National Poetry Month: Thom Yorke
2+2=5…nice! Did you catch the literary reference? I totally dig how an alternative title to this song is The Lukewarm. This one is all ruckus, elevated beyond the ordinary to anthem status. Ruckus and Rawkus.
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2+2=5
By Thom Yorke
Are you such a dreamer?
To put the world to rights?
I’ll stay home forever
Where two & two always
makes up five
I’ll lay down the tracks
Sandbag & hide
January has April’s showers
And two & two always
makes up five
It’s the devil’s way now
There is no way out
You can scream & you
can shout
It is too late now
Because
You have not been
paying attention
I try to sing along
I get it all wrong
Ezeepeezeeeezeepeeezee
NOT
I swat em like flies but
Like flies the burgers
Keep coming back
NOT
Maybe not
“All hail to the thief”
“But I am not!”
“Don’t question my authority
or put me in the dock”
Cozimnot!
Go & tell the king that
The sky is falling in
When it’s not
Maybe not.
Thom Yorke Details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thom_Yorke