Yorke feels that he has more in common with the aliens than his fellow man... Think back to the scene in the bar in Paranoid Android — they’re all small-minded, they have no sense of the bigger picture. Thom feels like the majority of people can’t look at the world from an overall perspective. This song is about being isolated by your intelligence, or at least the fact you choose to use what intelligence you have. By the end Thom is also uptight, because he knows he will only be rejected if he expresses his views. The worst thing is that our silence will make other thinking people think they're alone... Let's hope they listen to this song! Lyrically probably my favorite song ever.
Yorke feels that he has more in common with the aliens than his fellow man... Think back to the scene in the bar in Paranoid Android — they’re all small-minded, they have no sense of the bigger picture. Thom feels like the majority of people can’t look at the world from an overall perspective. This song is about being isolated by your intelligence, or at least the fact you choose to use what intelligence you have. By the end Thom is also uptight, because he knows he will only be rejected if he expresses his views. The worst thing is that our silence will make other thinking people think they're alone... Let's hope they listen to this song! Lyrically probably my favorite song ever.