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This dance
This dance
It's like a weapon
Like a weapon
Of self defense
Self defense
Against the present
Against the present
Present tense
I won't get heavy
Don't get heavy
Keep it light and
Keep it moving
I am doing
No harm
As my world
Comes crashing down
I'm dancing
Freaking out
Deaf, dumb, and blind
In you I'm lost
In you I'm lost
I won't turn around when the penny drops
I won't stop now
I won't slack off
Or all this love
Will be in vain
Stop from falling
Down a mine
It’s no one’s business
But mine
That all this love
Could be in vain
In you I'm lost
In you I'm lost
In you I'm lost
In you I'm lost
This dance
It's like a weapon
Like a weapon
Of self defense
Self defense
Against the present
Against the present
Present tense
I won't get heavy
Don't get heavy
Keep it light and
Keep it moving
I am doing
No harm
As my world
Comes crashing down
I'm dancing
Freaking out
Deaf, dumb, and blind
In you I'm lost
In you I'm lost
I won't turn around when the penny drops
I won't stop now
I won't slack off
Or all this love
Will be in vain
Stop from falling
Down a mine
It’s no one’s business
But mine
That all this love
Could be in vain
In you I'm lost
In you I'm lost
In you I'm lost
In you I'm lost
Lyrics submitted by tcaporale, edited by Mellow_Harsher
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"In you I'm lost" maybe thom got inspired by the book Norwegian Wood
My feeling is that this is a very personal song and for that reason we probably wont see it released on a RH album :-(
I think this song is about Thom's (and by extension potentially everyone's) struggle to realise "God" in their own lives. We know that Thom is interested in spirituality as he's said in interviews that he's read "the Tibetan Book of Living and Dying" and by his support for the Free Tibet movement.
The opening verse describes how we all dance around (i.e. avoid) the truth that we are all spiritual beings that can become 'enlightened'. The metaphor "dancing round the truth" is one that we all know and can relate to. Thom calls it a weapon of self defense because most humans choose to ignore the spiritual aspects of our beings-we fight it off with ignorance,fear and hatred. And we fight it off constantly i.e. always in the 'present tense'.
The second verse describes the justification of not seeking out the deeper truths of human experience.. "I am doing no harm", "dont get heavy" ....(apologies for getting heavy!)
The third verse is when you come to a crisis point in your life and you are helpless ("Deaf, dumb and blind") and the only place to seek refuge is in "God"...."in you i'm lost"
The rest of the song describes the vigilance required of some one who seeks after 'god' "i wont stop now, i wont slack off" because if you do slack off "all this love will be in vain".
So for me this sounds like Thom has found some sort of spiritual truth that he wishes to share with all of us. (Heavy i know..and i'm not saying that Thom is the Messiah!:-)
I'm just so grateful that youtube allows everyone the option of hearing this amazing song despite it not being recorded on an album.
"in radiohead i'm lost"
:D
makes me think of some kind of shelter or hideout.
on the surface it looks like either good ol' persistence through a rough patch of life, escapism, dancing with a lover when you know the relationship is about to break down and be over, or yes, getting lost in music. Or drugs. Or sex. Or love. Or Potatoe chips....
this dance
it's like a weapon
like a weapon
of self defense
self defense
against the present
against the present
present tense
I won't get heavy
don't get heavy
keep it light and
keep it moving
I am doing
no harm
As my world
comes crashing down
I'm dancing
freaking out
deaf, dumb, and blind
In you I'm lost
In you I'm lost
I won't turn around when the penny drops
I won't stop now
I won't slack off
or all this love
will be in vain
stop from falling
down a mine
it’s no one’s business but mine
that all this love
could be in vain
In you I'm lost
In you I'm lost
In you I'm lost
In you I'm lost
Using music to escape a bitter reality.