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Radiohead – The Trickster Lyrics 11 years ago
kronur - and GS I feel like has got a lot of it very right.

Mythical characters in many cultures who are Trickster gods are also responsible for upsetting things off balance as stated - also referenced by
"Rust in the mountains
Rust in the brain"
That is the act of Entropy - the returning of all things to their natural state of balance in this case. Steel to IronOxide (rust) as a metaphor for the total exhaustion of a thing.

The missing pieces round :
"Long white gloves
Police tread carefully
Escaped from the zoo
The perfect child facsimile"

The trickster is a girl, "child facsimile" as in young hot girl and is also "Escaped from the zoo" perhaps a bit of a beast as the 'Trickster,' the tease (This is only halfway) in "Long white gloves," looks like a lady but isn't.

Check out this reference to understand the possible type of girl with an "Electra Complex" who can be quite the trickster.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electra_complex

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