Scatterbrain. (As Dead as Leaves.)

This song is often overlooked. It dosen't stand out on the album. That's why I like it. It's just like me.

i agree with whysogreenandlonely and skatesa207. it's all about lonliness and being mind-fucked by society or a love interest. this song always reminds me of the vulnerability i have felt from having feelings for a lady; especially one u can't be with for whatever reason. scatterbrain is such a good word for this day and age; at least for me.

ohhh... this is my favourite song in hail to the thief, so far...

I think this song is about our culture of "Here today, gone tommorow".

when thom says "I only wish i could fall in" my heart sinks everytime. this song is about self loathing and feeling alone in an image based society and the shit we take in everyday that just ends up leaving us untrue..or scatterbrain. one of the best i think

extended lyrics:

somewhere I'm not in a force ten gale swimming in an oil slick pulled out by the tide broke over lines, tonadoes eye. going out o fmy mind, bad fucking vibess. somewhere I cant hear this noise. wildlife dying somewher with sunshine. poisoned or poor no sharp pains or lumps. a rare species being wiped out scattered far and wide. eyes open him confused at al oss. avoiding your gaze were the voices stop. lightning fuse. power cut. on black ice, under floorboards. just keeping afloat. somewhwer Im not just keeping afloat. fingers dead in the ice skin burning watching the growths. somewhere I cant just change sides bumper to bumper nose to tail always in my face tv ariels bendt double, ina force ten gale. watching someopne elses lights on the gangplank. ive lost my train of thought, it happens all the time. dont kno how old iam, tumbling down. dont recognize us, thinking the wrong thoughts. shoulkd maybe grow up somwhere I dont give a fuck. somwhere Im not under breaking oaks. pulling up asphalt pulling up rocks. the roots dig up the road a blobk of ice not in a rash doing bad dance. more rain,sticking rain. there used to be a field, now thers a lake. somewhere im not, sandbagging.

After seeing some footage courtesy of Al Jazeera of an Iraqi child with her skull broken open and empty, I believe Thom Yorke is illustrating what it must be like to be caught in an airstrike, and the song title must be describing what may happen to the contents of your head in that event.

This song is so amazing; gives me chills.

This song is about vulnerability.

what version are the extended lyrics on