Radiohead Quotes

• “Most people gaze neither into the past nor the future; they explore neither truth nor lies. They gaze at the television.”

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• “some things cost more than you realize”

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• “I don't care if it hurts
  I want to have control
  I want a perfect body
  I want a perfect soul
  I want you to notice when I'm not around
  You're so fucking special
  I wish I was special”

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• “Just 'cause you feel it doesn't mean it's there”

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• “If I could be who you wanted, all the time”

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• “one day I am gonna grow wings
  a chemical reaction
  hysterical but useless
  hysterical and a let down”

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• “I'm not living, I'm just killing time.”

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• “She looks like the real thing
  She tastes like the real thing
  My fake plastic love
  But I can't help the feeling
  I could blow through the ceiling
  If I just turn and run
  
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• “You'd kill yourself for regognition, kill yourself to never ever stop. You broke there mirror, you're turning into something your not.”

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• “No matter what happens now
  You shouldn’t be afraid
  Because I know today has been the most perfect day I’ve ever seen.”

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• “No Surprises
  
  A heart that’s full up like a landfill,
  a job that slowly kills you,
  bruises that won’t heal.
  You look so tired-unhappy,
  bring down the government,
  they don’t, they don’t speak for us.
  I’ll take a quiet life,
  a handshake of carbon monoxide,
  
  with no alarms and no surprises,
  no alarms and no surprises,
  no alarms and no surprises,
  Silent silence.
  
  This is my final fit,
  my final bellyache,
  
  with no alarms and no surprises,
  no alarms and no surprises,
  no alarms and no surprises please.
  
  Such a pretty house
  and such a pretty garden.
  
  No alarms and no surprises,
  no alarms and no surprises,
  no alarms and no surprises please.”

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• “Limb by limb and tooth by tooth,
  Tearing up inside of me,
  Every day, every hour, just wish that I...
  Was bulletproof”

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• “Ambition makes you look pretty ugly
  Kicking, squealing, gucci little piggy
  ”

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• “When you were here before
  Couldn't look you in the eye
  You're just like an angel
  Your skin makes me cry”

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• “I'll laugh until my head comes off".”

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• “Reckoner
  
  Reckoner
  You can’t take it with you
  Dancing for your pleasure
  
  You are not to blame for
  Bittersweet distractor
  Dare not speak its name
  Dedicated to all you
  all human beings
  
  Because we separate like
  ripples on a blank shore
  (in rainbows)
  Because we separate like
  ripples on a blank shore
  (in rainbows)
  
  Reckoner
  
  Take me with you
  Dedicated to all you
  all human beings”

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• “There's always a siren, singing you to shipwreck.”

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• “I'm not living, I'm just killing time”

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• “Videotape
  
  When I’m at the pearly gates
  This will be on my videotape, my videotape
  Mephistopheles is just beneath
  and he’s reaching up to grab me
  
  This is one for the good days
  and i have it all here
  In red, blue, green
  Red, blue, green
  
  You are my center
  When I spin away
  Out of control on videotape
  On videotape
  On videotape
  On videotape
  
  This is my way of saying goodbye
  Because I can’t do it face to face
  I’m talking to you before
  
  No matter what happens now
  You shouldn’t be afraid
  Because I know today has been the most perfect day I’ve ever seen.”

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• “Karma Police
  
  Karma police
  arrest this man,
  he talks in maths,
  he buzzes like a fridge,
  he’s like a detuned radio.
  
  Karma police
  arrest this girl,
  her Hitler hairdo
  is making me feel ill
  and we have crashed her party.
  
  This is what you get,
  this is what you get,
  this is what you get,
  when you mess with us.
  
  Karma police
  I’ve given all I can,
  it’s not enough,
  I’ve given all I can
  but we’re still on the payroll.
  
  This is what you get,
  this is what you get,
  this is what you get,
  when you mess with us.
  
  For a minute there
  I lost myself, I lost myself.
  Phew, for a minute there,
  I lost myself, I lost myself.
  
  For a minute there
  I lost myself, I lost myself.
  Phew, for a minute there,
  I lost myself, I lost myself.”

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• “Still cries at a good film,
  Still kisses with saliva,
  No longer empty and frantic like a cat tied to a stick,
  That's driven into frozen winter shit
  (The ability to laugh at weakness),
  Calm,
  Fitter,
  Healthier and more productive
  A pig in a cage on antibiotics.”

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• “I want a perfect garden.... I want a perfect soul”

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• “All I Need
  
  I’m the next act
  waiting in the wings
  I’m an animal
  Trapped in your hot car
  I am all the days
  that you choose to ignore
  
  You are all I need
  You are all I need
  I’m in the middle of your picture
  Lying in the reeds
  
  I am a moth
  who just wants to share your light
  I’m just an insect
  trying to get out of the night
  
  I only stick with you
  because there are no others
  
  You are all I need
  You are all I need
  I’m in the middle of your picture
  Lying in the reeds
  
  It’s all wrong
  It’s all right
  It’s all wrong”

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• “Idioteque
  
  Who’s in a bunker?
  Who’s in a bunker?
  Women and children first
  And the children first
  And the children
  I’ll laugh until my head comes off
  I’ll swallow till I burst
  Until I burst
  Until I
  
  Who’s in a bunker?
  Who’s in a bunker?
  I have seen too much
  I haven’t seen enough
  You haven’t seen it
  I’ll laugh until my head comes off
  Women and children first
  And children first
  And children
  
  Here I’m alllowed
  Everything all of the time
  Here I’m allowed
  Everything all of the time
  
  Ice age coming
  Ice age coming
  Let me hear both sides
  Let me hear both sides
  Let me hear both
  Ice age coming
  Ice age coming
  Throw it on the fire
  Throw it on the fire
  Throw it on the
  
  We’re not scaremongering
  This is really happening
  Happening
  We’re not scaremongering
  This is really happening
  Happening
  Mobiles skwrking
  Mobiles chirping
  Take the money run
  Take the money run
  Take the money
  
  Here I’m allowed
  Everything all of the time
  Here I’m allowed
  Everything all of the time
  
  Here I’m allowed
  Everything all of the time
  Here I’m allowed
  Everything all of the time
  
  The first of the children”

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• “Paranoid Android
  
  Please could you stop the noise, I’m trying to get some rest
  From all the unborn chicken voices in my head
  What’s that…? (I may be paranoid, but not an android)
  What’s that…? (I may be paranoid, but not an android)
  
  When I am king, you will be first against the wall
  With your opinion which is of no consequence at all
  What’s that…? (I may be paranoid, but no android)
  What’s that…? (I may be paranoid, but no android)
  
  Ambition makes you look pretty ugly
  Kicking and squealing gucci little piggy
  You don’t remember
  You don’t remember
  Why don’t you remember my name?
  Off with his head, man
  Off with his head, man
  Why don’t you remember my name?
  I guess he does….
  
  Rain down, rain down
  Come on rain down on me
  From a great height
  From a great height… height…
  Rain down, rain down
  Come on rain down on me
  From a great height
  From a great height… height…
  Rain down, rain down
  Come on rain down on me
  
  That’s it, sir
  You’re leaving
  The crackle of pigskin
  The dust and the screaming
  The yuppies networking
  The panic, the vomit
  The panic, the vomit
  God loves his children, God loves his children, yeah!”

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