Lyrics for Backdrifts. (Honeymoon Is Over.) as interpreted by ruben

Backdrifts. (Honeymoon Is Over.) Lyrics
We're rotten fruit
We're damaged goods
What the hell, we've got nothing more to lose
One burst and we will probably crumble
We’re backdrifting
This far but no further
I'm hanging off a branch
I'm teetering on a breaker
Honey sweets, so fall asleep
I'm backsliding

You fell into our arms
You fell into our arms
We tried but there was nothing we could do
Nothing we could do
All evidence has been buried
All tapes have been erased
But your footsteps give you away
So you're backtracking

Uh, uh, uh, you fell into our arms
You fell into our arms
We tried but there was nothing we could do
Nothing we could do
You fell into our
You fell into a

We're rotten fruit
We're damaged goods
What the hell, we've got nothing more to lose
One burst and we will probably crumble
We're backdrifters

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SelfPityMeSoPitiful
06-12-2003

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this song is amazing....this band is a one and only.
"what the hell, we've got nothing more to lose"
trippy song too....
depressing song....very much so.

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ReActor
06-13-2003

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I love the tone of this one. Soft and dark. The melody Thom sings is beautiful. I don't get the words at all. I think sometimes Thom should try and be more subtle with the "depressing" images, and less subtle with the political ones.

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matrixmouse7
06-28-2003

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basically about regression (obviously) although the music seems to me a little upbeat compared to other tracks on hail to the thief... sort of like "i've hit rock bottom and i like it. come join me!"

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nobody
07-03-2003

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The bit that goes, 'hanging of a branch...' really reminds of this Jain proverb (which I can't find at all now on the net, it was in a book) about desire and so on, something like, a man is running from a beast and fianally finds a tree to escape into, and he is hanging from this branch, thorns in his hands, danger below, but in the tree is a bees nest and honey is dripping into his mouth and that is the only pleasure he has... but if he would just climb up into the tree he would have all the honey and be safe and happy. The tree being god. I tell it badly, anyway, thats what it reminds me of.

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nobody
07-03-2003

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This is what I mean

http://www.galileolibrary.com/history/history_020602/history_page_66.htm

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*FelipeVox*
07-06-2003

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This songs sounds like U2...
It rocks... For me it´s about a ephemeral relationship, as this music´s alternative title says (honeymoon is over)

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hobart
06-20-2004

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seems pretty straightforward.

Just saying how meaningless our individual lives have become in the grand scheme of things, with the patriot act and all. It seems to be about a fear of having your entire past and present erased from the face of the earth, almost to have never existed in the first place as in 1984.
Hey, the US government can imprison you indefinately without giving you access to a lawyer if they suspect you of "terrorism," it only seems like a matter of time...

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myfriendoak
06-21-2004

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When Hail came out, I seriously thought I was the only person who liked this song.

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juvenilecokefiend
09-24-2004

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no way, dude, this was the only tune that really stood out for me on it. kid a's still their best album.

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Eatcarpet
11-17-2004

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The world is regressing.

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panxman
12-20-2004

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the lines in the second werse are:
"All evidence has been buried
All tapes have been erased"

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Fake Addict
03-08-2005

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What the fuck is Thom angsts?

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xJGJx
03-24-2005

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You know what I hate? When pretentious bastards come on the site and leave their snotty little "Obviously" and "Duh" comments to make other people feel stupid or lesser than those who claim to "KNOW" what the song is about. To those people, sorry that the rest of us perceive things differently than you. Sorry that some of us like to think about things and, Godforbid, may see two sides of something. Sorry that not everthing is "straightforward" and one dimensional. Some people like to question lyrics or songs or whatever. Keep your arrogant comments to yourselves, because as far as I understood, only Thom knows the meaning/meanings of these songs because, get this, HE WROTE THEM. Or are you going to tell him the "obvious" meanings?

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Shneaks
07-16-2005

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i dont understand this song at all.....theres a wasp next to me, i want it to die now

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the_ts
10-02-2005

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or you could spare him and lead him to some rotten fruit maybe hell make you some honey

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algunmae
12-07-2005

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I think it's about politicians and how during their political campaign they sell a good image of themselves but once they gain power they break the promises they've made. I think Thom is saying that politicians are supposed to be there to serve people, that they are supposed to improve society but unfortunately they are corrupted (rotten fruit / damaged goods). The day they assume power is the day we fall into their arms, the day we finally realize who they really are (Honeymoon Is Over).

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jonbash
12-07-2005

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Basically about regression of society as a whole, imo. people are so fucking stupid. thats the jist of it.

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near fantastica
01-02-2006

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My interpretation: its about a girl who he feels is better than him and who he feels he doesnt deserve but he pursues a relationship anyways with. and he knows he doesnt deserve her and one gust and there RELATIONSHIP will crumble. also the whole thing about falling into our arms and trying to stop it and erasing footsteps is the girl lowering onto thoms level

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topaincayupanqui
01-17-2006

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one of a kind.... and nooooo way does it sound like u2!! does it? ... whatever.

this song really confused me... thats what i love about radiohead --- they take you to the somewhere that isn't really anywhere but ppl still love going there...! sounds like an LSD trip...ppphh

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Myxo
02-02-2006

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For me this song mean american people including me, we are damage goods, rotten fruits, maybe personal meaning cause here in my country we've got nothing more to lose
and maybe we can reach the honeys (money triumph) but like a 3d world country we are hanging off a branch and One burst and we will probably crumble, is so delicated cause no body have security for triumph, when people falls or lose them economy or some crisis happen to society goberment just say:'We tried but there was nothing we could do'.
Same spechees like bittering tapes, serious conflict like people emigrate, on suouth america countries and this is just a backtrack or later just backtracking. We have got nothing more to lose in a country where nothing is safe........
We're backdrifters

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RadioheadxxSlave
02-13-2006

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Kick ass piano interlude in the middle...I could have sworn I've heard it in a car commercial before...

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ChoppedSuey72
02-22-2006

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I dno man...
When i was stuck on heroin this song made a lot of sense to me
I was all depressed n shit n was like hey i got nothin to lose

"you fell into our arms" and "there was nothing we could do" is like getting the drug(s) and falling to the addiction.

im not sure if thats at all what they had in mind but thats pretty much what it makes me think of.

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neutralmonk
04-19-2006

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i always thought he was speaking about lovemaking... with somebody he had been with for too long and now everything was damaged and rotten and backwards but they got nothing more to lose so they keep going, like they accept their own rottenness and make love out of it :), she falls into both their arms..

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Koldness
04-26-2006

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If I didn't know it was impossible, I'd say this song was about America in the present. Everything about it, including the subtitle (The Honeymoon is Over) is perfect for where we are now.

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Gambl3
04-29-2006

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This is one of my favorite songs ever. I serisouly just love this whole song, it's just unbeleivably catchy even though it does sound a lot like U2.

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