Sit Down. Stand Up. (Snakes & Ladders.) Lyrics

Lyric discussion by SnapHappyActivist 

Cover art for Sit Down. Stand Up. (Snakes & Ladders.) lyrics by Radiohead

this song seems to be structured like a war that sprung from political manipulation and the act of exercising power.

'Sit down, stand up...' could be a reference to the inconsistencies of a regime (esp. the Nazi's, who were renowned for changing their policies to suit the requirements of the masses). triggering pretentious peace keeping states to interfere, which they shud rightly, i suppose.

'walk into the jaws of hell...' is pretty obvious if you take the war perspective. it's like invasion of a hell that you are goin to liberate (very Bush, if he can spell it) or going into a culture you dont understand and make hell for it (again, ironically, very bush and blair, or beavis and butt-head, as they should be known).

'We can anytime....We can wipe you out...' i'm not going to insult your intelligence any further.

'The rain drops...' could be about the rain washing away the blood, the mud, the conflict...the mistakes (?) or.......... it could be about the return of a regime from obscurity or hiding, or maybe about terrorism. you know? you can create hell for these people, but the rain is still gunna drop on you. your like putting yourself in the position for a soaking.

but for some reason, the song creates an image in my head (like any radiohead song) of it raining up until the crazy part (which fucking rocks) and it stops suddenly as it breaks into the electronic orgasm it seems to be having.

over analyze, but cool! we can analyze the lyrics whatever we want, as creative as we can be =D