I wish life was better for everyone.

One thing nobody seems to have pointed out is that this song is done in the style of a lullaby. It's a lullaby for a person committing suicide by carbon monoxide poisoning.

This song was played at my uncle jays funeral. I love this song because it reminds me of him. When people ask me how he died, I tell them that he died of depression. He did not kill himself, his illness killed him. This song kind of sums up how I think his thought process could have been, this song helps me

it’s so sad not knowing if all people who wrote these comments 7 years ago are still alive.. i really hope we all make it to the end of this long journey

"I'm sorry that on that day, the day you were shut out and left to die, nobody was there to lift you up into their arms, the way you lifted others into yours."

I don't want to deal with outside. I want to stay under my covers and sleep

I just wish everything would just be as slow and gentle as this song. Everything's just happening too fast, way too fast for me. I can't ever seem to catch up. Why does everything feel like it's all about to crush me? I can't breath. Sometimes, I'm not sure if I wanna breath anymore. I'm crying.

when your life is so fucked up, you feel like you have nowhere to hide, and you don't dare to commit suicide, it's time to listen to no surprises again to relieve a bit.

My mum used to sing me this song when I was sad. I had never heard the original but the tune was always familiar.

Radiohead is always there for me Radiohead understands

I always come back here when my life is falling apart. Unfortunately, it has been quite frequently.

I don’t know man. When I’m feeling suicidal, I always come back here. Understanding the lyrics. Enjoying the soothing melody. My life is on the edge right now. I can’t see the way out. My mom passed away 5 years ago. And today, my relationship seems like falling apart. 2 years of great relationship just evaporates. I don’t know if I could survive this. The weight of this overwhelm me. Thank you for your beautiful song.

No its not about suicide. This is a brokenhearted man who opted the life as it is now. A daily dose of carbon monoxide, a government that oppress, a job that slowly kills him. Throw him anything. Just dont give him any alarm or surprises. No more drama for him. He cant handle it anymore.

i hate moving on to a new year because all your old memories just turn to dust damn, life is quick

This song is completely underrated. One of the best songs out there.

This song is so beautiful. I interpret it as he wants to commit suicide, a painless, supriseless way, with no screams or tears. When he sings about the house I took that as him looking back at life and how he'll miss it.

Funny how a song that sounds so depressing can make you feel so good. I've listened to most of their albums by now and I love them but the few on OK Computer haunt me...in a good way.

Hands down. This song has THE best sound quality I have ever heard. Very impressive when you know how the band works their sessions.

Anyone listening to this, we are all here for similar reasons. You're not alone, we can get through this.

Never realized how dark this song was; It's just so beautiful that it doesn't even matter.

I like this song but I shouldn't tell that to my therapist.

THIS REMINDS ME my DAD´s last days , so full of dispair, as if i was inside him ,lying inconcious in that hospital, asking to whoever could wake me up to call, my family and tell them i love them so much, wishing i could say goodbye to my wife, my companion for more than 60 years and kiss her tenderly in my sleep... THIS IS MY FINAL FIT, MY FINAL BELLYACHE... IT´S BEEN TWO YEARS since he departed and I still can´t have a full night of sleep, as if time just stood still... hope he gets the peace and comfort i could not provide for him in his last hours... hope he could forgive me for that...SUCH A PRETTY HOUSE AND SUCH A PRETTY GARDEN... miss you ,dad...

Never fails to make me cry

Listened to this after my 2nd suicide attempt, coming back to it always makes me sad, but i remember that i am a survivor, everyone deserves to live and love

Why are all their songs kinda depressing and so beautiful?

Favorite song of my best friend... He's dead, and now I'm alone and sad. RIP Scott...

I do believe this song is about suicide. At first, it's talking about all of life's troubles: a heart full of worthless things, a typical 9 to 5 job, being screwed over by the government, etc... Then he talks about putting an end to all of it; "a handshake of carbon monoxide" could mean suicide by carbon monoxide poisoning which would be achieved by running a car's engine and redirecting the exhaust back inside the car. After he kills himself, there will be "no alarms and no surprises." This, to me, means no more alarm clocks (or no alarming events), no more negative surprises of any kind, and he will finally be surrounded by his much sought after "silence." "This is my final fit, my final bellyache" signifies the end of his life. "Such a pretty house and such a pretty garden" describes the ideal way of living according to society. I feel it is what he has been working his whole life to achieve, but in the end he realizes it's just a false sense of happiness. The way his life must be to achieve this false happiness is so destructive and depressing that he, in turn, destroys himself. Kind of ironic, as with most things in society. The music played reminds me of a serene dream, or right before you fall asleep. I believe it is very fitting for the song, because it also reminds me of drifting off into eternal sleep / death. Overall, this is possibly my favorite Radiohead song. It's so beautiful in every way possible, even if the truth behind it can be ugly. Radiohead knows exactly how to put feelings and thoughts into words / music that can be so extremely relatable, it's almost frightening.

this is so fucking amazing... 1997.???? Where have I been the last 18 years?

