| Radiohead – Daydreaming Lyrics | 5 years ago |
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Usually, in a Radiohead song, the complication is to figure out who the narrator is. Is it Thom himself, or at least a stand-in? Or is he portraying someone else, with different opinions and values? The first three verses seems pretty straight forward. He's talking about dreamers (or idealists) and talks about the pitfalls of not having realistic expectations. The verse about the white room is where things get a little murky; there is no action, only a description. The sun coming through makes it seem like the narrator wants us to like this room, but it's still just a white room. On the final verse, the narrator tells us that he is happy to serve us. So my interpretation is this: the narrator is telling us not to dream because the risk isn't worth it. He provides us with a white room that is functional but plain and tells us we should be happy with so little. Then, he tells us not to worry, that "they" will take care of everything. The songs is about the people who dreams of better things, and the people who want them to stop because they benefit from the status quo. |
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