Lyrics for 2 + 2 = 5 (The Lukewarm.) as interpreted by SyntaxLies

2 + 2 = 5 (The Lukewarm.) Lyrics
Are you such a dreamer
To put the world to rights?
I stay home forever
Where two and two always makes a five

I'll lay down the tracks
Sandbag and hide
January has April's showers
And two and two always makes a five

It's the devil's way now
There is no way out
You can scream and you can shout
It is too late now

Because
You have not been
Paying attention
Paying attention
Paying attention
Paying attention
Yeah, I'm not feeling it
Paying attention
Paying attention
Paying attention
Paying attention
Yeah, I need it
I needed attention
I needed attention
I needed attention
I needed attention
Yeah, I love it, the attention
Paying attention
Paying attention
Paying attention

I try to sing along
I get it all wrong
Because I知 not
Because I知 not
I swat them like flies
But like flies the buggers
Keep coming back
But I知 not

Oh, hail to the thief
Oh, hail to the thief
But I'm not
But I'm not
But I'm not
But I'm not
Don't question my authority or put me in the dock
Because I'm not
Because I'm not
Oh, go and tell the king that the sky is falling in
But it's not
But it's not
But it's not
Maybe not
Maybe not

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kid A
03-08-2003

Rated +2 
I think this is off the fourth comming album, it may also be a possible title for the new album I'm yet to hear this song but I hope its going to be a good one.

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kid A
03-17-2003

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yup the title for the new album is said to be either this or "are you listening"

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Lobster
03-24-2003

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Nope, both wrong. The new album was announced that it would be named 'Hail to the Thief'

More info on this page:
http://www.greenplastic.com/news/archives/00000389.htm

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sean7711
03-30-2003

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i just downloaded this from that leaked site. it is so bad ass. i actually just laughed b/c it was so good.

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euphoria00
03-30-2003

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i dled it too. haha, this song is so fabulous. gah I LOVE it. Hail to the Thief will be great. it's funny cause at the 2:25 mark of this song it gets so awesome.

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reav
04-05-2003

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2:25? :> what a coincidence =)
great song tho, there's even a guitar solo kinda thing in it :)
i love it

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killcorazon
04-05-2003

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DAMMIT!

i thought i was the first person to discover the 2:25 thing in it.

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Jabbatron
04-07-2003

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it sounds like something off the bends

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Jonnymacd
04-08-2003

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I have the full new album 192 kb/s.

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Jonnymacd
04-08-2003

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I have the full new album 192 kb/s.

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kida0002
04-09-2003

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i dont know why but this reminds me of the flaming lips in the beginning...
great song

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Unarmed
04-09-2003

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When he starts yelling "pay attention..." Man, this song rules.

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letmebe
04-17-2003

Rated -1 
First of all, what does this song mean?

I believe he's referring to synergy. Using the expression 2+2= 5 is a very common way to express synergy, a delighful and very cool thing to have. Other cool things is when its warm in January to have April showers and when everything is right. In his world everything is synergetstic. The rest, 'I'm gonna own you', is typical Radiohead dribble- sounds cool

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ReActor
04-18-2003

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Is 2+2=5 really a common expression of synergy? I've never heard that, and it doesn't sound right at all. To me, 2+2=5 suggests confusion and error.as if the world is "out of frame", as Claudius would say.

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letmebe
04-19-2003

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2+2 is a verry common definity of synergy:

"The whole is worth more than the sum of the parts, ie 2+2= 5"

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ReActor
04-19-2003

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Oh right, I get it now.

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ToxicFool
04-19-2003

Rated +1 
In the novel 1984 the government controls all media and the expression 2+2=5 is propraganda by the government. The main character in the book clearly knows this is wrong and wishes to rebel against the government. I don't know if this relates to the book.. oh well.

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ReActor
04-20-2003

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By the way, the lyrics to this song appear to have changed completely halfway through. In the version I have, Thom actually sings "Hail to the thief, hail to the thief" at one point.

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damagedyouth
04-21-2003

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Fractals my freinds, thats all i have to say, fractals, four points at the ends, and one eye in the middle

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Homesar57
04-25-2003

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ive got the same version as ReActor, i think the submitted lyrics at the top are wrong, or they have a few versions

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Steppenwolf
04-29-2003

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the third part of this song doesn't match the lyrics listed.....

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polkadotrock
04-30-2003

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i thought 2 + 2 = 5 was a hint at the book 1984.

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obiwanmp
05-04-2003

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Thom Yorke is very anti-Bush... given the title of the cd, I think maybe 2+2=5 is a reference to the voting count mishaps in florida during Bush's election?

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procrastinatingbum
05-05-2003

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Yep, at 1:53, this song gets really tight. It sounds to me like what a nervous break down would feel like. Seems like Thom is associating the doublespeak to his girlfriend - the stuff about "I'll stay home forever/
Where two and two always make five."

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ledzeprul
05-06-2003

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2+2=5 especially, and all the other sort of doublethink at the beginning, alludes to orwell's 1984, in my opinion. I can't really tell what it is he's repeating over and over, it sounds like he's saying "Cuz i'm mad" or "Cuz i'm not". Either way, i agree "hail to the thief" is probably a stab at Bush in particular, and anyone who takes power illegally in general. Lines like "don't question my authority or put me in the box cause i'm (mad/not)" and "going to the king cause the sky is falling down but it's not" seem to reinforce an overall theme about who holds power and consequently who gets to decide what is sane and what is not, much like in orwell's 1984. Thom doesn't seem to trust our elected officials a bit.

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