| Radiohead – Karma Police Lyrics | 14 years ago |
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First of all, OK Computer is by FAR the best album made This being said I want to comment on this song in particular. I think this song is about the warped values of society nowadays. 'karma police arrest this man he talks in maths, he buzzes like a fridge he's like a detuned radio karma police arrest this girl, her hitler hairdo, is making me feel ill, and we have crashed her party' This is to illustrate how absurd nowadays values are. I mean seriously you guys, I heard in America (thank God i don't live there' someone won a courtcase for getting unhealthy from Mc danolds food. Im sorry, but isn't getting obisitas your own damn fault. Same here, can we arrest people for having a Hitler hairdo, while you are the one crashing a party? Is this justice? this is what you get this is what you get this is what you get when you mess with us karma police i've given all i can it's not enough i've given all i can but we're still on the payroll In this part York tries to break out of society. He tries to get off the payroll and live a live with 'decent' values, but he doesn't manage to for a minute there i lost myself i lost myself for a minute there i lost myself i lost myself i lost myself i lost myself i lost myself i lost myself. Here York says that while he is trying not to conform, it is getting really hard keeping his own values. If you are surrounded by people who have a strange view on morality, it is hard not to get that same view. He almost lost hisself by believing in mind-twisted principles, but fortunately he did not... |
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