Radiohead - Street Spirit (Fade Out) [HD Lyrics]

Radiohead - Street Spirit (Fade Out) [HD Lyrics]

[fandres_uji]

"It drains me, and it shakes me, and hurts like hell everytime I play it, looking out at thousands of people cheering and smiling, oblivious to the tragedy of it’s meaning, like when you’re going to have your dog put down and it’s wagging it’s tail on the way there. That’s what they all look like, and it breaks my heart." (Thom Yorke)

[nekiedwarakse]

"'Street Spirit' is our purest song, but I didn't write it.... It wrote itself. We were just its messengers... Its biological catylysts. It's core is a complete mystery to me... and (pause) you know, I wouldn't ever try to write something that hopeless... All of our saddest songs have somewhere in them at least a glimmer of resolve... 'Street Spirit' has no resolve... It is the dark tunnel without the light at the end. It represents all tragic emotion that is so hurtful that the sound of that melody is its only definition. We all have a way of dealing with that song... It's called detachment... Especially me.. I detach my emotional radar from that song, or I couldn't play it... I'd crack. I'd break down on stage.. that's why its lyrics are just a bunch of mini-stories or visual images as opposed to a cohesive explanation of its meaning... I used images set to the music that I thought would convey the emotional entirety of the lyric and music working together... That's what's meant by 'all these things are one to swallow whole'.. I meant the emotional entirety, because I didn't have it in me to articulate the emotion... (pause) I'd crack.... Our fans are braver than I to let that song penetrate them, or maybe they don't realize what they're listening to.. They don't realize that 'Street Spirit' is about staring the fucking devil right in the eyes... and knowing, no matter what the hell you do, he'll get the last laugh...and it's real...and true. The devil really will get the last laugh in all cases without exception, and if I let myself think about that to long, I'd crack. I can't believe we have fans that can deal emotionally with that song... That's why I'm convinced that they don't know what it's about. It's why we play it towards the end of our sets. It drains me, and it shakes me, and hurts like hell everytime I play it, looking out at thousands of people cheering and smiling, oblivious to the tragedy of it's meaning, like when you're going to have your dog put down and it's wagging it's tail on the way there. That's what they all look like, and it breaks my heart.
I wish that song hadn't picked us as its catalysts, and so I don't claim it. It asks too much. (very long pause). I didn't write that song."

[camillaGorilla]

This song is a masterpiece beyond dimensions

[athenaastarte]

There is power in accepting the defeat against darkness. You are the light you believe in. I love this song because it touches a part of my heart I can't even find anymore

[Amber_xo_]

This song is about the passage of time, and the realization that everything is effected by death. If you listen to the rhythm, it sounds like a ticking clock. Also the steady rhythm could represent a heartbeat, and symbolize how much time a person has left. The whole song seems hopeless at first, like death always happens and there is nothing we can do to change it, but it has the best redeeming quality at the end when Thom says “Immerse your soul in love”. Basically he’s saying that life is too short to live in hate, and that we need to make the most of each moment by loving each other.

[amandavm]

Chilling lyrics, the saddest music, but strangely beautiful. I fell in love with it the first time I heard it so many, many, years ago.

[violetedynsummers]

You guys do know this song is pretty much about looking the devil in the eye and knowing you'll never win in life. Thome York denies even writing it & saves it for the end of concerts bc it is so draining for him. He describes his fans who cheer about it and such being blind to it's meaning, in which he compares his cheering fans to a dog being driven to be out down but smiling the way there. I love this song as well, I'm just saying. It's probably the most morbid song you'd ever hear.

[Brokensoul]

Radiohead are pure legends love them.And this song out of this world beautiful.💋💋

[JoJoTheYuMan]

after all this years this is still true and chilling to the center core of our being
briljant song thnx for the upload :-)

[kurainaru]

Just discovered this song, and all I have to say is, Beautiful

[georgebalza]

This song makes me realized that that day will come, Just listening to it I can feel that moment.

[deetalley]

This song is kinda sad, but it's so beautiful anyway and so I just love it :)

[thetruthtattoos]

it's so beautiful I just love it

Viejo, qué excelente trabajo con las letras. GRACIAS!

[abrahamlincoln]

The last line sounds like a mix of a plea and a threat.

[camillaGorilla]

This is 100% my mind. No more words from me 💯

[FlavioIsaac_]

mi hermano, me dijo, " esta canción te gustara" la escuche... y me encanto, 😍 adoro a mi hermano.. y nunca dejaré de hacerlo .. Saul hermano.. te quiero <3

[everbloom]

I love this song! The one thing is, is that I know people that say that this song is sad but isn't. It's beautiful!

[connfyoozed]

I think you did just fine explaining it. And I agree.

[steinifinn]

only if my english where good enough to exsplain how i feel when i lisen to this song, how it feels something like energy ball inside me that keeps spinning and i just cant get enough of this song :)