [Verse 2] I need to wash myself again To hide all the dirt and pain 'Cause I'd be scared that there's nothing underneath But who are my real friends? Have they all got the bends? Am I really sinking this low? [Chorus] My baby's got the bends, oh no We don't have any real friends No, no, no [Refrain] Just lying in the bar with my drip feed on Talking to my girlfriend, waiting for something to happen I wish it was the '60s, I wish I could be happy I wish, I wish, I wish that something would happen [Verse 3] Where do we go from here? The planet is a gunboat in a sea of fear And where are you? They brought in the CIA The tanks and the whole marines To blow me away To blow me sky high [Chorus] My baby's got the bends We don't have any real friends [Refrain] Just lying in the bar with my drip feed on Talking to my girlfriend, waiting for something to happen I wish it was the '60s, I wish I could be happy I wish, I wish, I wish that something would happen [Bridge] I wanna live, breathe I wanna be a part of the human race I wanna live, breathe I wanna be a part of the human race Race, race, race [Outro] Where do we go from here? The words are coming out all weird Where are you now when I need you? -------- 1997 OK Computer -------- -------- Airbag -------- [Verse 1] In the next world war In a jackknifed juggernaut I am born again In the neon sign Scrolling up and down I am born again [Chorus] In an interstellar burst I'm back to save the universe [Verse 2] 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 [Chorus] 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 -------- 1997 OK Computer -------- -------- Climbing Up the Walls -------- [Verse 1] 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 with the covers up I am the pick in the ice Do not cry out or hit the alarm You know we're friends 'til we die [Chorus] And either way you turn I'll be there Open up your skull I'll be there Climbing up the walls [Verse 2] 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've got the smell of a local man Who's got the loneliest feeling [Chorus] That either way he turns I will be there Open up your skull I'll be there Climbing up the walls Climbing up the walls Climbing up the walls -------- 1997 OK Computer -------- -------- Electioneering -------- [Verse 1] I will stop, I will stop at nothing Say the right things when electioneering I trust I can rely on your vote [Chorus] When I go forwards You go backwards And somewhere we will meet When I go forwards You go backwards And somewhere we will meet [Laughing] [Verse 2] Riot shields, voodoo economics, your turn, your turn It's just business, cattle prods and the I.M.F I trust I can rely on your vote [Chorus] When I go forwards You go backwards And somewhere we will meet When I go forwards You go backwards And somewhere we will meet -------- 1997 OK Computer -------- -------- Exit Music (For A Film) -------- [Verse 1] Wake from your sleep The drying of your tears Today we escape, we escape [Verse 2] Pack and get dressed Before your father hears us Before all hell breaks loose [Verse 3] Breathe, keep breathing Don't lose your nerve Breathe, keep breathing I can't do this alone [Verse 4] Sing us a song A song to keep us warm There's such a chill Such a chill [Verse 5] And you can laugh a spineless laugh We hope your rules and wisdom choke you Now we are one in everlasting peace We hope that you choke, that you choke [Outro] We hope that you choke That you choke We hope that you choke That you choke -------- 1997 OK Computer -------- -------- Fitter Happier -------- [Spoken] 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) Favours for favours 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 chance 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 -------- 1997 OK Computer -------- -------- Karma Police -------- [Verse 1] Karma police, arrest this man He talks in maths, he buzzes like a fridge He's like a detuned radio [Verse 2] Karma police, arrest this girl Her Hitler hairdo is making me feel ill And we have crashed her party [Chorus] This is what you'll get This is what you'll get This is what you'll get When you mess with us [Verse 3] 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 [Chorus] This is what you'll get This is what you'll get This is what you'll get When you mess with us [Outro] For a minute there I lost myself, I lost myself Phew, for a minute there I lost myself, I lost myself For a minute there I lost myself, I lost myself Phew, for a minute there I lost myself, I lost myself -------- 1997 OK Computer -------- -------- Let Down -------- [Verse 1] Transport, motorways and tramlines Starting and then stopping Taking off and landing The emptiest of feelings Disappointed people clinging on to bottles And when it comes it's so, so disappointing [Chorus] Let down and hanging around Crushed like a bug in the ground Let down and hanging around [Verse 2] Shell smashed, juices flowing Wings twitch, legs are going Don't get sentimental It always ends up drivel [Pre-Chorus] One day I am gonna grow wings A chemical reaction Hysterical and useless Hysterical and [Chorus] Let down and hanging around Crushed like a bug in the ground Let down and hanging around [Bridge] Let down again Let down again Let down again [Verse 3] You know, you know where you are with You know where you are with Floor collapsing Floating, bouncing back [Pre-Chorus] And one day I am gonna grow wings A chemical reaction (You know where you are) Hysterical and useless (You know where you are) Hysterical and (You know where you are) [Chorus] Let down and hanging around Crushed like a bug in the ground Let down and hanging around -------- 1997 OK Computer -------- -------- Lucky -------- [Verse 1] I'm on a roll I'm on a roll this time I feel my luck could change Kill me, Sarah Kill me again with love It's gonna be a glorious day [Chorus] Pull me out of the aircrash Pull me out of the lake Cause I'm your superhero We are standing on the edge [Verse 2] 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 [Chorus] Pull me out of the aircrash Pull me out of the lake Cause I'm your superhero We are standing on the edge [Outro] We are standing on the edge -------- 1997 OK Computer -------- -------- No Surprises -------- [Verse 1] A heart that's full up like a landfill A job that slowly kills you Bruises that won't heal You look so tired, unhappy Bring down the government They don't, they don't speak for us I'll take a quiet life A handshake of carbon monoxide [Chorus] And no alarms and no surprises No alarms and no surprises No alarms and no surprises Silent, silent [Verse 2] This is my final fit My final bellyache with [Chorus] No alarms and no surprises No alarms and no surprises No alarms and no surprises, please [Verse 3] Such a pretty house And such a pretty garden [Chorus] No alarms and no surprises (Get me out of here) No alarms and no surprises (Get me out of here) No alarms and no surprises, please (Get me out of here) -------- 1997 OK Computer -------- -------- Paranoid Android -------- [Verse 1] Please, could you stop the noise? I'm trying to get some rest From all the unborn chicken voices In my head [Chorus] What's that? (I may be paranoid, but not an android) What's that? (I may be paranoid, but not an android) [Verse 2] When I am king You will be first against the wall With your opinion Which is of no consequence at all [Chorus] What's that? (I may be paranoid, but no android) What's that? (I may be paranoid, but no android) [Bridge 1] Ambition makes you look pretty ugly Kicking, 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 [Bridge 2] Rain down, rain down Come on, rain down on me From a great height From a great height, height Rain down, rain down Come on, rain down on me From a great height From a great height, height That's it, sir, you're leaving (Rain down) The crackle of pigskin (Rain down) The dust and the screaming (Come on, rain down) The yuppies networking (On me) The panic, the vomit (From a great height) The panic, the vomit (From a great height) God loves his children God loves his children, yeah -------- 1997 OK Computer -------- -------- Subterranean Homesick Alien -------- [Verse 1] 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 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 [Chorus] They're all uptight, uptight Uptight, uptight Uptight, uptight [Verse 2] I wish that they'd swoop down in a country lane Late at night when I'm driving Take me on board their beautiful ship Show me the world as I'd love to see it