Radiohead - Ok Computer
This is Radiohead:
Thom
Yorke (7-10-1968): Lead vocals, guitar, piano
Jonny Greenwood (5-11-1971): Lead
guitar, piano, organ, and other instruments
Ed O'Brien (15-04-1968): Rhythm
guitar, vocals
Colin Greenwood (26-06-1968): Bass
Phil Selway (23-05-1971): Drums
In the next world war
in a jackknifed juggernaut
I am born again
in the neon sign
scrolling up and down
an airbag saved my life
in an intastella burst
I am back to save the universe
in a deep deep sleep
of the innocent completely terrified
I am born again
in a fast german car
I'm amazed that I survived
an airbag saved my life
in an interstellar burst
I am back to save the universe
in an interstellar burst
I am back to save the universe
2. Paranoid andriod
please could you stop the noises, i'm trying to get some rest
from all the other unborn chicken voices in my head
what's that
what's that
when I am king, you will be first against the wall
with your opinion which is of no consequence at all
what's that
what's that
ambition makes you look pretty ugly
kicking squeeling gucci little piggy
you don't remember
you don't remember
why don't you remember my name anymore
off with his head man
off with his head man
why won't he remember my name? I guess he goes
rain down
rain down
come on rain down
on me
from a great height
from a great height
rain down
rain down
come on rain down
on me
from a great height
from a great height
that's it sir,
you're leaving,
the cackle of pig skin,
the dust and the screaming,
the yuppies networking,
the panic, the vomit,
the panic, the vomit,
God loves his children,
God loves his children, yeah
3. Subterranean homesick alien [uptight]
The breath of the morning
I keep forgetten
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
But up above
Angels hover
making home movies
For the Folks back home
of all these weird creatures
and lack of their spirits
to hold themselves
and live full of secrets
They're all uptight
uptight
uptight
uptight
uptight
uptight
uptight
uptight
I wish they'd swoop down in the country lane
late at night when i'm driving
Take me onboard of their beautiful ship
Show me the world as I loved to see it
I tell all my friends
but they never believed me
They think that I finally lost it completely
I show them the stars
in the meaning of life
they shot me away
but i'll be all right
all right
you're all uptight
uptight
uptight
uptight
uptight
uptight
uptight
uptight
uptight
4. Exit music [for a film]
wake, from your dreams,
the drying of your tears,
today we escape, we escape
pack, and get dressed,
before your father hears us,
before, all hell breaks loose.
breathe, keep breathing,
don't lose, your nerve,
breathe, keep breathing
i can't do this, alone
sing, us a song,
a song to keep us warm,
there's, such a chill,
such a chill
you can laugh
a spineless laugh
we hope your rules and wisdom choke you
now we're one in everlasting peace,
we hope that you choke, that you choke,
we hope that you choke, that you choke,
we hope that you choke, that you choke,
5. Let down
transport motorways and tramlines
starting and then stopping
taking off and landing
the emptiest of feelings
disappointed people clinging onto bottles
and when it comes its so disappointing
let down and hanging around
crushed like a bug in the ground
let down and hanging around
shell smashed juices flowing
wings twitch legs are going
don't get sentimental
it always ends up drivel
one day
i'm going to grow wings
hysterical and useless
hysterical and
let down and hanging around
crushed like a bug in the ground
let down and hanging around
let down again
let down again
let down again
you know
you know where you are with
you know where you are with
floor collapses floating
bouncing back
and one day (you'll know where you are)
i am gonna grow wings
a chemical reaction
hysterical and useless
hysterical an
let down and hanging around
crushed like a bug in the ground
let down and hanging around
6. Karma police
karma Police,
arrest this man he,
talks too much,
his voice is like a fridge,
he's like a ditchy radio
Karma Police
arrest this girl she,
stares at me,
as if she own the world,
and we have crashed her party.
This is what you get,
this is what you get,
this is what you get,
when you mess with me.
Karma Police,
I've given all I can,
it's not enough,
I've given all I can,
but we're still off the payroll.
This is what you get,
this is what you get,
this is what you get,
when you mess with me.
And for a minute there,
I lost myself I lost myself,
And for a minute there,
I lost myself I lost myself,
And for a minute there,
I lost myself I lost myself,
And for a minute there,
I lost myself I lost myself.
7. Fitter happier
fitter, happier more productive
comfortable
not drinking too much
regular exercise at the gym (3 days a week)
getting on better with your associate employee contemporaries
at ease
eating well (no more microwave dinners and saturated fats)
a patient better driver
a safer car (baby smiling in back seat)
sleeping well
no 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 more productive
a pig
in a cage
on antibiotics
8. Electioneering
I will stop,
I will stop for nothing.
Say the right things,
We're electioneering.
I trust I can rely on your vote.
I go forwards,
You go backwards,
Somewhere we will meet.
Draw your shields
Through their economics....
Yeah, 'cause it's just business,
who's the enemy this week?
Who is it? Who is it? Who is it?
I go forwards,
You go backwards,
Somewhere we will meet.
Doing it all, doing it all.
9. Climbing up the walls
I am the key to the lock in your house
that keeps your toys in the basement
and if you get too far
you'll only see my reflection
I am your face when she sleeps tonight
I am the pick in the ice
do not cry or hit the alarm
we are friends til we die
And either way you turn,
I'll be there
open up your skull,
I'll be there
climbing up the walls
it's always better when the light is off
it's always better on the outside
the crack of your waning smile
15 blows to the skull
So tuck the kids in safe tonight
and shut the eyes in the cupboard,
do not cry out or hit the alarm
you'll get the loneliest that
either way you turn,
I'll be there
open up your skull,
I'll be there
climbing up the walls
climbing up the walls
climbing up the walls
10. No suprises
a heart that's full up like a landfill
a job that slowly kills you
bruises that won't heal.
you were so tired, happy,
bring down the government, they don't speak for us.
I'll take the quiet life, a handshake, some carbon monoxide.
no alarms and no surprises,
no alarms and no surprises,
no alarms and no surprises,
silent,
silent,
this is my final hit, my final bellyache with
no alarms and no surprises,
no alarms and no surprises,
no alarms and no surprises, please.
such a pretty house, such a pretty garden.
no alarms and no surprises,
no alarms and no surprises,
no alarms and no surprises, please.
11. Lucky
12. The tourist
it barks at no one else
like it's seen a ghost
I guess it seen the sparks a flowing
no one else would know
hey man slow down, slow down
idiot slow down, slow down
sometimes I get overcharged
that's when you see sparks
you ask me where the hell i'm going?
at thousand feet per second
hey man slow down, slow down
idiot slow down, slow down
hey man slow down, slow down
idiot slow down, slow down