England is waiting for someone to save her.
In Fact, the person Thom speaks for might not just refer to England. He could be speaking out of the words of ANY oppressed country, one certainly more oppressed than england. For instance Tibet or Haiti.
2) He could be refering to someone as an individual in a less geographical and political sense, but in terms of friendship. He feels he cannot tell who his real freinds are because they all hurt each other and betray each other. It brings down not only him, but his relationship. "Brought in the CIA..." could mean that his friend start rumours and tell secrets and talk behind his back.
... "And that's all I have to say about that."
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The Bends Meanings & Lyrics Discussion by Flextone Zero | SongMeanings
England is waiting for someone to save her.
In Fact, the person Thom speaks for might not just refer to England. He could be speaking out of the words of ANY oppressed country, one certainly more oppressed than england. For instance Tibet or Haiti.
2) He could be refering to someone as an individual in a less geographical and political sense, but in terms of friendship. He feels he cannot tell who his real freinds are because they all hurt each other and betray each other. It brings down not only him, but his relationship. "Brought in the CIA..." could mean that his friend start rumours and tell secrets and talk behind his back.
... "And that's all I have to say about that."
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Alright, first thing's first, I'm not going to say "THIS SONG IS AWESOME" cus obviously thats what I think. After all, im posting. I hate looking on this site to find a song that has 28 posts that say "THIS SONG KICKS ASS" and never explain the song. There's my two cents on that. So here's the tax:
This song, unlike many other Radiohead songs, is fairly easy to interpret. Also, like their other songs, there are several ways to interpret the song.
This song can be about...
1) The World and other nation's Governments. Thom is speaking from a common-person's POV. This person believes that all nations have "the bends" and they don't help him when he needs it the most (welfare, healthcare, immagration, etc.) "My Baby" refers to England, and how it is being sorta mistreated by other nations, and its own govt. mistreats itself. "Where are all my friends, have they all go the bends?" refers to other nations and how they abandon each other, and thus giving themselves the bends, or suffering. "my girlfriend is waiting for something to happen" -> England is waiting for someone to save her.
In Fact, the person Thom speaks for might not just refer to England. He could be speaking out of the words of ANY oppressed country, one certainly more oppressed than england. For instance Tibet or Haiti.
2) He could be refering to someone as an individual in a less geographical and political sense, but in terms of friendship. He feels he cannot tell who his real freinds are because they all hurt each other and betray each other. It brings down not only him, but his relationship. "Brought in the CIA..." could mean that his friend start rumours and tell secrets and talk behind his back.
Well, the bends is an actual scuba diving hazard in which the compressed nitrogen in your blood turns into a gas if you surface too quickly. In light of that, I'd say he probably means his friends are too submerged and distant for him to relate to them.
Well, the bends is an actual scuba diving hazard in which the compressed nitrogen in your blood turns into a gas if you surface too quickly. In light of that, I'd say he probably means his friends are too submerged and distant for him to relate to them.
Alright, first thing's first, I'm not going to say "THIS SONG IS AWESOME" cus obviously thats what I think. After all, im posting. I hate looking on this site to find a song that has 28 posts that say "THIS SONG KICKS ASS" and never explain the song. There's my two cents on that. So here's the tax:
This song, unlike many other Radiohead songs, is fairly easy to interpret. Also, like their other songs, there are several ways to interpret the song. This song can be about... 1) The World and other nation's Governments. Thom is speaking from a common-person's POV. This person believes that all nations have "the bends" and they don't help him when he needs it the most (welfare, healthcare, immagration, etc.) "My Baby" refers to England, and how it is being sorta mistreated by other nations, and its own govt. mistreats itself. "Where are all my friends, have they all go the bends?" refers to other nations and how they abandon each other, and thus giving themselves the bends, or suffering. "my girlfriend is waiting for something to happen" -> England is waiting for someone to save her. In Fact, the person Thom speaks for might not just refer to England. He could be speaking out of the words of ANY oppressed country, one certainly more oppressed than england. For instance Tibet or Haiti.
2) He could be refering to someone as an individual in a less geographical and political sense, but in terms of friendship. He feels he cannot tell who his real freinds are because they all hurt each other and betray each other. It brings down not only him, but his relationship. "Brought in the CIA..." could mean that his friend start rumours and tell secrets and talk behind his back.
... "And that's all I have to say about that."
Well, the bends is an actual scuba diving hazard in which the compressed nitrogen in your blood turns into a gas if you surface too quickly. In light of that, I'd say he probably means his friends are too submerged and distant for him to relate to them.
Well, the bends is an actual scuba diving hazard in which the compressed nitrogen in your blood turns into a gas if you surface too quickly. In light of that, I'd say he probably means his friends are too submerged and distant for him to relate to them.
@Flextone Zero I never thought that his baby was anything beyond his girlfriend, that's an incredible thought.
@Flextone Zero I never thought that his baby was anything beyond his girlfriend, that's an incredible thought.