Radiohead

Judge, Jury & Executioner

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Judge, Jury & Executioner Lyrics

Don't worry, baby
It goes right through me
I'm like the wind and my anger will disperse

Thin persecutors
And twisted vistas
A horned reptile has crawled upon the earth

I went for my usual walk
And tell it like it is
Tell it like it was
Judge and jury, executioner
Judge and jury, executioner
Judge and jury

In darkness follows
No tomorrows

It's all been decided
All spies deceptive
All bouncing voices down the echo chamber

I've been cold too long tonight
I'll be yours for now

I went for my usual walk
I went around the block
I just can't talk
Or reason with my executioner
Judge and jury, executioner
Judge and jury

It waits for trails
I talk in layers

I went for my usual walk
And tell it like it is
Tell it like it was
Judge and jury, executioner
Judge and jury, executioner
Judge and jury

Don't worry, baby
It goes right through me
Unlock the world and my anger will disperse

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lysoljackson On Oct 24, 2009

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by lysoljackson

16y ago

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WSBiBHU60ns

Thom Yorke and his nameless band October 2, 2009 at the Echoplex, Los Angeles

Very likely to be on Radiohead's eighth album in 2010.

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by bentheindividual

16y ago

Wow. This is nice. Totally unexpected.

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by miwi

13y ago

I'm hearing:

    thin twisted visitors
    'unwanted' reptile maybe? both work

    'And' darkness follows
    'Our' bouncing voices...

    Thin ways betray us
    They talk in layers

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by miwi 13y ago

maybe thin twisted "vistas" mostly likely "horned" or "haunted" reptile

maybe it's 'all spies "dissented" or "dissected"' 'All' bouncing voices...

maybe it's "it waits for trails"

by miwi

13y ago

it seems like it's a song about computers and mobile devices that the government uses to spy on and persecute people with

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by rubberman

13y ago

sorry but im sure this is Atoms For Peace??

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by Bliss1080

13y ago

I think it is about being possessed by the devil, and doing something wrong which has led the suspect in court. "It goes right through me, a horned reptile has crawled upon the earth" all reinstate the idea. "I went for my usual walk around the block" Shows the main character explaining in court what he remembers before being possessed then bam. Seems like the main character killed someone because this spirit/devil unlocked all his anger inside him

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by sandbrowns

13y ago

"Judge, jury, executioner" is Obama. His drone murders are illegal, and creating MORE enemies daily.

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