Lotus Flower

I guess it's about someone who decides to enjoy a moment in time and take part in something he is not generally allowed to do... just enjoying thinking about what life could be like if only...

I was wondering if anyone knew if Thom was gay or bisexual?

A lot of his new songs seem to be about forbidden love and missed opportunities and I was thinking maybe this is a sort of way of dealing with his sexuality. Normally I don't usually like to pry into Thom's personal life but I do wonder. Also, on Reckoner the line, "dare not speak its name" could be taken as a nod to Oscar Wilde perhaps?

I was wondering if anyone knew if Thom was gay or bisexual?

A lot of his new songs seem to be about forbidden love and missed opportunities and I was thinking maybe this is a sort of way of dealing with his sexuality. Normally I don't usually like to pry into Thom's personal life but I do wonder. Also, on Reckoner the line, "dare not speak its name" could be taken as a nod to Oscar Wilde perhaps?

Oh and in answer to your question i don't know if he bisexual but Thom Yorke has a girlfriend and two kids.

Since the lyrics above are all jumbled up, I tried rearranging them:

I will slip myself into your pocket Invisible Do what you want Do what you want

I was thinking I would disappear I will slip into the groove And cut me up And cut me up

There's an empty space inside my heart Where the weeds take root So now, I set you free I set you free

Slowly we unfold as lotus flowers 'Cause all I want is the moon upon a stick Just to see what is Just to see what is I can't kick your habit Just to feed your fast-ballooning head Listen to your heart

We will sink and be quiet as mice And while the cat is away Do what we want Do what we want

There's an empty space inside my heart Where the weeds take root So now, I set you free I set you free

'Cause all I want is the moon upon a stick Just to see what is Just to see what is The bird that's flown into my room

Slowly we unfold as lotus flowers 'Cause all I want is the moon upon a stick And dancing around the pit The darkness is beneath I can't kick your habit Just to feed your fast-ballooning head Listen to your heart

*Sometimes it sounds like he starts with "Just to see what if," then "Just to see what is." I'm probably wrong, but that's what I've been hearing all the time.

This is about some one who is in LOVE/ in LUST with someone but has finally come to terms that the person will not reciprocate and now they have accepted this but will still give all they have anyway.

"I will shape myself into your pocket Invisible Do what you want I will shrink and I will disappear I will slip into the groove and cut me off"- This is someone who is willing to lose themselves and shape to other person's pocket, and lose their self-respect.

"There's an empty space inside my heart Where the weeds take root And now I'll set you free I'll set you free"- This goes on to say that the spot that he/ she had for this person is now filled with weeds/ dirt/ filler and because of this they are letting him go in the the sense that he/she doesn't expect the same in return anymore.

There seems to be someone else or a reason why they cannot be together but this person has lost all self respect because when this person/obstacle is gone, they will be there for them to do as they wish.

"We will shrink and we'll be quiet as mice And while the cat is away Do what we want Do what we want"

Slowly we unfurl As lotus flowers

From ancient times the lotus has been a divine symbol in Asian traditions representing the virtues of sexual purity and non-attachment. So this is someone who will give themselves sexually, emotionally, physically and now is not attached.This is a symbol of connecting, becoming one without the "title"

This person is a weakness to them, a habit that cannot be quit. And when you give yourself to someone who won't give themselves to you- you are just... filling their "fast ballooning head"

'Listen to your heart'.- seems to be a plea to this person to let go, and let this person back in.

Ahh- we all have been there. <3

sex. the songs about sex. there may be another message in it but the main concept is sex.