Feeling Pulled Apart By Horses

Thom Yorke

Feeling pulled apart by horses
Insect bytes, machine gun cameras
Fobbed off with lame shite excuses

Give me fair price
Give me fair price
Give me fair price
Give me, Reckoner

Feeling pulled apart by horses
I've no sons
But I've no daughters
Feeling pulled apart by horses

Give me fair price
Give me fair price
Give me fair price
Reckoner

Give me fair price
Give me fair price
Give me fair price
Price
Reckoner


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    Wait, when he says "I've no sons and I've no daughters" he's talking about the English version. Which means being hung for a bit, but not enough to kill, taken down and disemboweled and castrated to show the traitor he will never have children, ever, which is kind of unnecessary because decapitation then follows. Then being cut into bits and burned, with no horses involved. It sounds better than the French version, non?

    Dead.On.Arrivalon December 11, 2009   Link
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    Strange reference to being hung, drawn and quartered.

    befuddledon September 21, 2009   Link
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    An AWESOME reference to being hanged, drawn, and quartered. The French version, anyway. It was punishment for attempted regicide, which would be rather difficult to accomplish now, since all the french monarchs were guillotined ages ago.I always knew Thom Yorke was a time lord though. :D

    Anyways, Thom is feeling tortured with red-hot pincers, boiling oil, and molten lead. Then his limbs are attached to horses who run in opposite directions, dismembering him. Then he's set on fire. Sounds like fun.

    Dead.On.Arrivalon December 11, 2009   Link
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    Feeling pulled apart by horses Insect bytes, machine gun cameras Fobbed off with lame shite excuses

    Give me fair price Give me fair price Give me fair price Give me, Reckoner

    Feeling pulled apart by horses I've no sons But I've no daughters Feeling pulled apart by horses

    Give me fair price Give me fair price Give me fair price Reckoner

    Give me fair price Give me fair price Give me fair price Price Reckoner

    shannonoganon October 21, 2010   Link

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