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! |
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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