Thom said an in interview that this was one of the only songs he really wrote for kid a. Almost all the others were basically drawn from a hat and pieced together cause of writers block. Just piecing together what was in his mind, otherwise he said he would of just thrown what he wrote away. He goes on to say this song was the mantra for the time during the ok computer touring when they were touring themselves stupid and on the verge of breaking up (thank god that didnt happen). And it makes a lot of sense when you look at it this way, they were being bled dry by the media and having their arms twisted. I get a lot of anger from this song, but also a sadness. sad that this is the way the world is but angry that there's nothing you can really do about it except put yourself somewhere else in your own head. It sounds like he is trying to convince himself that he's not here. In the beginning it sounds like it's working for him, it isn't so bad, but the more it carries on the more difficult it is to keep this state of mind.
This is definitely the inspiration of the song. "Strobe lights and blown speakers..." etc gives it away. I think most people have their own interpretations of this song based on the main lyric "I'm not here, this isn't happening" but Thom for sure wrote this from a place of desperation when dealing with the lunacy of having to live up to "best band on the planet" hype at the time.
This is definitely the inspiration of the song. "Strobe lights and blown speakers..." etc gives it away. I think most people have their own interpretations of this song based on the main lyric "I'm not here, this isn't happening" but Thom for sure wrote this from a place of desperation when dealing with the lunacy of having to live up to "best band on the planet" hype at the time.
Thom said an in interview that this was one of the only songs he really wrote for kid a. Almost all the others were basically drawn from a hat and pieced together cause of writers block. Just piecing together what was in his mind, otherwise he said he would of just thrown what he wrote away. He goes on to say this song was the mantra for the time during the ok computer touring when they were touring themselves stupid and on the verge of breaking up (thank god that didnt happen). And it makes a lot of sense when you look at it this way, they were being bled dry by the media and having their arms twisted. I get a lot of anger from this song, but also a sadness. sad that this is the way the world is but angry that there's nothing you can really do about it except put yourself somewhere else in your own head. It sounds like he is trying to convince himself that he's not here. In the beginning it sounds like it's working for him, it isn't so bad, but the more it carries on the more difficult it is to keep this state of mind.
This is definitely the inspiration of the song. "Strobe lights and blown speakers..." etc gives it away. I think most people have their own interpretations of this song based on the main lyric "I'm not here, this isn't happening" but Thom for sure wrote this from a place of desperation when dealing with the lunacy of having to live up to "best band on the planet" hype at the time.
This is definitely the inspiration of the song. "Strobe lights and blown speakers..." etc gives it away. I think most people have their own interpretations of this song based on the main lyric "I'm not here, this isn't happening" but Thom for sure wrote this from a place of desperation when dealing with the lunacy of having to live up to "best band on the planet" hype at the time.