| Radiohead – Separator Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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This could just be me injecting my own life into this song (which tends to happen a lot), but I feel like this track might contain some references to addiction and someone who's trying to separate himself from the drug get his life back on track. 'Falling out of bed from a long weary dream' --the person has essentially been living in a dream world or drug-induced haze and is starting to wake up. The 'giant bird' could have to do with highs. I sense there was a relationship or start of one that was cut off by the drug use, and as the addict wakes up he starts remembering the person: "the root," "a heart in cold ground" --a feeling or connection that has the potential to grow into a relationship. Maybe she's been trying to get over him, but when he looks at her he can tell she still cares: "every woman blows her cover in the eye of the beholder." He knows that there's still something there between them: "if you think this is over then your wrong." The rhythmic section sounds like something is building over and over again but with a constant sense of deepening calm. Something is going to happen, things are going to change. The person wants to wake up and try things again. The drug use may be a bit of a stretch, and he could also just be referring to a period of not living in reality. His references to birds and fish seem to indicate that he hasn't been living in the real world for a long time. But now he's fallen off of the bird, he's a fish out of water: on land again. That's my take. I'd be curious to hear what you all think. |
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