LIFE IN A GLASS HOUSE

Released:
June 2001
Length: 4:34
Disc: Amnesiac
Tablature: Piano

Other Versions:
Extended Version - Knives Out single CD1 & US

The only song from the album that was previously known. There's never been an actual live or recorded version of this song before, but there was a very short clip on Meeting People Is Easy. It sounds like an old style Radiohead song. Or it used to. The old guitar opening, and the line 'Once again...' remains. But now it's a piano, and trumpet. Another very beautiful song. Whether this should be the closing track, I'm not so sure. There's no doubt it's amazing, though. Trumpet player Humphrey Lyttleton makes a guest appearance on this track and at a recent interview, said the band exhausted him with their 7 hour long recording sessions. It sounds excellent, fading from soft melody to intense singing. Beautiful. The closing repeat of the lyric 'only' is fantastic!

There's an extended version on the Knives Out single. Unfortunately, extended simply means there's a trumpet solo at the beginning.

Once again, I'm in trouble with my old friend
She is papering the window panes
She is putting on a smile
Living in a glass house

And once again, packed like frozen food and battery hens
Think of all the starving millions
Don't talk politics and don't throw stones
Your royal highnesses

Well of course I'd like to sit around and chat
Well of course I'd like to stay and chew the fat
Well of course I'd like to sit around and chat
But someone's listening in

Once again, we are hungry for a lynching
That's a strange mistake to make
You should turn the other cheek
Living in a glass house

Well of course I'd like to sit around and chat
Well of course I'd like to stay and chew the fat
Well of course I'd like to sit around and chat
Only, only, only
Only, only, only
Only, only, only, only
Only, only, only
There's someone listening in
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