KNIVES OUT

Released:
June 2001
Length: 4:09
Disc: Amnesiac | Knives Out single
Tablature: Guitar
Knives Out video

Yet another one that's been in a lot of live shows. This one is also over a year old and was introduced on Radiohead's first ever webcast in 1999. Featuring guitars reminiscent of Street Spirit, Thom has said this track is about cannibalism. Lyrics such as "Don't look down, shove it in your mouth" would seem to confirm this. But with Radiohead you just never can tell...

Some live versions of this track feature Ed & Thom singing half the song together. Kind of like a duet. This is also rumoured to be one of the up and coming singles from the album. A very strong conventional type track, I think this would do well on the radio. It's got that get up and sing feeling to it. Y'know what I mean? Haha, I can actually picture them on Top Of The Pops singing this... *horror*.

Update: The Knives Out single was released in the UK and US in August. And they actually did play this on Top Of The Pops...

I want you to know
He's not coming back
Look into my eyes
I'm not coming back

So knives out, catch the mouse
Don't look down, shove it in your mouth
If you'd been a dog
They would have drowned you at birth

Look into my eyes
It's the only way you'll know if I'm telling the truth

So knives out, cook him up
Squash his head, put him in the pot

I want you to know
He's not coming back (he's not coming back)
He's bloated and frozen
Still there's no point in letting it go to waste

So knives out, catch the mouse
Squash his head, put him in the pot
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