It's interesting, in the context of Amniesiac, it appears to be about divorce, but in context of Kid A, it's quite different.
(Speaking of Kid A) Morning Bell represents (to me) the aftermath of the catastrophe of Idioteque. We cannot wallow in despair, and have to face up to the monotomous pain of living ("walking, walking, walking"). Maybe it's a kind of divorce, a detachment from reality and a full life, simply staying alive out of habit, like a zombie.
Another interesting slant on this is a quote from Thom:
"It's very, very violent. Extremely violent. The really weird thing about that was I wrote the song with all the words pretty much straight away, which is basically the only one I did that with. I recorded it onto MiniDisc and then there was a lightning storm, and it wiped the MiniDisc and I lost the song. I completely forgot it. Then five months later, I was on a plane, knackered for 24 hours, I was just falling asleep, and I remembered it. It was really weird, I never had that before. It's gone in and took a long time to come out again. The lyrics are really... they're not as dramatic as they sound, you know? Except "Cut the kids in half", which is dramatic no matter which way you read it".
The fact he describes it as "violent" suggests against the idea of divorce.
@whapcapn divorce is existentially violent, though, if not physically; it tears people apart. Of course, Radiohead's lyrics (especially Yorke's, I think) are more abstract than concrete, so the idea that it's about a divorce from reality and/or self is spot on. Plus, in some Q&A, when asked directly if the song is about divorce, Yorke's answer was "no, not really..." and he went on to describe how the house he bought between OK Computer and Amnesiac was haunted, and that fated MiniDisc was filled with various ideas, ramblings, and such inspired by that.
@whapcapn divorce is existentially violent, though, if not physically; it tears people apart. Of course, Radiohead's lyrics (especially Yorke's, I think) are more abstract than concrete, so the idea that it's about a divorce from reality and/or self is spot on. Plus, in some Q&A, when asked directly if the song is about divorce, Yorke's answer was "no, not really..." and he went on to describe how the house he bought between OK Computer and Amnesiac was haunted, and that fated MiniDisc was filled with various ideas, ramblings, and such inspired by that.
It's interesting, in the context of Amniesiac, it appears to be about divorce, but in context of Kid A, it's quite different. (Speaking of Kid A) Morning Bell represents (to me) the aftermath of the catastrophe of Idioteque. We cannot wallow in despair, and have to face up to the monotomous pain of living ("walking, walking, walking"). Maybe it's a kind of divorce, a detachment from reality and a full life, simply staying alive out of habit, like a zombie. Another interesting slant on this is a quote from Thom: "It's very, very violent. Extremely violent. The really weird thing about that was I wrote the song with all the words pretty much straight away, which is basically the only one I did that with. I recorded it onto MiniDisc and then there was a lightning storm, and it wiped the MiniDisc and I lost the song. I completely forgot it. Then five months later, I was on a plane, knackered for 24 hours, I was just falling asleep, and I remembered it. It was really weird, I never had that before. It's gone in and took a long time to come out again. The lyrics are really... they're not as dramatic as they sound, you know? Except "Cut the kids in half", which is dramatic no matter which way you read it". The fact he describes it as "violent" suggests against the idea of divorce.
@whapcapn divorce is existentially violent, though, if not physically; it tears people apart. Of course, Radiohead's lyrics (especially Yorke's, I think) are more abstract than concrete, so the idea that it's about a divorce from reality and/or self is spot on. Plus, in some Q&A, when asked directly if the song is about divorce, Yorke's answer was "no, not really..." and he went on to describe how the house he bought between OK Computer and Amnesiac was haunted, and that fated MiniDisc was filled with various ideas, ramblings, and such inspired by that.
@whapcapn divorce is existentially violent, though, if not physically; it tears people apart. Of course, Radiohead's lyrics (especially Yorke's, I think) are more abstract than concrete, so the idea that it's about a divorce from reality and/or self is spot on. Plus, in some Q&A, when asked directly if the song is about divorce, Yorke's answer was "no, not really..." and he went on to describe how the house he bought between OK Computer and Amnesiac was haunted, and that fated MiniDisc was filled with various ideas, ramblings, and such inspired by that.