Radiohead
OK Computer (1997)
Airbag
In the next world war
in a jack knifed juggernaut
I am born again
In the neon sign scrolling up and down
I am born again
In an interstellar burst I am back to save the universe
In a deep deep sleep of the innocent I am born again
In a fast german car I'm amazed that I survived
An airbag saved my life
In an interstellar burst I am back to save the universe
In an interstellar burst I am back to save the universe
Radiohead
OK Computer (1997)
Paranoid Android
Please could you stop the noise I'm trying to get some rest?
From all the unborn chicken voices in my head
What's that, what's that
When I am king you will be first against the wall
With your opinion which is of no consequence at all
What's that, what's that
Ambition makes you look pretty ugly
Kicking squealing gucci little piggy
You don't remember, you don't remember, why don't you remember my name
Off with his head man, off with his head man
Why don't you remember my name?-- I guess he does
Rain down, rain down, come on rain down on me
From a great height, from a great height, height
Rain down, rain down, come on rain down on me
From a great height, from a great height, height
(repeats 3rd time, underneath vocals are:)
That's it sir, you're leaving,
the crackle of pig skin,
the dust and the screaming
The yuppies networking
the panic, the vomit,
the panic, the vomit
God loves his children,
God loves his children, yeah
Radiohead
OK Computer (1997)
Subterranean Homesick Alien
The breath of the morning I keep forgetting the smell of the warm summer air
I live in a town where you can't smell a thing
You watch your feet for cracks in the pavement
Up above aliens hover making home movies for the folks back home
Of all these weird creatures who lock up their spirits
Drill holes in themselves and live for their secrets
They're all uptight, uptight, uptight, uptight
I wish that they'd swoop down in the country lane late at night when I'm driving
Take me onboard their beautiful ship show me the weird world as I'd love to see it
I'd tell all my friends but they'd never believe me
They'd think that I'd finally lost it completely
I'd show them the stars and the meaning of life they'd shut me away
But I'll be all right, all right
I'm all right, all right
I'm just uptight, uptight, uptight, uptight
Radiohead
OK Computer (1997)
Exit Music (For A Film)
Wake from your sleep
The drying of your tears, today we escape, we escape
Pack and get dressed, before your father hears us, before, all hell breaks loose
Breathe, keep breathing, don't lose your nerve, breathe, keep breathing
I can't do this alone
Sing us a song, a song to keep us warm, there's such a chill, such a chill
You can laugh a spineless laugh
We hope your rules and wisdom choke you now we are one in everlasting peace
We hope that you choke, that you choke
We hope that you choke, that you choke
We hope that you choke, that you choke
Radiohead
OK Computer (1997)
Let Down
Transport, motorways and tram lines
Starting and then stopping, taking off and landing
The emptiest of feelings disappointed people clinging onto bottles and
When it comes its so so disappointing
Let down and hanging around
Crushed like a bug in the ground
Let down and hanging around
Shell smashed, juices flowing wings twitch, legs are going
Don't get sentimental, it always ends up drivel
One day I'm going to grow wings
A chemical reaction, hysterical and useless hysterical and
Let down and hanging around
Crushed like a bug in the ground
Let down and hanging around let down again
You know, you know where you are with you, know where you are
With floor collapses floating, bouncing back and one day
I am gonna grow wings
A chemical reaction, hysterical and useless hysterical and
Let down and hanging around
Crushed like a bug in the ground
Let down and hanging around
Radiohead
OK Computer (1997)
Karma Police
Karma Police, arrest this man, he talks in maths
He buzzes like a fridge, he's like a detuned radio
Karma Police, arrest this girl, her hitler hairdo, is making me feel ill
And we have crashed her party
This is what you get, this is what you get
This is what you get, when you mess with us
Karma Police, I've given all I can, it's not enough
I've given all I can, but we're still on the payroll
This is what you get, this is what you get
This is what you get, when you mess with us
And for a minute there, I lost myself, I lost myself
And for a minute there, I lost myself, I lost myself
