But if you don't think there are about 200 meanings to every line in this song for him then you are off your rocker. Because for most, thats all we need(sound and a beat). So what does he have? Well he can continue to do whats tearing him apart and sing beautiful songs and have it be "nice sounding" for US so it can set US free. its driving him insane.Īnd thats why, "there's an empty space inside MY(Thom's) heart where the weeds take root and so now I'll set YOU free"īecause all he can do as an artist is try to explain himself in this regard when he has so much that he wants to say that he feels as though no one could ever understand. At that point, we'll feel content with his song. We will place him somewhere that it makes sense inside our minds and then cut him off thinking that we've figured out what he is trying to say. Then he says, "I will slip into a groove and cut me off, cut me off". We like the sounds and take it as another stupid sex song thats hitting Billboards top 40. And maybe for just one moment you might begin to grasp the complexity of what he is trying to reveal so artistically with his diction. What do you think gives Tom Yorke the greatest joy? For people to listen. This is likely his greatest fear and yet he readily admits it. Strictly black and white for a reason? Definitely. So can you see what he sees? Highly unlikely.Īlso notice that in the music video he unfurls much like a lotus flower would, he is in a very real sense becoming a blossoming one as the song goes along. Then there is the fact that it is done with unbelievably truthful yet enigmatic lyrics and accompanying music video. It is OUR life but his music makes him a part of it each time we listen to him, and he is in our own pockets because he is the one who is pouring his soul into his music and revealing just how much he has in his heart. I believe this is because we will never see what he could wish us to see, the way he sees it. Then he can be "invisible", and we can "do what we want" with him. This is an attempt for Yorke to explain that he can be exactly who WE want him to be and his shape is different for everyone. It begins with the line, "I will shape myself into your pocket". But whats important here is something much more simplistic- it about Letting Go. Yes, Lotus Flower is the title and yes that is one of the eight auspicious symbols of the religion. Now to me this song is pretty special, even for Radiohead. I'd like to get away from the whole sexual innuendo thing here for a minute and really break this song down as it should be- in reference to the music video that accompanies it. dance around the pit, the darkness is beneath, you cannot kick this habit because of your head. cuz all he wants is the moon upon a stick. pained, convulsed, contortions of his dance. weeds take root where a lotus flower once slowly, gloriously unfurled. She’s left an empty space inside his heart where the weeds take root. every throbbing beat, every melodious croon. how could she not, when she knows it is for her. But he’ll cut himself off with a song, slipping his heart into the groove. So now he’ll set her free, do what she wants, disappear, become invisible. Forget moralistic restrictions that threaten their addiction to each other. He wants to see what if, just to see what is. tells him it can’t be.īut he’s a Dreamer and he wants the moon upon a stick. She’s wracked by guilt, her stomach twisting in knots until she can barely eat, her heart full of fear until she can barely breathe. It’s like they were meant to be.īut their love is forbidden and she’s the rational, logical type, stuck in her fast ballooning head. an intense attraction on multiple levels. We will shrink and we'll be quiet as miceĪ bird has flown into his room. 'Cause all I want is the moon upon a stick I will slip into the groove and cut me off
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