Radiohead - Present Tense (Lyrics Video) HQ audio

Couldn't find a lyrics video for this song so i made one myself. Hope you enjoy.

The audio was taken from his Latitude performance in 2009 with some slight edits such as reverb, compression, and faux stereo.

(Lyrics)

This dance
This dance
It's like a weapon
Like a weapon
Of self defense
Self defense
Against the present
Against the present
The Present Tense

I won't get heavy
No don't get heavy
Keep it light and
Keep it moving
I am doing
No harm
As my world
Comes crashing down
I'm dancing
Freaking out
Deaf, dumb, and blind

In you I'm lost
In you I'm lost

I won't turn around when the penny drops
I won't stop now
I won't slack off
Or all this love
Will be in vain

Stop from falling
Down a mine
It's no one's business but mine
That all this love
Could be in vain

In you I'm lost
In you I'm lost
In you I'm lost
In you I'm lost

[MSAZgreen]

I like how this song mirrors both heaviness and lightness in many ways. Light, airy guitar strings undertoned with depth of emotion in Thom's light voice and words. I think it's one of the most intimately personal songs on the album, I feel like I need to listen to it cautiously, respectfully, as if not to overstep a boundary of sort. It just blows me away. Radiohead blows me away.

[waloacme]

Thank god for Radiohead. I don't feel like theres any real music left sometimes.

[collapsingspace]

This song is about having eyes closed, arms up and out swaying with the head and the person being lost in the thought of someone he loves and now this trance moving of his body is like a devotion to his beloved, he doesnt care about the world anymore, he won't turn around, he won't stop or all of this will go in waste, he is just lost and he wants to be so.. GENIUS 🙌

[raidenwave]

Amazing job on the audio cleaning and the lyrics!
That's a live performance capture after my own heart.

[can.not.change.my.mind.]

this is the best version, by the expression of emotion.from the last, "a moon shaped pool" he was wary busy to make a falsetto in "it is no one business.."

[reignroses]

I had to choose a song for an orchestra essay, and out of the ones he provided, I did this one. Honestly, thank you for making a lyric video for this.

[FreddyACR]

Si tú has hecho ese video, te amo bro, con todo mi corazón. Gracias.

[gregorykrug]

I would put this song near the top of all-time great Radiohead tracks. It is amazing!

[bobbyboykenyon]

the best song about Thom being bipolar and him knowing his illness and hypermania threatens to destroy his relationship to his wife. But knows he needs to keep pushing or a worse fate awaits him in that he will crash! Beautiful. Haunting. Heart felt...perfect Genius about the trials of being in love with an unbearable illness and the impact it has on his now ex wife. Bares his soul bare...Genius! please you tubers post your interpretations!

[moonhendrix]

ALL I CAN DO IS TEAR DOWN WHILE PARALYZED HEARING THIS PAINFUL BEAUTY. THE WORDS ARE SO TATOOED

[calinpetrescu]

If this song won't be on the next album I will be very sad.

[GameDevDave]

Don't get too heavy... Though don't be too light either, it can make it seem you're not interested. You have to be careful with another's feelings and your own... You receive a signal and give one back and be chill, be genuine, be yourself even if your reaction isn't going to impress, it doesn't matter... Cause if it doesn't work out, you'll meet someone else, someone better. Don't ever be stuck, not on a person as well. Keep yourself going, keep it moving, work on it. If you help yourself, you'll be able to support the ones you love. Love is not a cure or the answer, love is not going to fix all of your problems, you have to do that yourself. This counts for everyone. Make yourself strong for your loved ones, your crush or whoever comes next. Love is not simply just love, it is caring for someone, for the person they are, not for what they have to offer. And most importantly, make yourself strong, for you... Cause how can someone as beautiful as you are, not love yourself?

[jesusdiaz]

Bossa nova version is the most beautiful version ♥

[Simon]

its beautiful. damn. the album version is also beautiful.

[TheHueben]

I think this the best version of the song. The album version is way too overloaded. Also the way he sings "no one's buisness but mine" is outstandig to me. (Not so on the studioversion)

[tatiapatashuri]

I LOVE YOUR VOICE BECOUSE IT'S GREAT♥..

[kostaschatziilias]

**Exit music flashbacks are intensifying.**

[ktnarnia]

Hey! I'm pretty sure the song is called "Present Tense" (drop "The"), right? The real lyrics (verbatim) on the studio recording are:

This dance
This dance
Is like a weapon
Is like a weapon
Of self defense
Of self defense
Against the present
Against the present
The present tense

I won't get heavy
Don't get heavy
Keep it light and
Keep it moving
I am doing
No harm
As my world
Comes crashing down
I'll be dancing
Freaking out
Deaf, dumb, and blind

In you I'm lost
In you I'm lost

I won't turn around at the penny drop
Won't stop now
I won't slack off
Or all this love
Will be in vain

I stop from falling
Down a mine
It's no one's business but mine
Or all this love
Has been in vain

In you I'm lost
In you I'm lost
In you I'm lost
In you I'm lost

[balasenlosojos]

The correction is based on the lyrics from the cd artwork?

[janmiller]

Freaking out Jesus Allison no goodbye cold wait