Dreamers
[Checked out from reality. Crazy people]
They never learn
[They cannot progress]
They never learn
[New information is irrelevant because they never learn]
Beyond, beyond the point
Of no return
Of no return
[The tether's been cut. It's impossible for "them" to come back]
And it's too late
[A time where anything could have been done has long passed]
The damage is done
The damage is done
[Whether physical or emotional, we'll never know. But there's irreversible damage]
This goes
Beyond me
[The condition is beyond the speaker's professional ability]
Beyond you
[It's also beyond the listeners ability. By now we're getting the feeling of a professional trying to explain this to the listener to make the listener understand]
The white room
[You recognize this room]
By a window
Where the sun comes
Through
[This might your favorite spot. The orderlies are showing you to where you belong]
We are
[The staff]
Just happy to serve
Just happy to serve
You
[Ah. It's finally revealed. You were the dreamer all along]
I get the feeling that the staff has explained this to The Listener hundreds of times. Somewhat willing The Listener to understand. But the listener never learns. Dreamers don't know they are dreamers. And in the end, it's always back to the white room and the window.
It's better that way. The dreams serve The Listener just like the staff. They offer the listener comfort in a world that has somehow broken The Listener...
There are many ways to interpret this. It's Yorke the staff and are we the dreamers? Does this song serve it's broken audience?
Are we enjoying our window where the sun comes through?
There are lots of ways to digest this intellectually...
Do we need to talk about some of the insane interpretations on this site? What lunatic thought this was about global warming? Do they belong in a white room by a window? It's debatable...
I don't want to be a jerk. Anybody is free to interpret things however they'd like. But I will say, this is one of the simpler Radiohead songs to understand. How can people get it so wrong?
I hate to say that because it makes me sound arrogant. But have you read some of the drivel these people wrote about this? Oh My God!
I can't help wondering what Yorke must think about some of these ridiculous interpretations. Is he laughing? I bet he is.
@atomic1067 No matter how I interpret this. When I go beyond the song itself, I can't help but feel that Yorke is calling the listeners Dreamers. The only mention of "We" in the song could also refer to Radiohead "serving" the listeners.
@atomic1067 No matter how I interpret this. When I go beyond the song itself, I can't help but feel that Yorke is calling the listeners Dreamers. The only mention of "We" in the song could also refer to Radiohead "serving" the listeners.
Like many Radiohead songs, there is room for multiple layers of meaning.
Like many Radiohead songs, there is room for multiple layers of meaning.
I'm inclined to agree with Yorke that the listeners are dreamers. We've come to Radiohead to dream. And Radiohead is there to serve.
I'm inclined to agree with Yorke that the listeners are dreamers. We've come to Radiohead to dream. And Radiohead is there to serve.
I can imagine the fans coming to Yorke with their insane interpretations of his songs, and he just smiles...
I can imagine the fans coming to Yorke with their insane interpretations of his songs, and he just smiles and says thanks to his fans, who never learn.
@atomic1067 Maybe he is, maybe he\'s not, because after all, he\'s dreamer himself too. You\'re not arrogant, it\'s just egocentricity, like other people. The song can be interpreted in many ways. He reaches to the point that makes us discuss this, because this simplicity is complicated to us.
@atomic1067 Maybe he is, maybe he\'s not, because after all, he\'s dreamer himself too. You\'re not arrogant, it\'s just egocentricity, like other people. The song can be interpreted in many ways. He reaches to the point that makes us discuss this, because this simplicity is complicated to us.
Dreamers [Checked out from reality. Crazy people] They never learn [They cannot progress] They never learn [New information is irrelevant because they never learn]
Beyond, beyond the point Of no return Of no return [The tether's been cut. It's impossible for "them" to come back]
And it's too late [A time where anything could have been done has long passed] The damage is done The damage is done [Whether physical or emotional, we'll never know. But there's irreversible damage]
This goes Beyond me [The condition is beyond the speaker's professional ability] Beyond you [It's also beyond the listeners ability. By now we're getting the feeling of a professional trying to explain this to the listener to make the listener understand]
The white room [You recognize this room] By a window Where the sun comes Through [This might your favorite spot. The orderlies are showing you to where you belong]
We are [The staff] Just happy to serve Just happy to serve You [Ah. It's finally revealed. You were the dreamer all along]
I get the feeling that the staff has explained this to The Listener hundreds of times. Somewhat willing The Listener to understand. But the listener never learns. Dreamers don't know they are dreamers. And in the end, it's always back to the white room and the window.
It's better that way. The dreams serve The Listener just like the staff. They offer the listener comfort in a world that has somehow broken The Listener...
There are many ways to interpret this. It's Yorke the staff and are we the dreamers? Does this song serve it's broken audience?
Are we enjoying our window where the sun comes through?
There are lots of ways to digest this intellectually...
Do we need to talk about some of the insane interpretations on this site? What lunatic thought this was about global warming? Do they belong in a white room by a window? It's debatable...
I don't want to be a jerk. Anybody is free to interpret things however they'd like. But I will say, this is one of the simpler Radiohead songs to understand. How can people get it so wrong?
I hate to say that because it makes me sound arrogant. But have you read some of the drivel these people wrote about this? Oh My God!
I can't help wondering what Yorke must think about some of these ridiculous interpretations. Is he laughing? I bet he is.
@atomic1067 No matter how I interpret this. When I go beyond the song itself, I can't help but feel that Yorke is calling the listeners Dreamers. The only mention of "We" in the song could also refer to Radiohead "serving" the listeners.
@atomic1067 No matter how I interpret this. When I go beyond the song itself, I can't help but feel that Yorke is calling the listeners Dreamers. The only mention of "We" in the song could also refer to Radiohead "serving" the listeners.
Like many Radiohead songs, there is room for multiple layers of meaning.
Like many Radiohead songs, there is room for multiple layers of meaning.
I'm inclined to agree with Yorke that the listeners are dreamers. We've come to Radiohead to dream. And Radiohead is there to serve.
I'm inclined to agree with Yorke that the listeners are dreamers. We've come to Radiohead to dream. And Radiohead is there to serve.
I can imagine the fans coming to Yorke with their insane interpretations of his songs, and he just smiles...
I can imagine the fans coming to Yorke with their insane interpretations of his songs, and he just smiles and says thanks to his fans, who never learn.
@atomic1067 Maybe he is, maybe he\'s not, because after all, he\'s dreamer himself too. You\'re not arrogant, it\'s just egocentricity, like other people. The song can be interpreted in many ways. He reaches to the point that makes us discuss this, because this simplicity is complicated to us.
@atomic1067 Maybe he is, maybe he\'s not, because after all, he\'s dreamer himself too. You\'re not arrogant, it\'s just egocentricity, like other people. The song can be interpreted in many ways. He reaches to the point that makes us discuss this, because this simplicity is complicated to us.