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Kid A (Radiohead cover) Lyrics
I slip away
I slipped on a little white lie
We've got heads on sticks
You've got ventriloquists
We've got heads on sticks
You've got ventriloquists
Standing in the shadows at the end of my bed
Standing in the shadows at the end of my bed
Standing in the shadows at the end of my bed
Standing in the shadows at the end of my bed
The rats and children follow me out of town
The rats and children follow me out of their homes
Come on Kids
I slipped on a little white lie
You've got ventriloquists
We've got heads on sticks
You've got ventriloquists
Standing in the shadows at the end of my bed
Standing in the shadows at the end of my bed
Standing in the shadows at the end of my bed
The rats and children follow me out of their homes
Come on Kids
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i really can't imagine john mayer and his guitar covering this song, it's computer generated, so what the hell. John Mayer does not have computer-savvy music. I would really like to hear this cover.
i found this song. i listen to this song. i luv anything fron John Mayer. i don't understand this song. someone help me out....
Thom Yorke wrote this song. It had a very deep meaning to him. To Thom, the song had such a terrible meaning that he would not even explain it. Only Thom Yorke could understand it, that's why it confuses me that John Mayer would even cover it. He took the meaning that in had to Thom Yorke and turned it into nothing. If I were Thom, I'd be pissed.
Thom Yorke wrote this song. It had a very deep meaning to him. To Thom, the song had such a terrible meaning that he would not even explain it. Only Thom Yorke could understand it, that's why it confuses me that John Mayer would even cover it. He took the meaning that in had to Thom Yorke and turned it into nothing. If I were Thom, I'd be pissed.
I'm sure it did have a deep meaning for Thom and I can perfectly understand why. However the song can be deciphered a bit.
I'm sure it did have a deep meaning for Thom and I can perfectly understand why. However the song can be deciphered a bit.
With that being said, John Mayer did a wonderful job.
With that being said, John Mayer did a wonderful job.
Chibizena, the only lines in this song that to me have a universal meaning are as follows:
Chibizena, the only lines in this song that to me have a universal meaning are as follows:
"I slip away I slipped on a little white lie
"I slip away I slipped on a little white lie
We've got heads on sticks You've got ventriloquists"
We've got heads on sticks You've got ventriloquists"
When he says he slips away, he slips away in his mind. I slip away myself so I can relate. Into a mental void. So dark, so deep. Emptiness....
When he says he slips away, he slips away in his mind. I slip away myself so I can relate. Into a mental void. So dark, so deep. Emptiness. De-realization
When he says we've got heads on sticks he means that we as a people are partly controlled by those in power. Trust me when I say that there are people who are aware that we are unaware.
You've got ventriloquists is just an artistic expression of the line above interconnected in a poetically written verse. But basically states that we have controllers just as a wooden dummy has a puppet master.
As far as the rest goes, "Standing in the Shadows at the end of my bed" and "The rats and children follow me out of town"
I cannot say. I hope that I have shed light for you on this song. I myself have heard this song time after time and always question to myself what are it's meanings. I just came to the realization all of a sudden and basically face-palmed myself because it was so obvious.
"The minds of a few rule the minds of many." And the vast majority of us had better start waking up to that fact.
THINK. do not believe.
-Brandon
obviously you love him enough to know that this is a radiohead song. and as far as helping you understand it... drugs. that's pretty much how they do it.
what the fuck, is this real? does john mayer really cover this song?
I just heard it its pretty cool
Radiohead is such an awesome band...I can really see the connection between the two...they both write such great songs filled with so much emotion. Just the cover songs that John Mayer always does lets you know his inspirations.
Well its easy to say that John Mayer knows awesome music...thats why he sang a Radiohead song hehe :)
The cover is actually really good. I'm more a Radiohead fan than a John Mayer fan (Hey - I'm fans of both - they represent different things to me, though)... This is such a great version of Kid A...
This is really really good...sorta dry and cold feel to it. it's a weird choice for john mayer to cover, but he does it well and shows underneath the computers radiohead's newer stuff still has basic song structure. of course radioheads version's better. btw about the lyrics, it's not drugs. thom yorke has said with most of this album's songs he just took a number of snippets of lyrics and chucked em in a hat and drew them out in random order. that's why the lines don't fit each other
I have some experience with the gutair, but playing this on a guatair after it was a played off some type of sythesizer by Radiohead is unreal to me. I am both a John Mayer and Radiohead fan, (Kid A being my Favorite of Radiohead) this blew me away. This song shows how talented John Mayer is. But the sad thing is everyone and thier brother has his CD now, and going to see Mayer will never be the same as it was for me a year ago. So now I'll be seeing Mayer from about 100 yards away on a huge TV instead of 10 feet away the first time I saw him. What a shame.