I wouldn't be very surprised if one day Thom Yorke would just walk up the stage and say "to be honest guys, there is no real meaning behind our music. We just like weird things."

This is the closest thing I’ve ever seen to what a dream looks (feels?) like ; in TV or movies, dreams are usually depicted as linear, even when they’re supposed to be “weird” in the context of the story. Hope that makes sense; I love this song.

Radiohead: **writes depressing song about someone leaving their family and cannibalism** Also Radiohead: *S K E L E T O N P L A Y I N G G U I T A R*

Fun fact, the female actor in this is actually the wife to the main illustrator from the gorillaz, Jamie Hewlet

these dudes are just insanely talented

I've just watched "Knives Out" 2019 and this song was playing in my head during the whole movie.

I get this song is sad but I really can’t help but laugh when he looks down and his feet are rotisserie chickens with a family around and then the look on his face is brilliant

"If you'd been a dog, they would've drowned you at birth." Damn, that's brutal

thom looks like van Gogh lol

amnesiac is such a underrated album it’s honestly my favourite

Lyrics: I want you to know He's not coming back Look in to 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've drowned you at birth Look into my eyes It's the only way you'll know 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 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

When I'm feel myself depressed,Radiohead makes me feel good,when I'm feeling good,Radiohead throw me back to depression. Love this guys

If I caught a mouse that looked like Thom Yorke I would nurture it and love it.

Michel Gondry is famous for doing as much as he can on screen, without any kind of post production trickery. He really brought a skeleton to life and taught it how to play guitar and shrunk Thom down into a mouse/microphone hybrid for this music video.

It's weird how if you don't actually read the lyrics to Radiohead songs, you can make up the weirdest shit on your own.

You know an artist is genius simply by the fact you can have a song like this playing in your head for over a week and not get sick of it. On the contrary, it’s a deep emotional experience every time.

This song is fucking beautiful.

This song perfectly captures insomnia imo. There's something about the instrumentation and the reverb on Thoms voice that sonically represents the feeling of being up at 3am.

The "Knives Out" music video was directed by Michel Gondry. Gondry was going through a breakup at the time, and expressed his feelings in the video concept, which has Yorke grieving in a hospital room. Gondry described the collaboration as a "terrible experience", and said: "I showed [Yorke] a storyboard and every single detail: he was completely excited and happy for it - and then, it turned out, they all criticise me for being selfish and putting my own views on it and my own introspection ... It did not go smoothly, but if it went smoothly, it would be mediocre."[8]

"All your dreams have meanings" My dreams:

Bilie Eilish : I can make weirdest video clip Radiohead : Hold my depression

Rule #1 when listening to Radiohead: Don't question it. Rule #2: If you do have any questions, please refer to rule #1.

is this the british healthcare system

Love this song. The mood, the great lyrics, the beautiful guitar parts. There were many great songs on Amnesiac but I think this song is the peak.

I can't watch this anymore without thinking about Thom's partner Rachel dying from cancer last year. Shit... I just wanna give Thom Yorke a big hug right now. I'm so sorry for your loss.

Michel Gondry is the best

2:25 this part sounds incredibly nostalgic. I have no idea why. Something about the melody.

David Lynch likes this.

Very similar chords to Paranoid Android's intro, however a completely different song. Both are great :)

Everyone is commenting about how "weird" the video is. And that's what they wanted, they wanted the video to be funny and weird to cover up how sad the song/video both are. If you look past the goofy things and look at the big picture, it's really depressing. This may be one of the saddest music videos I've ever seen.

What I miss the most about these older Radiohead songs is this particular jazz drum style that Phil used to incorporate more of. Similar ones to Dollars and Cents, and Where I End and You Begin

Best band of my generation...Im 38 years old. Get into it!

very underrated album.

The guitar in this song is wonderful

0:02 toy train 😃

2:24 I heard this in my art class. So beautiful

one of the most sad and scary songs ever made

This song captures grief and despair like nothing I've ever heard before

this melody is so weird. very uncomfortable. I love it

I want you to know He's not coming back Look in to 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've drowned you at birth Look into my eyes It's the only way you'll know 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 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

This is perfect for my melancholy coffee breaks while thinking about my regrets

Yknow this is one of my favorite Radiohead songs. My dog passed last year and this song is still my number one to listen to when I think of him. The disconnected tones and the concept that the one you love will never be back; as morbid as it is, helped me really grieve to where i could recover easier.