I'd tell all my friends but they'd never believe me They'd think that I'd finally lost it completely I'd show them the stars and the meaning of life They'd shut me away but I'd be alright, alright Mom, I'm alright, alright [Chorus] I'm just uptight, uptight Uptight, uptight Uptight, uptight Uptight, uptight Uptight -------- 1997 OK Computer -------- -------- The Tourist -------- [Verse 1] It barks at no one else but me Like it's seen a ghost I guess it's seen the sparks a-flowin No one else would know [Chorus] Hey man, slow down, slow down Idiot, slow down, slow down [Verse 2] Sometimes I get overcharged That's when you see sparks They ask me where the hell I'm going At a thousand feet per second [Chorus] Hey man, slow down, slow down Idiot, slow down, slow down Hey man, slow down, slow down Idiot, slow down, slow down -------- 2000 Kid A -------- -------- Everything in Its Right Place -------- Produced by -------- 2000 Kid A -------- -------- How to Disappear Completely -------- [Verse 1] That there, that's not me I go where I please I walk through walls I float down the Liffey [Chorus] I'm not here This isn't happening I'm not here I'm not here [Verse 2] In a little while I'll be gone The moment's already passed Yeah, it's gone [Chorus] And I'm not here This isn't happening I'm not here I'm not here [Bridge] Strobe lights and blown speakers Fireworks and hurricanes [Chorus] I'm not here This isn't happening I'm not here I'm not here -------- 2000 Kid A -------- -------- Idioteque -------- [Verse 1] Who's in a bunker? Who's in a bunker? Women and children first And the children first, and the children I'll laugh until my head comes off I'll swallow until I burst Until I burst, until I Who's in a bunker? Who's in a bunker? I have seen too much I haven't seen enough, you haven't seen it I'll laugh until my head comes off Women and children first And children first, and children [Chorus] Here I'm allowed Everything all of the time Here I'm allowed Everything all of the time [Verse 2] 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 it in the fire Throw it in the fire, throw it on the We're not scaremongering This is really happening, happening We're not scaremongering This is really happening, happening Mobiles skwerking, mobiles chirping Take the money and run Take our money and run, take our money [Chorus] Here I'm allowed Everything all of the time Here I'm allowed Everything all of the time Here I'm allowed Everything all of the time Here I'm allowed Everything all of the time [Outro] (-n first) (And the childre-) (-n first) (And the childre-) (-n first) (And the childre-) (-n first) (And the ch-) (first) (-n first) (And the childre-) (-n first) (And the childre-) (-n first) (And the childre-) (-n first) (And the ch-) (first) (-n first) (And the childre-) (-n first) (And the childre-) (-n first) (And the childre-) (-n first) (And the ch-) (first) (-n first) (And the childre-) (-n first) (And the childre-) -------- 2000 Kid A -------- -------- In Limbo -------- [Intro] Lundy, Fastnet, Irish Sea I got a message I can't read Another message I can't read Lundy, Fastnet, Irish Sea I got a message I can't read Another message I can't read [Verse 1] I'm on your side Nowhere to hide Trapdoors that open I spiral down [Chorus] You're living in a fantasy world You're living in a fantasy world [Verse 2] I'm lost at sea Don't bother me I've lost my way I've lost my way [Chorus] You're living in a fantasy world You're living in a fantasy world You're living in a fantasy world The most beautiful woman in the world [Outro] Come back Lundy, Fastnet, Irish Sea Another message I can't read Lundy, Fastnet, Irish Sea Come back Another message I can't read Another message I can't read Another message I can't read Come back Another message I can't read Another message I can't read Another message I can't read Come back -------- 2000 Kid A -------- -------- Kid A [Tracklist + Album Cover] -------- Tracklist (click links for lyrics) 1. Everything In Its Right Place 2. Kid A 3. The National Anthem 4. How To Disappear Completely 5. Treefingers 6. Optimistic 7. In Limbo 8. Idioteque 9. Morning Bell 10. Motion Picture Soundtrack On some editions 11. Untitled (Outro to Motion Picture Soundtrack) (Hidden Track) -------- 2000 Kid A -------- -------- Kid A -------- [Verse 1] I slip away I slipped on a little white lie [Verse 2] We've got heads on sticks And you've got ventriloquists We've got heads on sticks And you've got ventriloquists [Verse 3] Standing in the shadows at the end of my bed Standing in the shadows at the end of my bed Lying in the shadows at the end of my bed Standing in the shadows at the end of my bed [Outro] The rats and the children will follow me out of town Rats and children follow me out of town Come on, kids -------- 2000 Kid A -------- -------- Morning Bell -------- [Verse 1] Morning bell Morning bell Light another candle and Release me Release me [Verse 2] You can keep the furniture A bump on the head Howling down the chimney Release me Release me Please Release me Release me [Verse 3] Where'd you park the car? Where'd you park the car? Clothes are on the lawn with the furniture Now I might as well I might as well Sleepy jack the fire drill Round and round and round and round and round and round and round And round [Bridge] Cut the kids in half Cut the kids in half Cut the kids in half [Outro] The lights are on but nobody's home Everybody wants to be a friend The lights are on but nobody's home Nobody wants to be a slave Walking, walking, walking, walking Walking, walking, walking, walking Walking, walking, walking, walking Walking, walking, walking, walking -------- 2000 Kid A -------- -------- Motion Picture Soundtrack -------- [Verse 1] Red wine and sleeping pills Help me get back to your arms Cheap sex and sad films Help me get where I belong [Chorus] I think you're crazy, maybe I think you're crazy, maybe [Verse 2] Stop sending letters Letters always get burned It's not like the movies They fed us on little white lies [Chorus] I think you're crazy, maybe I think you're crazy, maybe [Outro] I will see you in the next life -------- 2000 Kid A -------- -------- Optimistic -------- [Verse 1] Flies are buzzing 'round my head Vultures circling the 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 [Chorus] 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 The best you can is good enough [Verse 2] This one's optimistic This one went to market This one just came out of the swamp This one drops a payload Fodder for the animals Living on an animal farm [Chorus] 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 The best you can is good enough [Bridge] I'd really like to help you, man I'd really like to help you, man Nervous messed up marionette Float around on a prison ship [Chorus] 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 Dinosaurs roaming the earth Dinosaurs roaming the earth Dinosaurs roaming the earth -------- 2000 Kid A -------- -------- The National Anthem -------- [Verse 1] Everyone Everyone around here Everyone is so near It's holding on It's holding on [Verse 2] Everyone Everyone is so near Everyone has got the fear It's holding on It's holding on [Hook] It's holding on It's holding on It's holding on -------- 2000 Kid A -------- -------- Treefingers -------- [Instrumental] -------- 2000 Kid A -------- -------- Untitled -------- [Instrumental] -------- 2001 Amnesiac -------- -------- Dollars and Cents -------- [Verse 1] There are better things to talk about Be constructive Bear a weapon we can use Be constructive with your blues Even when it's only warnings Even when you're talking war games [Chorus] Why don't you quiet down? (Maybe I want peace and honesty) Why don't you quiet down? (Maybe I want to live in the children's land And you know maybe, maybe I) Why don't you quiet down? (Maybe I'll wander the promised land I want peace and honesty) Why don't you quiet down? (I want to live in the promised land And maybe wander the children's land) Quiet down! (Yeah, and there, there we can free) [Verse 2] You don't live in a business world and You never go out and you never stay We all have goals in a liberal world Living in times when I could stand it, babe All over, baby's crying It'll all over, maybe, I can see out of here All over the planet's dead All over the planet, so let me out of here All over the, all over the, all over the, all over the [Chorus] (Quiet down) We are the dollars and cents and the pounds and pence And the mark and the yen, and yeah (Why don't