Skip Divided Lyrics

Lyric discussion by forthelove 

Cover art for Skip Divided lyrics by Thom Yorke

I think eatenbyworms has a good idea of the song. It seems maybe like the song is about an online relationship...which would explain the vaguely electronic feel to the ambience. Two people are in love in cyberspace and then when they are to meet in real life, the anxiety they feel is detailed by this song.

"i got a number and location" (ip address, a representation of the safe disconnect the internet provides) "i only got my name, i only got my situation" (the other person can't know anything about you but what you let them know)

Thinking about it this way, the first verse (and maybe most of the other lyrics) suggest the singer has given up prematurely on the relationship out of fear of this meeting and curses his stupidity: "enveloped in a sad distraction", "i thought there was this big connection". But then near the end he says, "don't look into your eyes cause i'm desperately in love", so the singer may be trapped in some sort of anguish saying "should I or shouldn't I"

just my disjointed thoughts