To me this song is NOTHING to do with relationships or dreams....
I instantly was convinced that this song is about reincarnation, death and progress to the next stage after this life. Especially when you consider the position of this song on the album, it comes right after "give up the ghost" which seems to be about the actual proccess of dying and saying goodbye. Then we have the reincarnation with this song; it starts off on a completely new, self-assured, uplifting tone.
"It's like I'm falling out of bed
From a long, weary dream"
he's falling off this earth, as the long and tiring events of life have come to an end
"The sweetest flowers and fruits hang from trees"
the sweetest things take time to come around. our lives are the fruits, and earth is the tree. we grow larger and more developed over time, eventually our bodies become withered/rotten, and finally we fall off in to the unknown.
"Finally I'm free of all the weight I've been carrying"
All the petty indulgent problems that we see as weight carrying us down are completely meaningless in the big picture. In advancement to the next stage, we are free of these closed-minded "problems."
"As my woman blows her cover
In the eye of the beholder
I'm a fish now out of water
Falling off a giant bird that's been carrying me"
as my guardian angel reveals herself
in the eyes of god
i'm a human now escaped from earth
falling off a a giant ball that flies through the solar system and carries us all
Wow, I love this interpretation. 'Falling off a giant bird that's been carrying me' is a pretty hefty image. It has to have more substance/spirituality to it than love/drugs.
Wow, I love this interpretation. 'Falling off a giant bird that's been carrying me' is a pretty hefty image. It has to have more substance/spirituality to it than love/drugs.
I definitely agree with this interpretation... and the whole album follows suit. I think the line is:
I definitely agree with this interpretation... and the whole album follows suit. I think the line is:
"As a woman blows her cover
in the eyes of the beholder"
"As a woman blows her cover
in the eyes of the beholder"
I think this is about when we are loved/in love we are our true selves, no longer ego. To "blow our cover" means letting go of ego, becoming true to who we really are. This will happen after we die and let go. Or even if/when we achieve nirvana in life, which this song could also be about.
I think this is about when we are loved/in love we are our true selves, no longer ego. To "blow our cover" means letting go of ego, becoming true to who we really are. This will happen after we die and let go. Or even if/when we achieve nirvana in life, which this song could also be about.
@crablad I love this interpretation. Radiohead are forever pushing boundaries musically, and this interpretation shows them pushing boundaries lyrically. Thank you for sharing.
@crablad I love this interpretation. Radiohead are forever pushing boundaries musically, and this interpretation shows them pushing boundaries lyrically. Thank you for sharing.
@crablad what an absolutely fantastic and uplifting interpretation. on its face I can totally see the song being us "separating" from our current reality and moving to the next one... if you think this is over... then you\'re wrong. i was bumming myself out totally thinking this was about separating from a pivotal relationship, namely Thom\'s. But you blew my mind and I\'m so certain this is what they intended, what an amazing subversion of expectations by the lads. Great analysis my friend
@crablad what an absolutely fantastic and uplifting interpretation. on its face I can totally see the song being us "separating" from our current reality and moving to the next one... if you think this is over... then you\'re wrong. i was bumming myself out totally thinking this was about separating from a pivotal relationship, namely Thom\'s. But you blew my mind and I\'m so certain this is what they intended, what an amazing subversion of expectations by the lads. Great analysis my friend
To me this song is NOTHING to do with relationships or dreams....
I instantly was convinced that this song is about reincarnation, death and progress to the next stage after this life. Especially when you consider the position of this song on the album, it comes right after "give up the ghost" which seems to be about the actual proccess of dying and saying goodbye. Then we have the reincarnation with this song; it starts off on a completely new, self-assured, uplifting tone.
"It's like I'm falling out of bed From a long, weary dream"
he's falling off this earth, as the long and tiring events of life have come to an end
"The sweetest flowers and fruits hang from trees"
the sweetest things take time to come around. our lives are the fruits, and earth is the tree. we grow larger and more developed over time, eventually our bodies become withered/rotten, and finally we fall off in to the unknown.
"Finally I'm free of all the weight I've been carrying"
All the petty indulgent problems that we see as weight carrying us down are completely meaningless in the big picture. In advancement to the next stage, we are free of these closed-minded "problems."
"As my woman blows her cover In the eye of the beholder I'm a fish now out of water Falling off a giant bird that's been carrying me"
as my guardian angel reveals herself in the eyes of god i'm a human now escaped from earth falling off a a giant ball that flies through the solar system and carries us all
"And if you think this is over Then you're wrong"
If you think death is the end then you're wrong
Wow, I love this interpretation. 'Falling off a giant bird that's been carrying me' is a pretty hefty image. It has to have more substance/spirituality to it than love/drugs.
Wow, I love this interpretation. 'Falling off a giant bird that's been carrying me' is a pretty hefty image. It has to have more substance/spirituality to it than love/drugs.
I agree my initial thoughts lyrically were that this song was about death and rebirth,
I agree my initial thoughts lyrically were that this song was about death and rebirth,
I definitely agree with this interpretation... and the whole album follows suit. I think the line is:
I definitely agree with this interpretation... and the whole album follows suit. I think the line is:
"As a woman blows her cover in the eyes of the beholder"
"As a woman blows her cover in the eyes of the beholder"
I think this is about when we are loved/in love we are our true selves, no longer ego. To "blow our cover" means letting go of ego, becoming true to who we really are. This will happen after we die and let go. Or even if/when we achieve nirvana in life, which this song could also be about.
I think this is about when we are loved/in love we are our true selves, no longer ego. To "blow our cover" means letting go of ego, becoming true to who we really are. This will happen after we die and let go. Or even if/when we achieve nirvana in life, which this song could also be about.
@crablad I love this interpretation. Radiohead are forever pushing boundaries musically, and this interpretation shows them pushing boundaries lyrically. Thank you for sharing.
@crablad I love this interpretation. Radiohead are forever pushing boundaries musically, and this interpretation shows them pushing boundaries lyrically. Thank you for sharing.
@crablad what an absolutely fantastic and uplifting interpretation. on its face I can totally see the song being us "separating" from our current reality and moving to the next one... if you think this is over... then you\'re wrong. i was bumming myself out totally thinking this was about separating from a pivotal relationship, namely Thom\'s. But you blew my mind and I\'m so certain this is what they intended, what an amazing subversion of expectations by the lads. Great analysis my friend
@crablad what an absolutely fantastic and uplifting interpretation. on its face I can totally see the song being us "separating" from our current reality and moving to the next one... if you think this is over... then you\'re wrong. i was bumming myself out totally thinking this was about separating from a pivotal relationship, namely Thom\'s. But you blew my mind and I\'m so certain this is what they intended, what an amazing subversion of expectations by the lads. Great analysis my friend