Transport, motorways and tramlines
Starting and then stopping
Taking off and landing
The emptiest of feelings
Disappointed people, clinging on to bottles
When it comes it's so, so, disappointing

Let down and hanging around
Crushed like a bug in the ground
Let down and hanging around

Shell smashed, juices flowing
Wings twitch, legs are going
Don't get sentimental, it always ends up drivel
One day, I am gonna grow wings
A chemical reaction
Hysterical and useless
Hysterical and

Let down and hanging around
Crushed like a bug in the ground
Let down and hanging around

Let down
Let down
Let down

You know, you know where you are with
You know where you are with
Floor collapsing, falling
Bouncing back and one day, I am gonna grow wings
A chemical reaction (you know where you are)
Hysterical and useless (you know where you are)
Hysterical and (you know where you are)

Let down and hanging around
Crushed like a bug in the ground
Let down and hanging around


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Let Down Lyrics as written by Colin Charles Greenwood Jonathan Richard Guy Greenwood

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    it's interesting to me that this song has such tragic lyrics and yet, at the "one day i am going to grow wings" part sounds so hopeful and beautiful. it's a stunning song. did you know that the two guitar parts in the verses are completely different time signatures? it's so tricky to play. i actually heard that radiohead couldn't play it live for a while.

    jaz40on May 13, 2004   Link

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