you quiet down?) We're gonna crack your little souls We're gonna crack your little souls (Why don't you quiet down?) We are the dollars and cents and the pounds and pence And the pounds and pence, and yeah (Why don't you quiet down?) We're gonna crack your little souls Crack your little souls We are the dollars and cents -------- 2001 Amnesiac -------- -------- Hunting Bears -------- [Instrumental] -------- 2001 Amnesiac -------- -------- I Might Be Wrong -------- [Verse 1] I might be wrong, I might be wrong I could have sworn I saw a light coming on I used to think, I used to think There was no future left at all I used to think [Pre-Chorus 1] Open up, begin again [Chorus 1] Let's go down the waterfall Think about the good times and never look back Never look back [Verse 2] What would I do? What would I do? If I did not have you? [Pre-Chorus 2] Open up and let me in [Chorus 2] Let's go down the waterfall Have ourselves a good time, it's nothing at all It's nothing at all, nothing at all [Outro] Keep it moving Keep it moving -------- 2001 Amnesiac -------- -------- Knives Out -------- [Verse 1] I want you to know he's not coming back Look into my eyes, I'm not coming back [Chorus 1] So knives out, catch the mouse Don't look down, shove it in your mouth [Verse 2] 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 [Chorus 2] So knives out, cook him up Squash his head, put him in the pot [Verse 3] 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 [Chorus 3] So knives out, catch the mouse Squash his head, put him in the pot -------- 2001 Amnesiac -------- -------- Life in a Glasshouse -------- [Verse 1] Once again, I'm in trouble with my only friend She is papering the windowpanes She is putting on a smile Living in a glasshouse [Verse 2] And 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 [Chorus] 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 And someone's listening in [Verse 3] Once again we are hungry for a lynching That's a strange mistake to make You should turn the other cheek Living in a glasshouse [Chorus] 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 -------- 2001 Amnesiac -------- -------- Like Spinning Plates -------- Produced by -------- 2001 Amnesiac -------- -------- Morning Bell/Amnesiac -------- [Verse 1] Morning bell, morning bell Light another candle and Release me Release me [Verse 2] You can keep the furniture A bump on the head Howling down the chimney Release me Release me, yeah Release me Release me [Verse 3] 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 Run around, around, around, around And round [Bridge] Cut the kids in half Cut the kids in half Cut the kids in half [Outro] Release me Release me Release me Release me -------- 2001 Amnesiac -------- -------- Packt Like Sardines in a Crushd Tin Box -------- [Verse 1] After years of waiting nothing came As your life flashed before your eyes, you realize [Chorus] I'm a reasonable man Get off, get off, get off my case I'm a reasonable man Get off my case, get off my case [Verse 2] After years of waiting After years of waiting nothing came And you realize you're looking in, looking in the wrong place [Chorus] I'm a reasonable man Get off my case, get off my case I'm a reasonable man Get off my case, get off my case, get off my case I'm a reasonable man Get off my case, get off my case, get off my case [Bridge] After years of waiting [Chorus] I'm a reasonable man Get off my case, get off my case, get off my case I'm a reasonable man Get off my case, get off my case, get off my case I'm a reasonable man Get off my case, get off my case, get off my case I'm a reasonable man Get off my case, get off my case, get off my case -------- 2001 Amnesiac -------- -------- Pulk/Pull Revolving Doors -------- [Verse 1] There are barn doors and there are revolving doors Doors in the rudders of big ships and there are revolving doors [Verse 2] There are doors that open by themselves There are sliding doors and there are secret doors [Verse 3] There are doors that lock and doors that don't There are doors that let you in and out but never open And there are trapdoors that you can't come back from -------- 2001 Amnesiac -------- -------- Pyramid Song -------- [Verse] I jumped in the river and what did I see? Black-eyed angels swam with me A moon full 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 [Verse] I jumped into the river Black-eyed angels swam with me A moon full 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 There was nothing to fear and nothing to doubt There was nothing to fear and nothing to doubt -------- 2001 Amnesiac -------- -------- You and Whose Army? -------- Produced by -------- 2003 Hail to the Thief -------- -------- 2 + 2 = 5 -------- [Intro] We're on That's a nice way to start, Jonny [Verse 1] Are you such a dreamer To put the world to rights? I'll stay home forever Where two and two always makes a five [Verse 2] I'll lay down the tracks Sandbag and hide January has April showers And two and two always makes a five [Bridge] 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 [Chorus] You have not been Paying attention Paying attention Paying attention Paying attention You have not been Paying attention Paying attention Paying attention Paying attention You have not been Paying attention Paying attention Paying attention Paying attention You have not been Paying attention Paying attention Paying attention Paying attention [Verse 3] I try to sing along But I get it all wrong 'Cause I'm not, 'cause I'm not I swat 'em like flies But like flies, the buggers keep coming back 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 a box 'Cause I'm not, cause I'm not Oh, go and tell the king That the sky is falling in But it's not, but it's not, but it's not Maybe not, maybe not -------- 2003 Hail to the Thief -------- -------- A Punchup at a Wedding -------- [Intro] No no no no no no No no no no no no No no no no no no No no no no no no No no no no no no No no no no no no No no no no no no [Verse 1] 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 [Chorus 1] 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 [Verse 2] 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 [Chorus 2] The pointless snide remarks Of hammerheaded sharks The pot will call the kettle black It's a drunken punch-up at a wedding, yeah [Outro] No no no no no no no no no No no no no no no no no no no no no no no No no no no no no no no no no no no no no No no no no no no no no no no no no no no No no no no no no no no no no no no no no -------- 2003 Hail to the Thief -------- -------- A Wolf at the Door -------- [Verse 1] Drag him out your window Dragging out the dead Singing "I miss you" Snakes and ladders Flip the lid Out pops the cracker Smacks 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 [Chorus] 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 them again if I squeal to the cops [Bridge] No no no no no no no no no no no no no No no no no no no no no no no no no no No no no no no no no no no no no no no No no no no no no no no no no no no no No no no no no no no no no no no no no No no no no no no no no no no no no no No no no no no no no no no no no no no No no no no no no no no no no no no no no [Verse 2] Walking like giant cranes and With my X-ray eyes, I strip you 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 we're born at all Just know someone else is gonna come and clean it up Born and raised for the job Someone always does Oh, I wish you'd get up Get over, get up, get over, turn your tape off [Chorus] 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 them again if I squeal to the cops So I'm just gonna... -------- 2003 Hail to the Thief -------- -------- Backdrifts -------- [Verse 1] We're rotten fruit We're damaged goods What the hell, we've got nothing more to lose One gust and we will probably crumble We're backdrifting [Verse 2] This far, but no further I'm hanging off a branch I'm teetering on the brink of Honey sweets, so full of sleep I'm backsliding [Chorus] You fell into our arms You fell into our arms We tried but there was nothing we could do Nothing we could do [Verse 3] All evidence has been buried All tapes have been erased But your footsteps give you away So you're backtracking [Chorus] 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... [Verse 1] We're rotten fruit We're damaged goods What the hell, we've got nothing more to lose One gust and we will probably crumble We're backdrifters -------- 2003 Hail to the Thief -------- -------- Go to