Bit too narrow-minded, guy. This is poetry, and Radiohead are a bit more cryptic than that, most of the time. You have to get into the mind-frame. It's a song about suicide. It's a common belief that people leave notes behind, or at least wish to, before they kill themselves. Honestly, I never attempted to write a note, and no one I knew who successfully killed themselves had either. Nevertheless, the message is clear. It's why there are the admissions of cowardliness in the lines, "This is my way of saying goodbye, Because I can't do it face to face,...
Bit too narrow-minded, guy. This is poetry, and Radiohead are a bit more cryptic than that, most of the time. You have to get into the mind-frame. It's a song about suicide. It's a common belief that people leave notes behind, or at least wish to, before they kill themselves. Honestly, I never attempted to write a note, and no one I knew who successfully killed themselves had either. Nevertheless, the message is clear. It's why there are the admissions of cowardliness in the lines, "This is my way of saying goodbye, Because I can't do it face to face, I'm talking to you after it's too late."
The Mephistopheles reference is simple. A lot of religious people believe that suicide lands you in Hell, and not only that, but the line is symbolic of the personal Hell the subject is going through.
He adds to the power of this theme by calling this act the "most beautiful day I've ever seen". It's a point of the idea of relief that death brings, after the seemingly endless suffering in the person's life.
"When Mephistophilis is just beneath/And he's reaching up to grab me."
Mephistopheles is a name given to one of the chief demons of Christian mythology that figure in European literary traditions.
The song is about being judged at the gates of heaven, and the "videotape" is a record of lead singer Thom Yorke's life.
Bit too narrow-minded, guy. This is poetry, and Radiohead are a bit more cryptic than that, most of the time. You have to get into the mind-frame. It's a song about suicide. It's a common belief that people leave notes behind, or at least wish to, before they kill themselves. Honestly, I never attempted to write a note, and no one I knew who successfully killed themselves had either. Nevertheless, the message is clear. It's why there are the admissions of cowardliness in the lines, "This is my way of saying goodbye, Because I can't do it face to face,...
Bit too narrow-minded, guy. This is poetry, and Radiohead are a bit more cryptic than that, most of the time. You have to get into the mind-frame. It's a song about suicide. It's a common belief that people leave notes behind, or at least wish to, before they kill themselves. Honestly, I never attempted to write a note, and no one I knew who successfully killed themselves had either. Nevertheless, the message is clear. It's why there are the admissions of cowardliness in the lines, "This is my way of saying goodbye, Because I can't do it face to face, I'm talking to you after it's too late." The Mephistopheles reference is simple. A lot of religious people believe that suicide lands you in Hell, and not only that, but the line is symbolic of the personal Hell the subject is going through. He adds to the power of this theme by calling this act the "most beautiful day I've ever seen". It's a point of the idea of relief that death brings, after the seemingly endless suffering in the person's life.