I slip away
I slipped on a little white lie

We've got heads on sticks
We've got ventriloquists
We've got heads on sticks
We've got ventriloquists

Standing in the shadows at the end of my bed
Standing in the shadows at the end of my bed
Standing in the shadows at the end of my bed
Standing in the shadows at the end of my bed

The rats and the children follow me out of town
The rats and the children follow me out of town
Come on kids


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Kid A Lyrics as written by Colin Charles Greenwood Jonathan Richard Guy Greenwood

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    I WANT TO PUT TO REST THIS WHOLE IDEA THAT THE ALBUM IS ABOUT A CLONE! Thom did say you could make that connection, but it's only an afterthought of why the title was chosen as Kid A. He initially said he likes the non-meaning of the title KID A and when you name an album so specific it creates too much of a 'this is what its about and where its going' mentality to the listener. He also said there is no story in mind. How can everyone be so stuck on a clone story when the reason he chose the title was because it had no meaning?

    Every song is a seperate topic but they all do tie together in theme. he says something traumatic is happening in Kid A and he said Amnesiac is about not remembering the events that took place in kid a but slowly piecing them back together. they come from different places. the story of morning bell is that he had the demo on mini disc and it got erased and on a plane in japan 6 months later it just came to him...and that the song is about amnesia....bop on the head? where'd you park the car? it makes sense along with the album being called amnesiac. anyway...look online for the song meanings and quotes...every song has a real meaning behind it not these clone stories...1st song was about his inability to speak and being in a 3 year bad mood and when the band stared this album, everything was coming together...kid a, im still working on a meaning but its not a clone, its more about corruption and control but he says the subject matter is 'horrible and brutal'...optimistic is about how we as a society only care about ourselves and we are doomed...the whole album is strongly political, apocolyptic, personal, observational, dooming....no clones tho

    sms1888on May 27, 2010   Link

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