I think this song can be taken as many different contexts. Such as much of Radiohead's lyrics are flexible, which makes them so unique. Personally, I sense the meaning of this song as a bitter confrontation with a depressive state of mind. "There are better things to talk about, be constructive with your blues." To me this serves as a reality check for a ruminating, depressed mindset that gets someone nowhere. Being constructive with your blues, in my view, relates to the troubling truth that often times we know what we want, what would make us happier, so if only we could be constructive with our "blues" and get the hell out of this hole by taking action towards our respective directives.
"Why don't you quiet down?" Rumination that drives us further down; we want these thoughts to stop, but the more we fight them the more we want them to "quiet down", as this question is repeated several times.
"He never goes and he never stays." The warnings never leave, and when they just so happen to, it never stays that way. Back to square one.
"All over the planet's dead, All over the planet so let me out of here." Nothing we encounter in the outside world can truly assuage the pains that leave us back-drifting. Pleasure is temporary, never long lasting - everything lies to you, even though it doesn't.
I think this song can be taken as many different contexts. Such as much of Radiohead's lyrics are flexible, which makes them so unique. Personally, I sense the meaning of this song as a bitter confrontation with a depressive state of mind. "There are better things to talk about, be constructive with your blues." To me this serves as a reality check for a ruminating, depressed mindset that gets someone nowhere. Being constructive with your blues, in my view, relates to the troubling truth that often times we know what we want, what would make us happier, so if only we could be constructive with our "blues" and get the hell out of this hole by taking action towards our respective directives.
"Why don't you quiet down?" Rumination that drives us further down; we want these thoughts to stop, but the more we fight them the more we want them to "quiet down", as this question is repeated several times.
"He never goes and he never stays." The warnings never leave, and when they just so happen to, it never stays that way. Back to square one.
"All over the planet's dead, All over the planet so let me out of here." Nothing we encounter in the outside world can truly assuage the pains that leave us back-drifting. Pleasure is temporary, never long lasting - everything lies to you, even though it doesn't.
Just my thoughts...