This is one of my favorite songs. https://fnfgo.io
Once again I'm in trouble with my only friend
She is papering the window panes
She is putting on a smile
Living in a glass house
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 highness's
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
But someone's listening in
Once again we are hungry for a lynching
That's a strange mistake to make
You should turn the other cheek
Living in a glass house
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
She is papering the window panes
She is putting on a smile
Living in a glass house
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 highness's
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
But someone's listening in
Once again we are hungry for a lynching
That's a strange mistake to make
You should turn the other cheek
Living in a glass house
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
Lyrics submitted by thewhitepony33, edited by Mellow_Harsher
Life in a Glasshouse Lyrics as written by Edward John O'brien Colin Charles Greenwood
Lyrics © TuneCore Inc., Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
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da jazzzz........such a sweet sweet song. chilled. its about radiohead talking about their old friend, society and politicians controlling...how they are covering up there fragile contradictions with false smiles, not talking politics, just gossiping and spinning everything, and how they make people like battery hens and make sure they dont talk about all the wrong in the world, nor throw stones in protest at what they are trying to do. How they make people just a non thinking lynch mob, following what they choose to publicise......and all because they are scarred of loosing their power with their paranoia……….living in their glass house, they wont talk about real things just incase someone spots their weaknesses. What I find strange is how they liken it to a woman…“she” and “highnesses”. Do women, put all false smiles, and try and cover up their faults, do they just gossip rather than talk about real life and just form lynch mobs………………………. Oh ,,,,,,,, yer, guess they do! :)……………….. oh shit, ok not all women , but think about when theirs a kinda lynchy mob thing going on on the news, whos all ways at the front … , !! who always watches soaps instead of real life things , who puts on false smiles, who buys fashion/society magazines, who always sits around each others houses with tea and biscuits bad mouthing the slightly odd thing that they’ve noticed////////////////sorry but its true. Women sure can suck. But their a lot cuter than politicians.
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Killroy,<br /> <br /> i think they liken it to women, in order to avoid a focus (the person is one or more in the listener).<br /> Furthermore i really loved your interpretation! You can see that you've been many places, killroy;)<br /> <br /> greetings from Haarlem, the Netherlands<br /> <br /> Listenerhead