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When I'm at the pearly gates
This will be on my videotape, my videotape
Mephistopheles is just beneath
And he's reaching up to grab me
This is one for the good days
And I have it all here
In red, blue, green
In red, blue, green
You are my center
When I spin away
Out of control on videotape
On videotape
On videotape
On videotape
On videotape
On videotape
On videotape
This is my way of saying goodbye
Because I can't do it face to face
So I'm talking to you before
No matter what happens now
You shouldn't be afraid
Because I know today has been
The most perfect day I've ever seen
This will be on my videotape, my videotape
Mephistopheles is just beneath
And he's reaching up to grab me
This is one for the good days
And I have it all here
In red, blue, green
In red, blue, green
You are my center
When I spin away
Out of control on videotape
On videotape
On videotape
On videotape
On videotape
On videotape
On videotape
This is my way of saying goodbye
Because I can't do it face to face
So I'm talking to you before
No matter what happens now
You shouldn't be afraid
Because I know today has been
The most perfect day I've ever seen
Lyrics submitted by black_cow_of_death, edited by Paymaan
Videotape Lyrics as written by Edward John O'brien Colin Charles Greenwood
Lyrics © Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
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"You are my center as I spin away" is one of Thom Yorke's greatest lines. In poetry, it is well known that each phrase should do double-duty. What I mean by this is that each phrase should have several layers of meaning, all relating to each other. This gives a deeper meaning with fewer words. "You are my center as I spin away" tells us, in so very few words, the relationship between two people. It says, "You are my centering force, you exist at the still center of who I am - but I am a spinner (slang term for a crazy person), flying away from my own center." But this phrase is also tied to the laws of physics (centrifugal force), and this give the words a sense of fate. No-one can win against the laws of physics. I think it is one of the most romantic and doomed lines that I have ever heard.