Sleep -------- [Verse 1] Something for the rag and bone man Over my dead body Something big is gonna happen Over my dead body [Verse 2] Someone's son or someone's daughter Over my dead body This is how I end up sucked in Over my dead body [Chorus] I'm gonna go to sleep And let this wash all over me [Bridge] We don't really want a monster taking over Tiptoe 'round, tie him down We don't want the loonies taking over Tiptoe 'round, tie him down [Chorus] May pretty horses Come to you as you sleep I'm gonna go to sleep And let this wash all over me -------- 2003 Hail to the Thief -------- -------- I Will -------- [Verse] I will lay me down In a bunker underground I won'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 baby's eyes, eyes, eyes, eyes Little baby's eyes, eyes, eyes, eyes Little baby's eyes, eyes eyes -------- 2003 Hail to the Thief -------- -------- Myxomatosis -------- [Verse 1] The mongrel cat came home Holding half a head Proceeded to show it off To all his newfound 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 [Chorus] I don't know why I Feel so tongue tied [Verse 2] 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 in a photo in Time magazine Buried in a burning black hole in Devon [Chorus] I don't know why I Feel so tongue tied Don't know why I Feel so skinned alive [Verse 3] 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 smartass, but we all like stars Wait, that wasn't my intention, I did it for a reason It must have got mixed up, strangled, beaten up I got myxomatosis, I got myxomatosis [Chorus] I don't know why I Feel so tongue tied -------- 2003 Hail to the Thief -------- -------- Sail to the Moon -------- [Verse 1] I sucked the moon I spoke too soon And how much did it cost? I was dropped from moonbeams And sailed on shooting stars [Verse 2] 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 [Outro] Sail us to the moon Sail to the moon -------- 2003 Hail to the Thief -------- -------- Scatterbrain -------- [Verse 1] 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 rapping on my windowsill [Verse 2] Yesterday's headlines blown by the wind Yesterday's people end up scatterbrain there Any fool can easy pick a hole, I only wish I could fall in A moving target in a firing range [Bridge] Somewhere I'm not Scatterbrain Somewhere I'm not Scatterbrain Lightning fuse, powercut Scatterbrain -------- 2003 Hail to the Thief -------- -------- Sit Down. Stand Up -------- [Hook] Sit down, stand up Sit down, stand up [Verse 1] Walk into the jaws of hell Walk into the jaws of hell Anytime Anytime [Hook] Sit down, stand up Sit down [Verse 2] Hey, we can wipe you out anytime We can wipe you out Anytime Anytime [Interlude] Stand up Sit down [Bridge] The raindrops, the raindrops The raindrops, the raindrops The raindrops, the raindrops The raindrops, the raindrops The raindrops, the raindrops The raindrops, the raindrops The raindrops, the raindrops The raindrops, the raindrops The raindrops, the raindrops The raindrops, the raindrops The raindrops, the raindrops The raindrops The raindrops, the raindrops The raindrops, the raindrops The raindrops, the raindrops The raindrops, the raindrops The raindrops, the raindrops The raindrops, the raindrops The raindrops, the raindrops The raindrops, the raindrops The raindrops, the raindrops The raindrops, the raindrops The raindrops, the raindrops The raindrops, the raindrops -------- 2003 Hail to the Thief -------- -------- The Gloaming -------- [Verse 1] 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 bend, when the walls bend With your breathing, with your breathing When the walls bend, when the walls bend With your breathing, with your breathing With your breathing [Verse 2] 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 They should be ringing, they should be ringing They should be ringing, they should be ringing They should be ringing, they should be ringing They should be ringing, they should be ringing They should be ringing, they should be ringing They should be ringing, they should be ringing This is the gloaming -------- 2003 Hail to the Thief -------- -------- There, There -------- [Verse 1] In pitch dark I go walking in your landscape Broken branches Trip me as I speak [Chorus] Just 'cause you feel it Doesn't mean it's there Just 'cause you feel it Doesn't mean it's there [Verse 2] There's always a siren Singing you to shipwreck (Don't reach out, don't reach out) (Don't reach out, don't reach out) Steer away from these rocks We'd be a walking disaster (Don't reach out, don't reach out) (Don't reach out, don't reach out) [Chorus] Just 'cause you feel it Doesn't mean it's there (Someone on your shoulder) (Someone on your shoulder) Just 'cause you feel it Doesn't mean it's there (Someone on your shoulder) (Someone on your shoulder) [Interlude] There, there [Bridge] Why so green and lonely? Lonely, lonely Heaven sent you to me To me, to me We are accidents waiting Waiting to happen We are accidents waiting Waiting to happen -------- 2003 Hail to the Thief -------- -------- We Suck Young Blood -------- [Verse 1] 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? [Hook 1] We want the young blood [Verse 2] Are you fracturing? Are you torn at the seams? Would you do anything? Flea-bitten, moth eaten? [Hook 2] We suck young blood We suck young blood [Verse 3] Won't let the creeping ivy Won't let the nervous bury me Our veins are thin Our rivers poisoned [Hook 3] We want the sweet meats We want the young blood -------- 2003 Hail to the Thief -------- -------- Where I End and You Begin -------- [Verse 1] There's a gap in between There's a gap where we meet Where I end and you begin And I'm sorry for us The dinosaurs roam the earth The sky turns green Where I end and you begin [Bridge] 4, 5, 6, 7 (Get to heaven) [Verse 2] 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 but not take part Where I end and where you start Where you, you left me alone You left me alone [Verse 3] X will mark the place Like the parting of the waves Like a house falling in the sea In the sea [Outro] I will eat you alive I will eat you alive I will eat you alive I will eat you alive There'll be no more lies There'll be no more lies There'll be no more lies There'll be no more lies I will eat you alive I will eat you alive I will eat you alive I will eat you alive There'll be no more lies There'll be no more lies There'll be no more lies There'll be no more lies I will eat you alive I will eat you alive I will eat you alive I will eat you alive There'll be no more lies There'll be no more lies There'll be no more lies There'll be no more lies I will eat you alive I will eat you alive I will eat you alive -------- 2006 The Eraser -------- -------- Analyse -------- [Verse 1] A self-fulfilling prophecy Of endless possibility In rolling reams across a screen In algebra, in algebra The fences that you cannot climb The sentences that do not rhyme In all that you can ever change The one you're looking for [Chorus] It gets you down, it gets you down There's no spark, no light in the dark It gets you down, it gets you down You traveled far, what have you found? That there's no time, there's no time To analyse, to think things through To make sense [Verse 2] Like candles in the city They never looked so pretty By power cuts and blackouts Sleeping like babies [Chorus] It gets you down, it gets you down You're just playing a part, you're just playing a part You're playing a part, playing a part And there's no time, there's no time To analyse, analyse Analyse, analyse -------- 2006 The Eraser -------- -------- And It Rained All Night -------- [Verse 1] And it rained all night and washed the filth away Down New York air conditioned drains Oh the click click clack of the heavy black trains A million engines in neutral Oh the tick tock tick of the ticking time bomb Fifty feet of concrete underground One little leak becomes a lake Says the tiny voice in my earpiece So I give in to the rhythm, the click click clack I'm too wasted to fight back Oh tick tock goes the pendulum On the old grandfather clock [Chorus] I, I can see you But I can never reach you [Verse 2] And it rained all night and then all day The drops are the size of your hands and face The worms come out to see what's up We pull our cars up from the river It's relentless, invisible, indefatigable Indisputable, undeniable So how come it looks so beautiful? How come the moon falls from the sky? [Chorus] I can see you But I can never reach you I can see you But I can never reach you -------- 2006 The Eraser -------- -------- Atoms for Peace -------- [Verse 1] No more going to the dark side With your flying saucer eyes No more falling down a wormhole That I have to pull you out The wriggling, squiggling worm inside Devours from the inside out No more talk about the old days It's time for something great [Chorus] Want you to get out and make it work So many allies, so many allies So many allies, so many allies So feel the love come off of them And take me in your arms [Verse 2] Peel all of your layers off I want to eat your artichoke heart No more leaky holes in your brain And no false starts [Chorus] I want to get out and make it work So many allies, so many allies So many allies, so many allies So feel the love come off of them And take me in your arms I want to get out and make it work Want you to get out and make it work I'll be ok -------- 2006 The Eraser -------- -------- Black Swan -------- [Verse 1] What will grow crooked, you can't make straight It's the price that you gotta pay Do yourself a favour and pack your bags Buy a ticket and get on the train Buy a ticket and get on the train [Chorus] 'Cause this is fucked up, fucked up 'Cause this is fucked up, fucked up [Verse 2] People get crushed like biscuit crumbs And laid down in the bitumen You have tried your best to please everyone But it just isn't happening No, it just isn't happening [Chorus] And it's fucked up, fucked up And this is fucked up, fucked up This your blind spot, blind spot It should be obvious, but it's not [Verse 3] You cannot kick-start a dead horse You just cross yourself and walk away I don't care what the future holds 'Cause I'm right here, and I'm today With your fingers you can touch me [Chorus] I am your black swan, black swan (But I made it to the top, but I made it to the top) And this is fucked up, fucked up Be your black swan, black swan (But I made it to the top, but I made it to the top) And for spare parts, we're broken up You are fucked up, fucked up This is fucked up, fucked up We are black swans, black swans And for spare parts, we're broken up -------- 2006 The Eraser -------- -------- Cymbal Rush -------- [Verse 1] Try to save it but it doesn't come off the rug Try to build a wall that is high enough It's all boiling over, all boiling over Mmm, mmm Try to save your house, try to save your songs Try to run but it follows you up the hill It's all boiling over, all boiling over Your loved ones, your loved ones [Verse 2] A normal conversation A normal conversation You should have took me out when you had the chance You should have took me out when you had the chance All the rooms renumbered And losers turned away Don't turn away (You should have took me out when you had the chance) Don't turn away (You should have took me out when you had the chance) [Outro] There were ten in the bed And the little one said Roll over There were ten in the bed And the little one said Roll over -------- 2006 The Eraser -------- -------- Harrowdown Hill -------- [Verse 1] Don't walk the plank like I did, you will be dispensed with When you've become inconvenient Up on Harrowdown Hill, near where you used to go to school That's where I am, that's where I'm lying down Did I fall or was I pushed? Did I fall or was I pushed? And where's the blood? And where's the blood? [Chorus] I'm coming home, I'm coming home To make it all right, so dry your eyes We think the same things at the same time We just can't do anything about it We think the same things at the same time We just can't do anything about it So don't ask me, ask the Ministry Don't ask me, ask the Ministry We think the same things at the same time There are so many of us so you can't count We think the same things at the same time There are so many of us so you can't count [Verse 2] Can you see me when I'm running? Can you see me when I'm running? (Dry your eyes) Away from them, away from them (Dry your eyes) I can't take their pressure, no one cares if you live or die (Dry your eyes) They just want me gone, they want me gone [Chorus] But I'm coming home, I'm coming home To make it all right, so dry your eyes (Dry your eyes) We think the same things at the same time We just can't do anything about it We think the same things at the same time There are too many of us so you can't There are too many of us so you can't count [Outro] It was me lead onto the back of Harrowdown Hill It was me lead onto the back of Harrowdown Hill It was a slippery, slippery, slippery slope It was a slippery, slippery, slippery slope I feel me slipping in and out of consciousness I feel me slipping in and out of consciousness I feel me- -------- 2006 The Eraser -------- -------- Skip Divided -------- Produced by -------- 2006 The Eraser -------- -------- The Clock -------- [Verse 1] Time is running out for us But you just move the hands upon the clock You throw coins in a wishing well, wake up You just move your hands upon the clock [Verse 2] It comes to you begging you to stop, wake up But you just move your hands upon the clock Throw coins in the wishing well for us You make believe that you are still in charge -------- 2006 The Eraser -------- -------- The Eraser -------- [Verse 1] Please excuse me but I got to ask Are you only being nice because you want something? My fairy tale arrow pierces Be careful how you respond, 'cause you might end up in this song I never gave you an encouragement And it's doing me in, doing me in, doing me in, doing me in [Chorus] The more you try to erase me The more, the more, the more that I appear Oh, the more, the more The more you try the eraser The more, the more, the more that you appear [Verse 2] You know all the answers so why do you ask? I am only being nice because I want someone, something You're like a kitten with a ball of yarn And it's doing me in, doing me in, doing me in, doing me in, doing me in [Chorus] The more you try to erase me The more, the more, the more that I appear Oh, the more, the more The more I try to erase you The more, the more, the more that you appear [Outro] No, you're wrong, you are wrong You are wrong, you are wrong You are wrong, you are wrong You're wrong -------- 2007 In Rainbows -------- -------- 15 Step -------- [Chorus] 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 First you reel me out and then you cut the string [Verse 1] 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 [Verse 2] You used to be alright What happened? Et cetera, et cetera Fads for whatever Fifteen steps, then a sheer drop [Chorus] 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 -------- 2007 In Rainbows -------- -------- All I Need -------- [Verse 1] I'm the next act Waiting in the wings I'm an animal Trapped in your hot car I am all the days That you choose to ignore [Chorus] You are all I need You're all I need I'm in the middle of your picture Lying in the reeds [Verse 2] I'm 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 [Chorus] You are all I need You're all I need I'm in the middle of your picture Lying in the reeds [Outro] It's all wrong, it's all wrong, it's all wrong It's all right, it's all right, it's all right It's all wrong, it's all right It's all right, it's all right -------- 2007 In Rainbows -------- -------- Bodysnatchers -------- [Verse 1] I do not understand What it is I've done wrong Full of holes, check for pulse Blink your eyes One for yes, two for no [Hook 1] I have no idea what I am talking about I'm trapped in this body and can't get out [Verse 2] You killed the sound, removed backbone A pale imitation with the edges all sawn off [Hook 2] I have no idea what you are talking about Your mouth moves only with someone's hand up your arse [Verse 3] Has the light gone out for you? Because the light's gone out for me It is the twenty-first century It is the twenty-first 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 'round my face All the lines wrapped 'round my face And for anyone else to see And for anyone else to see I'm a lie [Outro] I've seen it coming They've seen it coming They've seen it coming They've seen it coming -------- 2007 In Rainbows -------- -------- Faust Arp -------- [Intro] One, two, three, four [Verse 1] 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 now What you ought to what you ought to Reasonable and sensible [Hook 1] Dead from the neck up I guess I'm stuffed, stuffed, stuffed We thought you had it in you But no, no, no For no real reason [Verse 2] 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 An elephant that's in the room is