For a minute there, I lost myself, I lost myself
Radiohead
OK Computer (1997)
Fitter Happier
Fitter, happier, more productive, comfortable, not drinking too much
Regular exercise at the gym, 3 days a week
Getting on better with your associate employee contemporaries at ease
Eating well, no more microwave dinners and saturated fats
A patient better driver, a safer car, baby smiling in back seat
Sleeping well, no bad dreams, no paranoia
Careful to all animals, never washing spiders down the plughole
Keep in contact with old friends, enjoy a drink now and then
Will frequently check credit at moral bank, hole in wall
Favors for favors, fond but not in love
Charity standing orders on sundays ring road supermarket
No killing moths or putting boiling water on the ants
Car wash, also on sundays, no longer afraid of the dark or midday shadows
Nothing so ridiculously teenage and desperate nothing so childish
At a better pace, slower and more calculated, no chance of escape
Now self-employed, concerned, but powerless
An empowered and informed member of society, pragmatism not idealism
Will not cry in public, less chance of illness, tires that grip in the wet
Shot of baby strapped in back seat, a good memory still cries at a good film
Still kisses with saliva, no longer empty and frantic like a cat tied to a stick
That's driven into frozen winter shit, the ability to laugh at weakness
Calm fitter, healthier and more productive a pig in a cage on antibiotics
Radiohead
OK Computer (1997)
Electioneering
I will stop, I will stop at nothing
Say the right things, when electioneering I trust I can rely on your vote
When I go forwards, you go backwards, somewhere we will meet
When I go forwards, you go backwards, and somewhere we will meet
Riot shields, voodoo economics, it's, it's just business
Cattle prods and the IMF, I trust I can rely on your vote.
When I go forwards, you go backwards, somewhere we will meet
When I go forwards, you go backwards, somewhere we will meet
Radiohead
OK Computer (1997)
Climbing up the Walls
I am the key to the lock in your house, that keeps your toys in the basement
And if you get too far inside, you'll only see my reflection
It's always best when the light is off, I am the pick in the ice
Do not cry out or hit the alarm, we're friends till we die
And either way you turn, I'll be there, open up your skull
I'll be there, climbing up the walls
It's always best when the light is off, it's always better on the outside
Fifteen blows to the back of my head, fifteen blows to your mind
So tuck the kids in safe tonight, shut the eyes in the cupboard
So not cry out or hit the alarm, you'll get the loneliest feeling
That either way you turn, I'll be there, open up your skull
I'll be there, climbing up the walls
Climb up the walls. climb up the walls
Radiohead
OK Computer (1997)
No Surprises
A heart that's full up like a landfill,
a job that slowly kills you,
bruises that won't heal
You were so tired, happy,
bring down the government,
they don't, they don't speak for her
I'll take the quiet life, a handshake of carbon monoxide
No alarms and no surprises, no alarms and no surprises
No alarms and no surprises
Silent, silent
This is my final fit, my final bellyache with
No alarms and no surprises, no alarms and no surprises
No alarms and no surprises, please
Such a pretty house, such a pretty garden
No alarms and no surprises, no alarms and no surprises
No alarms and no surprises, please
Radiohead
OK Computer (1997)
Lucky
I'm on a roll, I'm on a roll, this time, I feel my luck could change
Kill me Sarah, kill me again with love, it's gonna be a glorious day
Pull me out of the aircrash, pull me out of the wreck, cause I'm your superhero
We are standing on the edge
The head of state is calling my name but I, I don't have time for you
It's gonna be a glorius day, I feel my luck could change
Pull me out of the aircrash, pull me out of the wreck, cause I'm your superhero
We are standing on the edge, we are standing on the edge
We are standing on the edge
Radiohead
OK Computer (1997)
The Tourist
It barks at no-one else but me like it's seen a ghost
I guess it seen the sparks, a flowing no one else would know
Hey man slow down, slow down, idiot slow down, slow down
Sometimes I get overcharged that's when you see sparks
You ask me where the hell I'm going at thousand feet per second?
Hey man, slow down, slow down, idiot slow down, slow down
Hey man, slow down, slow down, idiot slow down, slow down
