A Rat's Nest Lyrics

Lyric discussion by pirate pete 

Cover art for A Rat's Nest lyrics by Thom Yorke

pretty sure this is about big brother/totaliterianism guys

and no, i am not talking about the thing you watch on channel four

think about it, 'clicks on the phone' - a phone tap

thom is saying that he 'cannot help you', we are already too deep into the big brother state in the west that there is no real help for us (look at the patriot act in america, the fact the UK is the most CCTV watched country in the world)

the rats nest he talks about is possibly the central hub of the totaliterianism...for example, CIA/MI5/governments watching over the population from an ivory tower/rats nest (look at platos ship for where thom got the inspiration for the society as a ship)

the chewing at wires...possibly the wires and connections between citizens in society/the health of society...with the obvious stereotype of the rat chewing at the wire and recieving an electric shock (the shock being the society fighting back at big brother)

deny all knowledge...knowledge of a totaliterian take over

paragraph 5, subsection B, committee is content, content....decisions made in dark, smokey rooms that fundamentally challenge basic rights (patriot act destroys...in some subsections....much of the US constitution)