Tumbling, tumbling, tumbling In duplicate and triplicate and Plastic bags and Duplicate and triplicate [Hook 2] Dead from the neck up I guess I'm stuck, stuck, stuck We thought you had it in you But no, no, no Exactly where do you get off Is enough, is enough, is enough? I love you but enough is enough, enough of that stuff There's no real reason [Outro] You've got a head full of feathers You got melted to butter -------- 2007 In Rainbows -------- -------- House of Cards -------- [Verse 1] I don't wanna be your friend I just wanna be your lover No matter how it ends No matter how it starts [Chorus] Forget about your house of cards And I'll do mine Forget about your house of cards And I'll do mine And fall off the table Get swept under Denial, denial [Verse 2] The infrastructure will collapse From voltage spikes Throw your keys in the bowl Kiss your husband 'good night' [Chorus] And 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 Denial, denial [Outro] (Your ears should be burning) Denial, denial (Your ears should be burning) Denial, denial -------- 2007 In Rainbows -------- -------- Jigsaw Falling Into Place -------- [Verse 1] 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 had too much Come back in focus again The walls are bending shape They've 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 [Verse 2] 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 sawn-off shotguns 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 mic Just as you dance, dance, dance [Chorus] Jigsaw 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, not just twice Wish away the nightmare Wish away the nightmare You've got the light you can feel it on your back A light you can feel it on your back Your jigsaw falling into place -------- 2007 In Rainbows -------- -------- Nude -------- [Chorus] Don't get any big ideas They're not gonna happen [Verse 1] You paint yourself white And fill up with noise But there'll be something missing [Verse 2] Now that you've found it, it's gone Now that you feel it, you don't You've gone off the rails [Chorus] So don't get any big ideas They're not gonna happen You'll go to hell for what your dirty mind is thinking -------- 2007 In Rainbows -------- -------- Reckoner -------- [Verse 1] Reckoner Can't take it with you Dancing for your pleasure [Verse 2] You are not to blame for Bittersweet distractors Dare not speak its name [Refrain] Dedicated to all hu- All human beings [Bridge] Because we separate Like ripples on a blank shore Because we separate (In rainbows) Like ripples on a blank shore (In rainbows) [Verse 3] Reckoner Take me with you [Refrain] Dedicated to all hu- All human beings -------- 2007 In Rainbows -------- -------- Videotape -------- [Verse 1] When I'm at the pearly gates This'll be on my videotape, my videotape When Mephistopheles 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, in red, blue, green You are my center when I spin away Out of control on videotape On videotape, on videotape, on videotape On videotape, on videotape, on videotape... [Verse 2] 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've ever seen -------- 2007 In Rainbows -------- -------- Weird Fishes/Arpeggi -------- [Verse 1] In the deepest ocean The bottom of the sea Your eyes They turn me Why should I stay here? Why should I stay? [Verse 2] I'd be crazy not to follow Follow where you lead Your eyes They turn me Turn me on to phantoms (Way out) I follow to the edge (Way Out) Of the earth (Way out) And fall off Yeah, everybody leaves (Way out) If they get the chance (Way out) And this (Way Out) Is my chance [Bridge] I get eaten by the worms And weird fishes Picked over by the worms And weird fishes Weird fishes Weird fishes [Instrumental Interlude] [Outro] Yeah, I... I'll hit the bottom Hit the bottom and escape Escape And I... I'll hit the bottom Hit the bottom and escape Escape -------- 2007 In Rainbows Disc 2 -------- -------- 4 Minute Warning -------- [Verse 1] 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 Stepping over heads Running from the underground [Refrain] This is your warning, four minute warning [Verse 2] 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 [Refrain] This is our warning, four minute warning -------- 2007 In Rainbows Disc 2 -------- -------- Bangers + Mash -------- Produced by -------- 2007 In Rainbows Disc 2 -------- -------- Down Is the New Up -------- [Verse 1] Get yourself together, let the light pour in Pour yourself a hot bath, pour yourself a drink Nothing's gonna happen without warning [Chorus 1] Down is the new up What is up, buttercup? Down is the new up, is the new up [Bridge] Won't you be my girl? Won't you be my girl? [Verse 2] 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 [Chorus 2] Because down is the new up What if I just flip-flop? Down is the new up, down is the new up Down is the new up, is the new up [Bridge] You crawled off and left us, you crawled off and left us You crawled off and left us [Outro] You're on candid camera The chink in your armour Topsy turvy town Topsy turvy town Shake your pockets out Pass it on, pass it down Topsy turvy town Topsy turvy town -------- 2007 In Rainbows Disc 2 -------- -------- Go Slowly -------- [Verse] Over here, come slowly Come slowly to me I've been waiting Patient, patiently I didn't get it, but now I can see [Outro] 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 -------- 2007 In Rainbows Disc 2 -------- -------- Last Flowers -------- [Verse 1] Appliances have gone berserk I cannot keep up Treading on people's toes Snot-nosed little punk [Chorus] And I can't face the evening straight You can offer me escape Houses move and houses speak If you take me there you'll get Relief, relief Relief, relief [Verse 2] And if I'm gonna talk I just wanna talk Please don't interrupt Just sit back and listen [Chorus] 'Cause I can't face the evening straight You can offer me escape Houses move and houses speak If you take me there you'll get Relief, relief Relief, relief Relief, relief [Outro] It's too much, too bright, too powerful Too much, too bright, too powerful Too much, too bright, too powerful Too much, too bright, too powerful -------- 2007 In Rainbows Disc 2 -------- -------- MK 1 -------- [Instrumental] -------- 2007 In Rainbows Disc 2 -------- -------- MK 2 -------- [Instrumental] -------- 2007 In Rainbows Disc 2 -------- -------- Up on the Ladder -------- [Verse 1] I'm stuck in the TARDIS Trapped in hyperspace One minute, snake charming The next in a motorcade [Verse 2] All the right moves and In the right places Watch me dance, I'm a puppet You can almost see the strings [Verse 3] Give me an answer Give me a line I've been climbing up this ladder I've been wasting my time [Bridge] Up on the ladder we're all tied to a stake Up on the ladder we wait for your mistake Up on the ladder, try to call out your name Up on the ladder you're all the fucking same -------- 2011 The King of Limbs -------- -------- Bloom -------- Produced by -------- 2011 The King of Limbs -------- -------- Codex -------- [Verse 1] Sleight of hand Jump off the end Into a clear lake No one around Just dragonflies Fantasized No one gets hurt You've done nothing wrong [Verse 2] Slide your hand Jump off the end The water's clear And innocent The water's clear And innocent -------- 2011 The King of Limbs -------- -------- Feral -------- Produced by -------- 2011 The King of Limbs -------- -------- Give Up the Ghost -------- [Intro] Don't hurt me, don't hurt me Don't hurt me, don't hurt me Don't hurt me [Verse 1] Gather up the lost and their souls (Don't hurt me) Into your arms (Don't hurt me) Into your arms (Don't hurt me) Gather up the pitiful (Don't hurt me, don't hurt me) Into your arms (Don't hurt me) Into your arms (Don't hurt me) Into your arms (Don't hurt me) Into your arms (Don't hurt me) [Verse 2] (Into your arms) What seems impossible (Don't hurt me, don't hurt me) Into your arms (Don't hurt me) Into your arms (Don't hurt me) Into your arms I think I have had my fill (Don't hurt me, don't hurt me) Into your arms (Don't hurt me) Into your arms (Don't hurt me) Into your arms (Don't hurt me) Into your arms (Don't hurt me) I think I should give up the ghost (Don't hurt me, don't hurt me) Into your arms (Don't hurt me, don't hurt me) [Outro] Into your arms (Don't hurt me) Into your arms (Don't hurt me) Into your arms (Don't hurt me) Into your arms (Don't hurt me) Into your arms (Don't hurt me) Into your arms (Don't hurt me) Into your arms (Don't hurt me) Into your arms (Don't hurt me) Into your