| Radiohead – Weird Fishes/Arpeggi Lyrics | 14 years ago |
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In my opinion, I see escape as the more relevant theme in this particular song than anything. I still acknowledge the theme of love being of some significance, though it is not necessarily the driving force. Thom deliberately constructed the lyrics to be ambiguous; so, if love is what you see, love is what you get. Here are two of my interpretation. 1) To me, the person being spoken of is someone being used as an escape from reality. Comparable to deep sea fishes, the characteristics of this person is as much peculiar as is interesting and alluring. It is not necessarily love which guides the speaker in this song, but utter fascination. The speaker basks in ecstasy every time he learns something new about this interesting person. So much so that he begins to question the quality of his own life. "Why should I stay here?" he beckons. The speaker has become so intrigued that he will toss aside his life to follow this person to even the deepest, darkest ends of the world. None more so than the mysteriously frightening abyss of the sea. This weird, significant other has just become a form of escape from his current shit-hole of a life. 2) The speaker is questioning his relationship with his significant other. He was so wrapped up and moved by her charm that he was willing to give up his awareness to submit to her. The speaker accomplished this goal, and now wakes up to the realization that his dignity is at rock bottom. He makes the ironic comment, "I'd be crazy not to follow where you lead," knowing that doing it is, in fact, pretty fucking crazy. The state of his relationship is that he irrationally gave up his own life for this significant other. He might as well be dead. Figuratively speaking, the corpse that is his life might as well be devoured by deep sea fishes and worms. The burden of the relationship has rendered him unthinking, lifeless, and life-deprived. The optimistic solution to this predicament is to escape. |
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