Staircase Lyrics

Lyric discussion by lululee 

Cover art for Staircase lyrics by Radiohead

I think the song is about celebrity and the addictive quality of it 'magnetic pull of staircase' - he wants to go back to the old life but he can't and there may be memories of someone that he associates with the old life that he yearns for The chopper is a symbol of wealth, not everyone can have a chopper he wants to send it in and get someone from the past who he loves or cares about his pot of full of experience, of life and of memories and secrets that celebrity does not own only he owns the pot of his own secrets and he can control almost everything in his life due to his celebrity but he can't control the other person who won't let him take her into his orbit but he wants to the song is deep about his current stage of life middle age he is remembering something precious of the past and that is why the song is really beautiful and a bit melancholy the high sounds at the end is the conclusion of the yearnings he cannot reach or have

My Interpretation