arms (Don't hurt me) Into your arms (Don't hurt me) -------- 2011 The King of Limbs -------- -------- Little by Little -------- [Verse 1] 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 [Chorus 1] 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 [Verse 2] 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 [Bridge] Obligations Complications Routines and schedules The drug that will kill you Kill you [Chorus 2] Little by little, by hook or by crook Never in earnest, never get judged I'm no idiot, I should look Little by little, by hook or by crook I'm such a tease and you're such a flirt -------- 2011 The King of Limbs -------- -------- Lotus Flower -------- Produced by -------- 2011 The King of Limbs -------- -------- Morning Mr. Magpie -------- [Verse 1] You got some nerve coming here You got some nerve coming here You stole it off, give it back You stole it off, give it back [Chorus] Good morning, Mr. Magpie How are we today? Now you've stolen all the magic And took my memory [Verse 2] You know you should, but you don't You know you should, but you don't [Chorus] Good morning, Mr. Magpie How are we today? Now you've stolen all my magic Took my melody -------- 2011 The King of Limbs -------- -------- Separator -------- Produced by -------- 2014 Tomorrows Modern Boxes -------- -------- A Brain in a Bottle -------- Produced by -------- 2014 Tomorrows Modern Boxes -------- -------- Guess Again! -------- [Verse 1] Wild dogs are howling Behind the curtains I hold onto my children The creatures staring in All of my nightmares Are in the garden [Hook] Guess again [Verse 2] I'm fighting in the darkness The one who can't be killed Elastic and bionic man [Hook] Guess again [Verse 3] As one door shuts Another opens [Hook] Guess again [Outro] It seems your number's up It seems your number's up It seems your number's up Guess again It seems your number's up It seems your number's up -------- 2014 Tomorrows Modern Boxes -------- -------- Interference -------- [Verse 1] We stare into each other's eyes Like jackdaws, like ravens The ground may open up and swallow us In an instant An instant [Chorus] But I don't have the right To interfere To interfere I don't have the right To interfere To interfere [Verse 2] In the future, we will change our numbers And lose contact In the future, leaves will turn brown When we want them [Chorus] And I don't have the right To interfere To interfere I don't have the right To interfere To interfere I don't have the right To interfere To interfere -------- 2014 Tomorrows Modern Boxes -------- -------- Nose Grows Some -------- [Verse 1] I don't know how this night will end If I open up the door To the back of your simple mind And then we'll call the flood When it all becomes too much Spread your last legs In the times you are afraid When the rolling thunder claps If I'm blowing myself away Through the bad times [Hook] Two birds on a wall Your nose just grows [Verse 2] But you're just another drop It is metal and it's cold We'll wait up on the rocks I am waiting on the tide Through the bad times If I'm blowing myself away Under hot fluorescent lights [Hook] Two birds on a wall Your nose just grows and grows [Outro] One day I'll grow up tall I will be with you -------- 2014 Tomorrows Modern Boxes -------- -------- Pink Section -------- [Instrumental] -------- 2014 Tomorrows Modern Boxes -------- -------- The Mother Lode -------- [Verse 1] Another clown jumps off the ladder A shallow pool but it doesn't matter The way it goes, the way it goes He's falling through barriers and hedgerows [Chorus 1] A hollow man, hollow hand puppet Where's the applause when you need it? [Verse 2] The baseball bats, somersaults and backflips Oh, how I wish some things would be different A mother lode, a mother lode [Chorus 2] A hollow man, hollow hand puppet I'm a clown, you don't wanna know me The knife behind the curtain The truth is ordinary [Instrumental] [Verse 3] You can't see your way out of this one He makes a joke but nobody listens At least he does not know it The last of all his courage [Chorus 3] Press the button for a free ticket Here he goes, hits the ground running -------- 2014 Tomorrows Modern Boxes -------- -------- There Is No Ice (For My Drink) -------- [Repeated Throughout] There is no ice There is no ice There is no ice There is no ice There is no ice Can't get enough Pour some blood on Pour some blood on There is no ice Question me Pour some blood on Question me There is no ice -------- 2014 Tomorrows Modern Boxes -------- -------- Truth Ray -------- Produced by -------- 2016 A Moon Shaped Pool -------- -------- Burn the Witch -------- [Verse 1] 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 [Chorus] Burn the witch Burn the witch We know where you live [Verse 2] 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 [Chorus] Burn the witch Burn the witch We know where you live We know where you live -------- 2016 A Moon Shaped Pool -------- -------- Daydreaming -------- [Verse 1] 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 [Verse 2] 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 [Outro] 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 -------- 2016 A Moon Shaped Pool -------- -------- Decks Dark -------- [Chorus] 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 [Verse] 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 [Chorus] 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 [Outro] 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 -------- 2016 A Moon Shaped Pool -------- -------- Desert Island Disk -------- [Verse 1] 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 [Verse 2] 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 [Outro] Different types of love Different types of love Different types of love Are possible Are possible Are possible Are possible -------- 2016 A Moon Shaped Pool -------- -------- Ful Stop -------- [Verse 1] 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 [Verse 2] 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 [Outro] 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 -------- 2016 A Moon Shaped Pool -------- -------- Glass Eyes -------- [Verse 1] 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 [Verse 2] 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 [Outro] I feel this love to the core I feel this love turn cold -------- 2016 A Moon Shaped Pool -------- -------- Identikit -------- [Repeated Background Refrain] 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 [Verse 1] 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 [Chorus] 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 [Bridge] 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 [Verse 2] 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 [Chorus] 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 -------- 2016 A Moon Shaped Pool -------- -------- Ill Wind -------- [Verse 1] Keep your distance Then no harm will come [Chorus] No ill wind Will blow Will blow [Verse 2] Sudden words Must never be spoken [Chorus] All ill wind Will blow Will blow [Instrumental] [Verse 3] Keep your cool Do not give into emotion [Chorus] An ill wind Will blow Will blow -------- 2016 A Moon Shaped Pool -------- -------- Present Tense -------- [Verse 1] 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 [Chorus] In you, I'm lost In you, I'm lost [Verse 2] 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 [Chorus] In you, I'm lost In you, I'm lost In you, I'm lost In you, I'm lost -------- 2016 A Moon Shaped Pool -------- -------- Spectre -------- [Verse 1] I'm lost, I'm a ghost Dispossessed, taken host My hunger burns a bullet hole A spectre of my mortal soul These rumors and suspicion Anger is a poison The only truth that I could see Is when you put your lips to me Futures tricked by the past Spectre, how he laughs [Verse 2] Fear puts a spell on us Always second-guessing love My hunger burns a bullet hole A spectre of my mortal soul The only truth that I can see Spectre has come for me -------- 2016 A Moon Shaped Pool -------- -------- The Numbers -------- [Verse 1] 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 [Chorus] (One day at a time) One day at a time [Verse 2] 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 [Chorus] One day at a time -------- 2016 A Moon Shaped Pool -------- -------- Tinker Tailor Soldier Sailor Rich Man Poor Man Beggar Man Thief -------- [Verse 1] All the holes at once Are coming alive, set free Out of sight and out of mind The lonely and their prey [Chorus] The