It's amazing how Radiohead songs can haunt you in the first few notes.

When I have psychotic episodes, they tend to look like this.

underrated single, fantastic guitar melody and mood! they should play this more often (um, at least sometimes) live :I

This music video perfectly (and I mean as perfectly as I've witnessed consciously) captures the spiroadic, jerky, muddled, convoluted nature of dreams. It's insane, trying to turn your head to see the image again, but it never quite appears the same...

One of my favorite songs. Bad memories, great melodies.

I don't know how many times I've heard this song. Radiohead is unique.

this is not medically accurate

I have a rather silly theory about the meaning of this song: it's about a spoiled cat that his owner suddenly dוed and so no one is feeding him, so he is forced to catch mice for the first time. When his hunger increases he has no choice but to dine on the owner's body (which cats tend to do in those situations). It kinda makes sense if you think of the lyrics.

Ears: So beautiful Eyes: So weird...

This band is just plain genius! Everything they make musically always has some sort of different spin and is always original. There are so many bands that try to emulate them but nobody will ever come close. These guys are true pioneers.

Michel Gondry is a genius

He literally sang his heart out.

The way the lead guitar weaves it’s way through this song is so wonderfully reminiscent of Brown Eyed Girl by Van Morrison.

can we just take a moment to talk about the elephants drawing at 0:17? XD

Art is not always meant to be understood. and that's what Radiohead is.

3:41 ese e mi raton, se llama Tomyork

My favorite song ever ......why does everyone think I'm depressed?!!

Symbolism...symbolism everywhere

hypnotic guitar solo

The melody and the structure of this song embrace you in some warm strange way. It's incredible. No other band could ever give you a feeling like this.

Para mi esta canción se refiere a una persona que ha sido lastimada a más no poder , con un corazón totalmente destrozado.. y por eso dice que esa persona que un día fue.. ya no volverá más. Que puede agarrar el cuchillo y cortarla, es cuando una persona ha sufrido tanto que se vuelve piedra.. no siente más dolor, la coraza es más fuerte .. es triste .. me pasó una vez y supere mi depresión llorando todas las noches con esta canción..

being a bipolar, Thom speaks what I'm feeling..

I view this as a very angry portion of a breakup. The ending of a relationship where you have scorned the person leaving you.

Nobody: The Bowling Alley Screen when you get a strike: 3:19

This song i dont know why but its the most beautiful saddest song ive ever heard

"Knives Out" 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've drowned you at birth Look into my eyes It's the only way you'll know 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 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

one of the most beautiful songs ive ever heard and i dont even know what hes saying.

The big ass fridge or whatever and the skeleton got me fucking dying 💀

Unparalleled enchantment, radiohead N1 in the world and for the year 2000, the quality is made.

If you really need some sort of explaination of this video here is my interpretation. (English as a second language so bare with me). First of all you have to know a bit of the style and themes of Michel Gondry(the director). The song's lyrics and the video's story are quite a bit separate. This is a continuous shot so some shots are static to give time for things out of shot to come to place. What happens on the TV is a memory. First of all we have a trip, a train and a happy couple on the train. We have photos and drawings depicting the couple. Then we se the Guy on the low bed looking worried and the camera turns to the Girl who is clearly sick (And on an Operation bed.) The doctor comes in with some bad news as Thom grabs his head. They operate on her, she suffers. The camera pans to the TV again, He puts her photograph in his heart (maybe when he falls in love with her, or maybe is the moment of "you will never leave my heart/I will never forget you" and is not a memory.) then they start fighting. Then he is in the low bed again and his feet are being cooked and he thinks they're about to eat his feet? (This is the part that seems most out of place from the "story" and seems to parallel the lyrics a bit more. Still quite dreamlike.) The room becomes chaos, she continues to suffer, they do all kinds of tests. The train now has extremities like feet, hands, etc... They fight in the train, he asks her to marry him and this is the moment where she falls ill. He then presses Rewind back to where they didn't fight. There is a shot of the diamond on the bed under a spotlight, this could have many interpretations and I think each should have its own. She's gone, most probably died. Then he's singing as a skeleton, he has no body left (nobody left?) he's singing from his heart (which has replaced his mind) and the photograph (the memory of her) floats away. Then Thom is the microphone, which is a mouse, this simply relates to the lyrics and again is one of those dreamlike elements that gondry loves.

