The best Radiohead lyrics
17 November 2025, 18:50
Let's celebrate some of Thom Yorke's finest lyrical moments.
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"For a minute there, I lost myself."
Karma Police - The Bends (1997)
Radiohead - Karma Police
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"I’ll take a quiet life / A handshake of carbon monoxide."
No Surprises - OK Computer (1997)
Radiohead - No Surprises
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"We are accidents waiting to happen."
There, There - Hail To The Thief (2003)
Radiohead - There, There
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"I’m not living, I’m just killing time."
True Love Waits (2001)
Radiohead - True Love Waits
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"You do it to yourself / And that’s why it really hurts."
Just - The Bends (1995)
Radiohead - Just
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"In an interstellar burst / I am back to save the universe."
Airbag - OK Computer (1997)
Airbag
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"This is our new song / Just like the last one / A total waste of time."
My Iron Lung - The Bends (1994)
Radiohead - My Iron Lung
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“She looks like the real thing / she tastes like the real thing / my fake plastic love.“
Fake Plastic Trees - The Bends (1995)
Radiohead - Fake Plastic Trees
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" I'd show them the stars / And the meaning of life / They'd shut me away / But I'd be all right."
Subterranean Homesick Alien - OK Computer (1997)
Radiohead Subterranean Homesick Alien live (high quality)
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"There is an empty space inside my heart where the weeds take root / tonight I’ll set you free."
Lotus Flower - King Of Limbs (2011)
Radiohead - Lotus Flower
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"We’re not scaremongering / This is really happening."
Idioteque - Kid A (2000)
Radiohead - Idioteque [Glastonbury 2003]
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"Words are blunt instruments / Words are a sawn off shotgun."
Jigsaw Falling Into Place - In Rainbows (2007)
Radiohead - Jigsaw Falling Into Place | Live at Saitama, Japan 2008 (1080p)
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"Stay in the shadows / Cheer at the gallows / This is a round up / This is a low flying panic attack”
Burn The Witch - A Moon Shaped Pool (2016)
Radiohead - Burn The Witch
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"I’m a creep / I’m a weirdo / What the hell am I doing here?"
Creep - Pablo Honey (1993)
Radiohead - Creep
