People keep saying it's about relationships, or love, and so on... but I really don't think so. The beauty of Radiohead is that Thom doesn't write about girls or love, he writes about life, and this song is the quintessential example of that, to me.
To me, this song is about realizing that all the things you were taught about life as a child, everything you learned from Disney and TV and movies, was a lie ("it's not like the movies/they fed us on little white lies"). It's about realizing that life is a difficult, sometimes terrible, always complex experience, not the simple, happy fantasy world you were taught. It's about trying to escape from that harsh reality, through alcohol (red wine), (cheap) sex, and (sad) films, but failing, and ultimately deciding you're crazy for trying and giving up (I will see you in the next life...).
That's what this song is about to me. Trying to come to terms with reality, and failing.
@caramelpolice I thought the same thing about Radiohead, but when I listened to this it sounded so different from so many of their other songs, I thought maybe Thom really just needed to sing about something other than life for a change. You know get it out of his system
@caramelpolice I thought the same thing about Radiohead, but when I listened to this it sounded so different from so many of their other songs, I thought maybe Thom really just needed to sing about something other than life for a change. You know get it out of his system
People keep saying it's about relationships, or love, and so on... but I really don't think so. The beauty of Radiohead is that Thom doesn't write about girls or love, he writes about life, and this song is the quintessential example of that, to me.
To me, this song is about realizing that all the things you were taught about life as a child, everything you learned from Disney and TV and movies, was a lie ("it's not like the movies/they fed us on little white lies"). It's about realizing that life is a difficult, sometimes terrible, always complex experience, not the simple, happy fantasy world you were taught. It's about trying to escape from that harsh reality, through alcohol (red wine), (cheap) sex, and (sad) films, but failing, and ultimately deciding you're crazy for trying and giving up (I will see you in the next life...).
That's what this song is about to me. Trying to come to terms with reality, and failing.
@caramelpolice I thought the same thing about Radiohead, but when I listened to this it sounded so different from so many of their other songs, I thought maybe Thom really just needed to sing about something other than life for a change. You know get it out of his system
@caramelpolice I thought the same thing about Radiohead, but when I listened to this it sounded so different from so many of their other songs, I thought maybe Thom really just needed to sing about something other than life for a change. You know get it out of his system
@caramelpolice good point,, but what about the line that says "stop sending letters, letters always get burned"?
@caramelpolice good point,, but what about the line that says "stop sending letters, letters always get burned"?