Easily the best thing Michel Gondry has ever produced, the video matches the tone of the song perfectly and it's as creative as the music Radiohead produce

"I want you to know",only this one phrase drives me to have a heavy heart.For the first time in about 2 years this song came to my mind.Thom is a genius in the end.

I love how Radiohead turn there videos as if a real life event is going on. No band like them.

Directed by Michel Gondry. I love how his videos have a dreamlike quality that go with the songs so well.

I've loved Radiohead with all my heart from the very beginning. Loved the ride so far.

What an absolute masterpiece! Here's my take on the meaning: I think the train and television represent the past and what it meant to the protagonist. In the first clip he and his girlfriend are sitting pleasantly together while the train is moving through a green and peaceful countryside environment. They're holding hands and showing affection while they make photos of each other to preserve this memory. It's romantic. Life is good. He's the girl's Favorite Person. The camera moves, cycles through the room repeatedly, after every cycle leaves the world a more painful place. Now, life's still good. We see the two lovers as twin elephants, trunks enmeshed. Almost mirrored individuals. (take note, thus enmeshed, it can be difficult to spot where the first elephant ends and the other begins) The protagonist is moving on the floor, on a bed, as he demonstrates his freedom to move around. It seems to imply he is a visitor, there not for himself but for someone else. He's supporting /emotionally supplying his girlfriend. Behind him we see two drawings of innocent animals with the photo of his girl. A fish, which may represent her free-spirited nature, and a deer, which may represent her innocence. The elephants, fish and deer - they're just depictions. representations. It's not reality. The girl then is lying on an operation table that looks like a children's game. Maybe this implies its to her, ultimately, all just a game. More and more people come in the room. She's becoming the complete and utter center of attention, while the boy is worried and left to his own devices. Medical props are put on the bed, and the protagonist is holding hands, letter the girl bite into his hands in response to her pain. He is hurt because she is hurting. More and more people come in, to focus on the girl. To care for her, do household chores (bringing new towels et al) The camera moves back to the television. We see the protagonist with a very big heart that he opens to the girl, putting the picture he took from the girl in the earlier shot in his heart. The girl almost childlike gives him a big intimate kiss, but he pushes her away gently, gently hits her, and she hits him back just as gently. The train's surroundings have become urban with a hint of a reddish mountain-like background behind it. Here I think we see the first glimmer of what's really happening. Some more urban environments and regular mountains follow. We see the protagonist with his feet encased in what appears to be ovens. He can't go away any longer. Behind him, we see a child staring at a photo that resembles a full-color ultrasound scan. Maybe this child is the reason why he is so imprisoned. He can't leave this girl, because there's now a boy in his life that he has become responsible for. Their child. Their son. (Their bun in the oven?) He is in actual significant pain, his mobility thus removed, beating his head repeatedly at his pillow. As he introspects, looks under below his covers, he sees how his very feet have been replaced with oven-baked chicken, and the woman he sees just cheer at the thought of eating him, having their knives out in anticipation of the feast. The protagonist looks up in shock. We see a last shot of the child, but quickly the camera moves back to the girl, with more and more people surrounding her. She's the center of the chaos. No longer do we see anything medical that can help with her game-like condition. The only thing placed on the table are trays of food. More and more it becomes apparent that it's a game at the protagonist's expense. It becomes a utter chaos, the child is no longer in the picture. Everybody tries to help, but it really doesn't in any way change the condition of the girl. It just doesn't do any good. The camera moves back to the train, we see how the wagons are filled with body parts. It is presumed these are all cut off from the protagonist. In the train itself, we see how the girl lashes at the protagonist with - oh so poetically - a knife, while he tries to hammer sense into her. we see an urban environment as background in this shot, with mountain background. When the girl stop attacking, the protagonist stops as well, and instantly opens the box with a ring in it. (He still has that earlier picture of her in his heart). At this moment the background changes from urban to mountainous... to a gruesome feast of ribs and bloodied body parts. By this time its clear that this was the protagonist's. The girl inspects the ring, looking at it from all sides, and directly afterwards.. feels the debilitating hurt inside, apparently caused by this ultimate act of love from the protagonist, almost as of a fear of engulfment comes into play. The protagonist is eager to help, worried for her, at this time. He just loves her. The tape is rewound. The protagonist and girl in the train reflect on their part behavior, almost in shock at first, but when we come to the earliest moments of their interactions (the lovebombing phase) the main character is the first to break a smile to the girl. And she immediately mirrors him with her cat-like smile. The camera moves back to the protagonist's bed, to reveal it is empty. Only thing left is the ring. He's there no longer. The camera moves on, the operating table is no longer there. The girl is out of the picture. All that's left is the protagonist. Completely eaten up. Only thing left is his big heart, he's just a skeleton playing the guitar. There's nothing more left of the man he once was. The photo of the girl is removed from his heart. At the end shot, you see the protagonist, no longer as a strong man. He is transformed into a little mouse, a shadow of his former self, while going over the backgrounds of the train over and over and over again. At this point "him and the girl" are out of the picture. The song texts seem to refer to the same theme and so complement the video. He's had enough. He's not coming back. She needs to physically look into his face - I'm guessing she's just incredibly good at getting people's emotions when looking at them directly. It's her way of knowing if someone is honest with her. He's prepared to accept the inevitable splitting and fall-out of his neuro-divergent girlfriend.

