I Promise Lyrics

Lyric discussion by 22Pinkflamingo 

Cover art for I Promise lyrics by Radiohead

This song is about a protagonist ie: its you and me who is examining our own conscience and realising that we sometimes run away, avoid and distract themselves from what really matters. What really matters is the relationships we have not only with other people but with ourselves and beyond that the world around us. Its beautiful and an acknowledgment that we reinvent ourselves through mindfulness.

My Interpretation

@22Pinkflamingo this lads spot on- Thom Y

@22Pinkflamingo I believe something similar. I feel that many times we appeal to dissociation ("run away") because it is a resource that allows us to cope with the something that is difficult to face (when the ship is wrecked). In fact, Thom writes How to disappear completely after a moment of need to "not be here."

But sometimes we abuse with the resourse of dissociation so much that we disinhabit ourselves, our emotions, our body (we are a head that wanders around, like in the song video) and our bonds. And this can lead us to...

@22Pinkflamingo I believe something similar. I feel that many times we appeal to dissociation ("run away") because it is a resource that allows us to cope with the something that is difficult to face (when the ship is wrecked). In fact, Thom writes How to disappear completely after a moment of need to "not be here."

But sometimes we abuse with the resourse of dissociation so much that we disinhabit ourselves, our emotions, our body (we are a head that wanders around, like in the song video) and our bonds. And this can lead us to...