Two jumps in a week
I bet you think that's pretty clever, don't you, boy?
Flying on your motorcycle
Watching all the ground beneath you drop

You'd kill yourself for recognition
Kill yourself to never, ever stop
You broke another mirror
You're turning into something you are not

Don't leave me high
Don't leave me dry
Don't leave me high
Don't leave me dry

Drying up in conversation
You will be the one who cannot talk
All your insides fall to pieces
You just sit there wishing you could still make love

They're the ones who'll hate you
When you think you've got the world all sussed out
They're the ones who'll spit at you
You will be the one screaming out

Don't leave me high
Don't leave me dry
Don't leave me high
Don't leave me dry

Oh, it's the best thing that you've ever had
The best thing that you've ever, ever had
It's the best thing that you've ever had
The best thing you have had is gone away

So don't leave me high
Don't leave me dry
Don't leave me high
Don't leave me dry
Don't leave me high
Don't leave me high
Don't leave me dry


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High and Dry Lyrics as written by Edward John O'brien Colin Charles Greenwood

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    this song always makes me cry a little because it personally speaks to me about a relationship i'm in right now. i like the boy immensely, but a lot of things (namely culture, people's opinions etc.) get in the way of letting us express our affection completely and wholeheartedly. i'm constantly conflicted with how to deal with my feelings for him, over the feelings i may invoke in others by being in a relationship with him. a lot of the times, i want to choose the latter rather than the obvious former. the kind of emotions that probably run through my boyfriends mind are feelings of being left high and dry all the time. i constantly want to make everyone happy; including him, but not pertaining to just him. sometimes his feelings have to be compromised for everyone elses. i hate how i have to make a choice like that... and thom yorke's painfully soothing singing in this song pretty much sums up my feelings (of wanting to please everyone but myself, ultimately) and the feelings that run through his mind.

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