Radiohead – These Are My Twisted Words

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  General Comment:This song sort of grows inside you. The beginning 3 minute instrumental has made me cry. When I first listened to it, I thought it just sort of meanders and doesn't go anywhere, but the beauty is in the short rises and falls, the small build and it's extreme intensity that seeps into every wandering note.

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    totally agree, sums it up

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  General Comment:Thom said when they named the song "These are my Twisted Words" The words were meaning the guitar, as you listen the guitar is quite twisted in a sick (meaning cool) way. I think you could take this song a couple ways... I like the meaning of Thom speaking about Jesus/God the most. Or it's just about some person. But knowing Thom through other songs, it would most likely be deeper then that. I think ayatollah & Lanta is correct. Except that Thom is the second coming of Bono... Screw Bono... I'm not a fan of U2. Radiohead is more creative, I always will be.

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  General Comment:Yeah, I believe ayatollah is right! (ie: the song being about Thom longing for Jesus to return and save us from the mess we've made of this world).
  
  Weird too, coz a few years back I would've put money on Thom being an atheist or at least an agnostic... but more and more I'm reading covert Christian messages in his writing. Maybe Thom's the second coming of Bono in disguise? ;)
  
  (For other examples of this phenominon see: Where I End and You Begin, Go Slowly, even You off Pablo Honey).

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    To construe Yorke as a Christian is just so terribly misguided, it's hard to know where to start. There is no way in hell Yorke is actually hoping Jesus is coming back to save the world. He might be writing about how people attach themselves to blind hope to get through life, and in that way be talking about Jesus. Otherwise, no. Come on guys, this is Radiohead, songs exclusively about religion are saved for first level thinkers like Reznor, Bono and the guy from Toolio. Radiohead is for people who get the bigger picture.
    
    
    

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    *eyeroll* Well I was being kinda ironic with the Bono thing, hence the *wink* in my original post. Though perhaps I should've used the term Supreme Being/Higher Power rather than Jesus/Christian (?)
    
    I know Thom Yorke ISN'T "a Christian" per se (if anything, he appears to adhere to many Buddist teachings from what I've read) - just that many of his songs include references to Biblical themes.
    
    Basically, the guy seems deeply interested in many world religions/belief systems and often references various theological/philosophical writings in his lyrics. Or did you miss this part?
    
    Personally I don't see it as being terribly out of character for Thom to write a song from the POV of someone yearning for a "Saviour" to come down and make everything right with the world (after all, he DOES sing about Jesus on "I Am a Wicked Child") - even if these songs are intentionally ironic or the narrators naive/idealistic.

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    Lanta had to go and ruin everything. Geesh...

    Flag SweetCheeks2on February 27, 2012  
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  General Comment:Is it about the second coming of John Lennon?

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  General Comment:the second line is definitely "went off the roof still walking"
  

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    This isn't Looney Tunes! If the chick went off the roof still walking, she wouldn't bounce back to face another day like Wiley Coyote.

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    haha of course, if you want to take it literally...
    

    Flag derykon January 21, 2010  
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  My Opinion:This songs all right to chill out to, but the live version is a lot more psychedelic and fun.
  
  But that's to be expected
  
  Live Radiohead > Studio Radiohead

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  General Comment:I feel as though Thom Yorke is experiencing yet another one of his writer's blocks, and releasing this song just proves it. As he did before the Kid A album, the song has little structure and the song seems to have simple lyrical depth. He's stating it simply. He's tired and worn out of constantly looking for meaning. I'm a little concerned to see where this album ends up.

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  Song Meaning:I think it's about Jesus/God (or at least that that interpretation contributes significantly to the song's meaning).

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  General Comment:Amazing song. I believe its describing the worries that us Radiohead fans about the latest interviews where it was made clear that there wasn't goin to be a full album release in the near future. I think they are just assuring us that new songs are coming just not on a full album. I may be wrong but its comforting to believe either way.

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  General Comment:very pink floyd esque instrumentals

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