ones you light your fires to keep away Is crawling out upon its belly And all you have to do is say yes [Verse 2] 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 [Chorus] The one you light your fires to keep away Is crawling out upon its belly And all you have to do is say yes -------- 2016 A Moon Shaped Pool -------- -------- True Love Waits -------- [Verse 1] I'll drown my beliefs To have your babies I'll dress like your niece And wash your swollen feet [Chorus] Just don't leave Don't leave [Verse 2] I'm not living I'm just killing time Your tiny hands Your crazy kitten smile [Chorus] Just don't leave Don't leave [Verse 3] And true love waits In haunted attics And true love lives On lollipops and crisps [Chorus] Just don't leave Don't leave -------- 2019 Anima -------- -------- Dawn Chorus -------- Back up the cul-de-sac Come on, do your worst You quit your job again And your train of thought If you could do it all again A little fairy dust A thousand tiny birds singing If you must, you must Please let me know When you've had enough Of the white light Of the dawn chorus If you could do it all again You don't know how much Pronto pronto, moshi mosh Come on, chop chop If you could do it all again Yeah, without a second thought I don't like leaving The door shut I think I missed something But I'm not sure what In the middle of the vortex The wind picked up Shook up the soot From the chimney pot Into spiral patterns Of you, my love You take a little piece Then you break it off It's a bloody racket It's the dawn chorus If you could do it all again Big deal, so what? Please let me know When you've had enough It's the last chance O.K. Corral If you could do it all again This time with style -------- 2019 Anima -------- -------- I Am a Very Rude Person -------- [Intro] Won't bother me You don't mean a thing, but it won't bother me You don't mean a thing, but it won't bother me You don't mean a thing, but it won't bother me You don't mean a thing, but it won't bother me [Verse 1] I have to find my way in the dark (You don't mean a thing, but it won't bother me) I have to take a knife to your art (You don't mean a thing, but it won't bother me) I have to find some way to escape (You don't mean a thing, but it won't bother me) I have to walk but I wanna stay (You don't mean a thing, but it won't bother me) [Verse 2] I have to hope this spell's going to break (You don't mean a thing, but it won't bother me) I have to destroy to create (You don't mean a thing, but it won't bother me) I have to be rude to your face (You don't mean a thing, but it won't bother me) I'm breaking up your turntables (You don't mean a thing, but it won't bother me) Now I'm gonna watch your party die -------- 2019 Anima -------- -------- Impossible Knots -------- [Verse 1] I'm heading in the wrong direction I can't make the big connection And in my line of business There is no room for mess [Verse 2] I'm tied up in impossible knots I'll take anything you got I'll take anything you got [Chorus] I'll be ready I'll be ready I'll be ready I'll be ready I'll be ready I'll be ready I'll be ready I'll be ready -------- 2019 Anima -------- -------- (Ladies & Gentlemen, Thank You for Coming) -------- [Refrain 1] A fork comes in the road A fork comes in the road You are on your phone You are on your phone A mist comes through the trees Beckoning you and me I think I'm asleep I must be asleep [Refrain 2] It's like we've become distracted We've become distracted Two feet off the ground I'm two feet off the ground We're just skin and bone We're just skin and bone [Refrain 3] (Note: Refrains 3 & 4 are only used in the early demo version) I'm two feet off the ground And I'm two feet off the ground I think I'm asleep I think I'm asleep It's like we've become distracted We've become distracted [Refrain 4] We couldn't make the mental leap Couldn't make the mental leap We're just skin and bone We're just skin and bone We're waiting for the lights to change We're waiting for the lights to change -------- 2019 Anima -------- -------- Last I Heard (...He Was Circling the Drain) -------- [Chorus] I woke up with a feeling I just could not take I woke up with a feeling I just could not take I woke up with a feeling I just could not take I woke up with a feeling I just could not take [Verse] Taken out with the trash Swimming through the gutter Swimming through the gutter Swallowed up, swallowed up by the city, by the city, by the city Humans the size of rats Opportunity cracks, opportunity stutters It only takes a minute And it takes it, and it takes it, and it takes it, and it takes it [Chorus] I woke up with a feeling I just could not take I woke up with a feeling I just could not take I woke up with a feeling I just could not take I woke up with a feeling I just could not take [Outro] (Walking in high heels) (I woke up with a feeling I just could not take) (Trying hard to leave) (I woke up with a feeling I just could not take) (Breaking in your high heels) (I woke up with a feeling I just could not take) (Trying hard to leave) (I woke up with a feeling I just could not take) (Walking in high heels) -------- 2019 Anima -------- -------- Not the News -------- Produced by -------- 2019 Anima -------- -------- Runwayaway -------- We are forever We are forever That's when you don't That's when you know This is when you know who your real friends are Who your real friends are That's when you know That's when you don't This is when you know who your real friends are That's when you know That's when you don't Who your real friends are This is when you know, this is when you know Who your real friends are Who your real friends are, who your real friends are That's when you know That's when you don't This is when you know who your real friends are That's when you know That's when you don't That's when you know That's when you don't This is when you know who your real friends are That's when you know That's when you don't That's when you know That's when you don't That's when you know That's when you don't This is when you know, this is when you know That's when you know That's when you don't Who your real friends are -------- 2019 Anima -------- -------- The Axe -------- [Verse 1] Goddamned machinery Why don't you speak to me? One day I am gonna take an axe to you The pitter patter What does it matter? And where's that love You promised me? I'm pierced by long nails By coloured windmills Your soft sustaining Envelope [Refrain] I thought we had a deal I thought we had a deal I thought we had a deal I thought we had a deal I thought we had a deal I thought we had a deal [Verse 2] You bastards speak to me Have you no pity? Give me a goddamned good reason Not to jack it all in You wooden soldiers I'm daring you to turn yourselves on [Refrain] I thought we had a deal [Outro] (Could've loved me) (I've had my fill) (I've had my fill of hurt) (Had had my fill of hurt) -------- 2019 Anima -------- -------- Traffic -------- [Verse 1] Submit Submerged No body No body It's not good It's not right A mirror A sponge But you're free [Chorus] Show me the money Party with a rich zombie Suck it in through a straw Party with a rich zombie Crime pays, she stays In Kensington and Chelsea And you have to make amends To make amends to me [Verse 2] I can't breathe I can't breathe There's no water There's no water A drip feed Foie gras A brick wall A brick wall But you're free [Chorus] Show me the money Party with a rich zombie Suck it in through a straw Party with a rich zombie Yeah, crime pays, she stays In Kensington and Chelsea And you have to make amends To make amends to me -------- 2019 Anima -------- -------- Twist -------- [Verse 1] To you who brought me back to life To twisted thorns that grow inside The shingle washing my old bones Of woe betides and woe begones With just enough love to go 'round For you who's turning me back on Doesn't make it right or wrong For prisoners of the mind Of woe begones and woe betides And just enough love to go 'round [Verse 2] And just enough love to go 'round To you who holds the fireflies Pulls them out from the inside A tiny shell left in my hand Sings woe betides and woe begones With just enough love to go 'round [Bridge] It's like weed It's like weed It's like weed It's like weed A boy on a bike who is running away An empty car in the woods, the motor left running It's like weed It's like weed It's like weed It's like weed An empty car with the motor left running [Outro] Look, this face, it isn't me Look, this face, it isn't me