This song is so comforting, it feels nice to know there are other people that feel the pain, just like me. I hope everyone that needs to hear this feels important.

The notes in the beginning always make me think of an ice cream truck. Imagine an ice cream truck going around your neighborhood playing this song.

I achieved everything. I can play 7 enstrument, can speak 4 language, professional chess, Scrabble, debater. But I'm alone. I have nobody to share thing. My family gone, my lover gone, my friends gone. Now I'm looking to sky from m'y roof.

My dad used to play this in the car all the time it always filled me up joy I never knew what the song was about but whenever I hear the song I always get a good feeling

I wish... I could emotionally connect with someone when he sings "such a pretty house and such a pretty garden". My soul needs a hug in that moment

This song fits exactly what's going down in my life right now. The stress is killing me. No alarms and no surprises.... Please!!!

This is probably the most bittersweet song I have ever heard.

this song is what is keeping me going. my pet recently passed and im overall not doing well. this song though, makes me feel safe. it helps me cry and get my emotions out. its nice

The way this song touches and hurts my heart in ways I can't explain the fact that this song is about wanting to live a peaceful life somewhere in a peaceful place, when you've been living in a chaotic/problematic family system and environment makes me long for silence and peace more than I could ever imagine.

I know you’re not reading this but I love you

I remember this exact feeling. It isn’t scary until you’re out. At the time it was just so comforting. It was so sweet to think of a peaceful final break. It’s horrifying but at the time I could swear I needed it.

I tried not to cry while watching this video so I crafted instead...

That bass at the beginning always gets me.

i have a friend who is depressed, he sent me this song today, he has been depressed for many years, he is under so much pain, i heard this song and can feel him through it, i really want to help him..

A song with such a dark and sad meaning can be comforting and makes me happy, Imma leave a comment so each time anyone likes this will remind me of how great this song is

This song is so beautiful. How somebody can dislike this song? I think is not possible.

I think the best time to listen to this song is when you are in a positive frame of mind. Otherwise it has the potential to push you over the edge.

this song reminds me of when I was just a little kid. 4, 5, maybe 6. I remember hearing it in the car with my mom. sitting there. In the back seat. In the rain. Looking out the window. Waiting to go to my dads house for the weekend. It brings back so many memories.

I love this song. The music in the background gives me a sense of happiness, and peaceful, like everything's going to be alright. And the song is all calm and yet about something dark, but it makes it seem like it's okay. Like in their final moments they weren't upset but happy and thinking about the world and observing their surroundings. It's beautiful, this song. The video is cool too. How the singer nearly drowns himself and goes on with the video, all in one take.

brb gonna go cry in the shower

I'm so lost.. this song makes me stop for a while. I want a break of all this. I'm so lonely and tired of returning to the same point.. I'm tired of struggling, I'm so tired. If only I was brave enough to leave the world. My life isn't worth living.

i feel depressed when i'm awake in the morning. I'm thinking "why didn't I die in my sleep?". And when the night comes, it's truly the best time of the day because I'm high on expectations of dying in my sleep.

I grew up in a suburb in Europe, under mostly grey skies. For a long time that represented my whole reality. This album in particular told me there was more to life than the 9-5 suburban grind, and now I live in a sunnier part of the world. I'm fitter happier, and less productive. I love OK Computer. It taught me at a young age not to take a quiet life, a handshake and carbon monoxide. I'm sending lots of love to anybody who needs it, who is listening to this song, and hoping for better days.

This song hits differently since 2020.

I hope that someday we won't need to come back to this song... still looking forward to that day after years and years 🥲

i got here from the last episode of control z. the song sent me straight to tears and i was left speechless 😭

Every week for the last 10 years I’ve played this song at least 5 times. Each time hurting more than the first . I can gladly say this song is a masterpiece to me and I think many others. I’ll play this song till I die ,maybe even after . Hope you are all doing okay , if not I hope you feel better real soon

To anyone reading this: You aren't alone. I know it feels like it, because all of us here feel like that as well. But that means we are all never alone. There's hope for all of us. We can get through it, I promise

wow this song brought me to tears, as i dropped down onto my knees in the wendys parking lot. people were staring at me but i didnt care, all i could think was radiohead. thanks. bologna

God, i can't handle it anymore.

years passed and i still love every bit of this song

This is a powerful song! Sounds like a lullaby, looks like we are babyes and we are going in reverse to where we came from…. Living this world… that we basicslly we gave up

The part where it says "such a pretty house and such a pretty garden"reminds me of how my childhood tree just got torn off. It's been months and I hate seeing it.

