Radiohead- My Iron Lung (lyrics)

[Deleted member 10878]

Faith, you're driving me away
You do it everyday
You don't mean it
But it hurts like hell
My brain says I'm receiving pain
A lack of oxygen
From my life support
My iron lung
We're too young to fall asleep
To cynical to speak
We are losing it
Can't you tell?
We scratch our eternal itch
A twentieth century bitch
And we are grateful for
Our iron lung
The headshrinkers, they want everything
My uncle Bill, my Belisha beacon
The headshrinkers, they want everything
My uncle Bill, my Belisha beacon
Suck, suck your teenage thumb
Toilet trained and dumb
When the power runs out
We'll just hum
This, this is our new song
Just like the last one
A total waste of time
My iron lung
The headshrinkers, they want everything
My uncle Bill, my Belisha beacon
The headshrinkers, they want everything
My uncle Bill, my Belisha beacon
And if you're frightened
You can be frightened
You can be, it's OK
And if you're frightened
You can be frightened
You can be, it's OK
The headshrinkers, they want everything
My uncle Bill, my Belisha beacon

 

[Shuddr2Think]

We're too young to fall asleep
To cynical to speak
We are losing it
Can't you tell?
this is one of my favorite lines in a song...
radiohead owns.
:D

 

[Gescom]

This, this is our new song
Just like the last one
A total waste of time
My iron lung
see, the best thing about this song is that it is infinitely better than creep, the "last one"
hrm. where do we go from here, the words are coming out all weird, where are you now? when i need you.
Ry.

 

[sometimes]

alone on an aeroplane
fall asleep against the window pane
my blood will thicken.

 

[Gescom]

^
Yes.. someone knows their music!
Ry.

 

[jubbalo]

"suck, suck your teenage thumb
toilet trained and dumb
when the power runs out
we'll just hum"
My all-time favorite radiohead moment has to be the end of ok computer. The way they ended 'the tourist' with that desk bell is so damn awesome. It's like "next!"

 

[Gescom]

haha yeah. that bell just leaves the album with a clean finish. like, "yeah, we know we just saved rock music, next please..?"
Ry.

 

[Angelight]

Looooooveeeeeeeeee this song