| Radiohead – Nude Lyrics | 12 years ago |
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Before reading you comments, I had never thought this song could be about sex. For me, it was obviously inspired from Orwell's 1984 (maybe because I discovered that song just after reading this incredible novel). Actually, sex is an important theme in 1984, so I'm not totally off the track :) "Don't get any big ideas They're not gonna happen" Don't have revolutionary ideas, you can't change the world, you're poweless. "You paint yourself white And fill up with noise But there'll be something missing" You just hide these ideas, try to look straight. I think the noise might refer to Doublethinking (you replace your thoughts for what the gorvernment want you to think). But if you do so, something's gonna be missing (liberty I guess). "Now that you've found it, it's gone Now that you feel it, you don't You've gone off the rails" One day you might think you think you won, while it's nothing but an illusion. Actually you weren't even close victory. "So don't get any big ideas They're not gonna happen" "You'll go to hell for what your dirty mind is thinking" If the thought police discover that you don't think like everybody and have revolutionnary thoughts, you'll go to hell (room 101). To sum up, I think this song is about how rebels never succeed in changing the world; it's quite sad :( Maybe my explanations are a little vague, but I didn't want my interpretation to be a big spoiler for those who'd like to read 1984 one day :D Ps: sorry if my english isn't perfect, I usually speek french :) |
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