This song brings back so many childhood memories, thank you mother for having a good taste in music!

Wow! Hate to brag, but expensive headphones make all the difference in the world here...

No alarms and no surprises. Late autism diagnosis .. dysfunctional ..dependant.. so hurt..and thats how i feel : this song..

Great poetry and sounds.. Forever one of my favorite all time songs.

This song tells life exactly how it is, that's why it's so beautiful.

This song is the sound of giving up, the feeling of abandonment, pov of a side character and loneliness all combined

There is two certitudes in life: 1. Existence is full of pain 2. There is beauty and good in this world that is worth fighting for and not giving up

I'm listening to this song trying to accept that my situation won't necessarily get better and I'll be stuck in this loop of better-worse forever. I just want to stop it but I can't. No alarms and no surprises, please. I've got enough of them.

I first heard this song from Westworld as an instrumental piece and I really connected with that song while recovering from a bad concussion, but then I found out a lot of season 1 songs from that show were actual old rock music. Seeing the lyrics makes the theme and emotion of this song even more melancholy then the instrumental, and makes me enjoy this song even more

Actually,if you understand the lyrics this is an verry sad song and its sad and verry tough for people that has got to deal with this every day. :-(

This song was played at my 8th grade graduation. It's a k-8 school so most of us were there for 9 years. One of my friends preformed this song at the graduation, and it still makes me tear up every time I hear this song.

This song reminds me so many memories. When I was 12, I went to mental hospital, and this song brought me so much during this time... ;u;

Absolutly Love this song! MY favorite song from them! Who doesnt love radiohead doesnt know about good music

This song will always and forever make me think of you Mazilyn.. I love you.

Its about the modern working class. Just any individual whom feels oppressed by so many influences, you feel like a machine working and living in a cycle. The governments screwing up society. So the individual wants to find silence

This is such a beautiful song. Love Radiohead so much

Going along with the notion that this song is about suicide and trying to escape the hardships of life, I think the "Such a pretty house and such a pretty garden" line is about the person sort of reaching their heaven/paradise when they die.

IVE BEEN LOOKING FOR THIS FOR SO LONG OMG

anyone else here from 2022 that can't get over this masterpiece too?

to anyone who is not feeling so good rn,i just want to tell you that you need to realize that that feeling is so much weaker and smaller than you are.be strong and its okay to feel down sometimes,we all need help sometimes and just know that its alright ily

This song gives me such a specific feeling I cannot describe, happy but also saddening.

I’ve been crying to this so much.I love this song.this song has been with me when no one was

This is truly a jiggle jiggle skin moment

such a pretty house. such a pretty garden.

OK Computer, bringing people together since 1997.

even just the intro of those two notes conveys so much

My childhood dog of 15 years passed away today, she suffered from nerve damage and stomach cancer. Sadly i couldnt be there when she was put to sleep because im overseas. Its hard, i miss her so much already. It hasnt hit me yet that i will literally never see her again. She used to sleep contently next to my bed and bark at my door if i ever dared to keep it closed. I regret ever going on this trip, a part of me knew that shed get worse when i left. But i didnt wanna pass this oppertunty, i thought she would be fine for that one month i was going to be away. She wasnt, she got worse so quick. Just under 2 days she got so bad she couldnt even walk down the stairs of our house. My biggest regret is not appreciating her more when she was alive, i thought i had more time with her. I miss you sweet old Molly rest in peace

I heard this song in House MD, so freaking awesome!

The most melodically beautiful arrangement I've ever experienced

"I'll take a quiet life. "A handshake of carbon monoxide."

sometimes i feel so lonely you know? like i could be in a room filled with people that say they love me but no matter what i’ll just be a last choice. someone will always come before me. and it’s like i can consider some of those people some of my bestest friends but they would maybe consider me a mutual friend. it really gives me a view on how lonely i am. it’s kind of comforting though. i never have to meet anyones expectations but i’ll always have someone as a mutual friend

"YOU LOOK SO TIRED UNHAPPY" yeah I know.

I just found this and I want this to be the last played song when I die

I always thought it was "life with no surprises, please." I'm going to continue thinking that.

This has to be one of the saddest songs ever written.

That first line just sets the whole tone. Beautifully sad song.

The melody always made me think to the sound of an ambulance. So this song could be the last whisper of the protagonist dying in it while bringing to a hospital (suicide or not). Don't know if I am correct, just my interpretation here.

im so alone, i always help people, but i never get help my self. and i dont like crying, everytime i have to i make it stop

I love this song so much,i play it whenever im having a mental breakdown, it only makes it worse but at the end i always fall asleep while it plays again,it describes me my life perfectly,it's such a sad but beautiful song