cliches in the lyrics of radiohead songs

What I particularly like on Amnesiac and the tracks off Kid A I don't hate is the fact that frequently, you can only hear one or two phrases of the whole song intelligibly anyway so you have to build your interpretations up from the little you do hear - be it cliche or not. "I Might Be Wrong" is probably the best example of this. But any song where Thom mumbles or otherwise obscures most of the words will do. In essence, that one phrase becomes (or defines) the whole song.

Of course, I could just read the whole lyrics, but I can't be bothered. I've never bothered to look up the lyrics to Amnesiac and I reckon it'd just spoil it for me.

I suspect he doesn't otherwise he would communicate more clearly.

i agree with this sense of disorientating repetition and refrain drumming the cliches into the listeners head in whirling halfremembered associations. it just seems that the best way to comment on aspects of ones society is through the means of taking words and phrases that one already has a relationship with inside this society.

Um, didn't people say stuff like that about, say, Joyce? Not that Yorke is Joyce (sorry Mel ;-), but it's a pretty poor line of attack.

I don't know abt Joyce. But if you look at Beefheart's lyrics to 'Trout Mask...' there are, amongst all the poetry, certain references to 'issues'. There are certain things you can get to.

There's no need for it. With lyrics you can be 'dumb' and so on but Radiohead fans tend to think Yorke is 'revealing truths' when he really isn't.

I see the point he makes in the song as a whole but it's so obvious to anyone slightly cerebral that the making of it becomes irritating and even insipid

I like when clichés are excorporated in a sort of literal figurative mishmash, maybe malkmus style, but when they're just used I tend to skim

Are you sleeping, are you sleeping Brother John? Brother John? Morning bells are ringing, morning bells are ringing Ding, dang, dong. Ding, dang, dong.

Clarke- the day I listen to what a radiohead fan has to say then do me favour: Just blow my head off!

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The morning bell
The morning bell
Light another candle and
Release me
Release me

You can keep the furniture
A bump on the head
Howling down the chimney
Release me
Release me
Please
Release me
Release me

Where'd you park the car
Where'd you park the car
Clothes are all alone with the furniture
Now I might as well
I might as well

Sleepy jack the fire drill
Running around around around...

Cut the kids in half
Cut the kids in half
Cut the kids in half

I wanted to tell you but you never listened
You never understand
I wanted to tell you but you never listened
You never understand
Cos I'm walking walking walking...

The lights are on but nobody's home
Everybody wants to be a
The lights are on but nobody's home
Everybody wants to be a singer
Walking walking walking...

The lights are on but nobody's at home
Everybody wants to be a
Everyone wants to be a friend
Nobody wants to be a singer
Walking walking walking...

maks sens, *cough*

Clothes are on the lawn with the furniture

"Cut the kids in half" is probably the best lyric T. Yorke ever penned...Knives Out has some pretty good ones too though...

Always figured he was borrowing heavily from Solomon's story there...

grow my hair i wanna be jim morrison

You're the light wiping out my batteries
You're the cream in my airport-coffees
I don't know why I stick with you
If I had a choice

Favourite Yorke lyrics:

You want me?
Fucking well come and find me
I'll be waiting
With a gun and a pack of sandwiches

He's pretty good at deadpan humour.

I generally don't think he's that amazing a lyricist, though they suit the music just fine.

morning bell seems to pretty obviously be about a divorce, it makes sense to me.