Am i the only one who is a little freaked out by the idea that this song is the voice of the cosmos? that this is what the universe is trying to tell us? i can see why thom yorke would be loath to play this song if (he really believes that) it wrote itself.
Funny, I don't see the last lines as being particularly hopeful or redemptive. It's not that i'm an especially morbid or pessimistic person, but in the context of the song and the way he sings it, "immerse your soul in love" sounds more like a defense mechanism than a light at the end of the tunnel. that is to say, there ISN'T a light at the end of the tunnel; how else are you going to keep that kind of revelation out of mind but by "thinking happy thoughts?" he might as well be singing, "immerse your soul in paperwork." anything to distract yourself from the knowledge that your soul, and your love, and everyone you surround yourself with will fade out in the end.
on the other hand, the line "form a circle before we all go under" and the fact that he always sings "fade out again" suggest that it wouldn't be the first time, which i suppose does cast the song in a spiritual/cyclic/reincarnate light. or else thom sees death as merely the last disappointment in a lifetime of "fading out." me? i think the cosmos was just looking for something to pad the syllabic count of the chorus, like "oh yeah" or "baby," or "tonite."
also, i think everybody who's getting all sanctimonious and "oh, your interpretation is WRONG because THOM YORKE said it was about blah blah blah..." need to shut the fuck up. if you accept thom's insistence that he did not actually write the song, then how is HIS interpretation of it any more valid than some message-boarder's? because he's in a band? ooo, err. he knows about philosophy and whatnot.
Am i the only one who is a little freaked out by the idea that this song is the voice of the cosmos? that this is what the universe is trying to tell us? i can see why thom yorke would be loath to play this song if (he really believes that) it wrote itself.
Funny, I don't see the last lines as being particularly hopeful or redemptive. It's not that i'm an especially morbid or pessimistic person, but in the context of the song and the way he sings it, "immerse your soul in love" sounds more like a defense mechanism than a light at the end of the tunnel. that is to say, there ISN'T a light at the end of the tunnel; how else are you going to keep that kind of revelation out of mind but by "thinking happy thoughts?" he might as well be singing, "immerse your soul in paperwork." anything to distract yourself from the knowledge that your soul, and your love, and everyone you surround yourself with will fade out in the end.
on the other hand, the line "form a circle before we all go under" and the fact that he always sings "fade out again" suggest that it wouldn't be the first time, which i suppose does cast the song in a spiritual/cyclic/reincarnate light. or else thom sees death as merely the last disappointment in a lifetime of "fading out." me? i think the cosmos was just looking for something to pad the syllabic count of the chorus, like "oh yeah" or "baby," or "tonite."
also, i think everybody who's getting all sanctimonious and "oh, your interpretation is WRONG because THOM YORKE said it was about blah blah blah..." need to shut the fuck up. if you accept thom's insistence that he did not actually write the song, then how is HIS interpretation of it any more valid than some message-boarder's? because he's in a band? ooo, err. he knows about philosophy and whatnot.