This is exactly what it feels like to live in a dream.

Michel Gondry and Radiohead = perfect match. This is brilliant, one of my favorite RH songs too.

One of my most fav songs of all time.

This gotta be Gondry.

This music video is like eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind meets a limmy sketch I love it

This song raises a very important and philosophical question: What's more complex, the melody, the lyrics, the lore, or the video?

the fact that this describes EXACTLY how my dreams look/feel like makes me love this song even more, i guess that's why it's my favorite

2:05 Pokemon Squashes heads Put him in the park So good

The fact that I kinda understood the video worries me

Those who think Radiohead is underrated are probably Americans. Radiohead is passionately loved by the rest of the world. No judgement here, simply stating fact.

the guitar riffs and sound are so getting my feelings i love it so much

This is my favorite Radiohead song. I don't know why. My fav genre is industrial music and RH has songs closer to that, and darker, much sadder ones I love as well. But this one is my favorite.

My dad had this on the TV when I was about 9 or 10 and I don't know how I knew it was RadioHead. Glad I was able to find it.

HOLY CRAP! I love this song and this video, watched it countless times, yet something always stuck out about it though. Very subtle, weird movements the people and objects have. Then it hit me! Not only is this whole video filmed in one shot... IT'S FILMED ENTIRELY BACKWARDS! That must have been one hard video to shoot, doing it in one shot and filming it backward. Gotta love Michel Gondry and Radiohead! :D

when you wake up from a weird dream that you struggle to remember all day in flashes and glimpses and it gnaws at you constantly, that's what Radiohead videos are like

Isn't knives out a term that surgeons use when they can't save the patient? Then the video makes sense.

Just so so so good I can't believe this..

almost a year in such a mentally abusive relationship , today is the day where finally the relationship has gotten so infected and damaged i'll probably be left.. and this song couldn't make more sense.

Genius who created this masterpiece video, and ofc the song itself is a tremendous piece of work. Love it, but it is really sad and depressing

My interpretation: Toxic relationship. Constantly abusing each other. She's always hurt (victimization?) Hurting the other means they love each other. As shown on the train window, it is a repeating cycle.

And now we know, this is why Radiohead is The Only Band That Matters~!

Perfect companion to Paranoid Android. The chords are almost exact.