The fact that this was filmed in my neighborhood makes this even creepier lol this is what my walk home at night from the train looks like

When Radioheads leftovers are better than most artists one hit wonders

This is honestly one of the most well-made music videos I’ve ever seen. The whole concept symbolizes something in my view. One of the most obvious points is the drastic difference in tone and cinematography between the “day” and the “night” sequences. From the beginning “night” is established as the anxiety-inducing, paranoid, and lonely atmosphere. This is very masterfully contrasted with the presence of people in the “day” sequence. The man has interactions with the people around him (the woman walking past him, the bike rider dropping a phone). But slowly these two realities start to merge together and the safety margin created by the brightness and normality of the “day” sequence is starting to fade. The man starts acting out “night” actions in the day (looking back for no reason, dodging a nonexistent car). This is exactly the place where you can’t trust any of the realities anymore. All this was to preface my main point: in tandem with the title of the song “Man of War”, I believe the music video visualizes PTSD and paranoia. The “day” sequence is real life and the main character has actually interacted with his surroundings. However, his mind, paranoia, and PTSD has caused an alternate “night” timeline, which slowly starts to converge into reality. At the end, he can’t distinguish what is real or fake anymore (the turning point is when he looks at a picture of himself in the phone…i.e. paranoia has kicked in). The people following him so intently are a part of that fake reality he has created. These people within this world (his mind) try to creep into his life and take control. This is seen initially when we can see a shadow following him in the “day” sequence. Gradually, a whole physical appearance pops up and the people following him increases. I symbolize these people as the trauma and mental scars that the main characters has to carry. No matter what he does, he can never get rid of them. He is scared of them. Terrified. He tries ignoring them and running from them, but they always remain within a constant distance away from him. At the end, he trips over and…nothing happens. The people, his trauma and guilt is part of him, following him but not there to physically hurt him. He can never get rid of them, except to accept their presence and coexist with them. At the end, the man is distraught but calmer. He realizes that he can never escape his mind and these presences attached to him, but just maybe he won’t have to run away from them at all.

“We’ve been trying to contact you about your car’s warranty.’”

"Hey we got all these great songs, let's put them on our already great album." "Nah, lets wait 20 years and then release them."

I'm grateful for living in the same space and time as Radiohead

Maybe I'd watch more James Bond movies if they let Radiohead make the theme songs.

That guitar solo just gives me goosebumps everytime. Jonny Greenwood is a genius lead guitarist. 🎸🧠

Okay, the song is amazing, but this mv is a masterpiece as well. This was *perfectly* done. That actor had some great body acting, the swerves, the shot of the shadow following our guy's shadow towards the beginning, before the two worlds started to merge more. The editing was timed so well. This was a masterful pleasure to watch.

Twist ending: he's actually the guy from the Just video; they've been chasing him for the past 22 years asking why he was lying there XD

I think the video could also tell a story about PTSD, and not just anxiety as people are saying. A man of war that has flashbacks of the people he's killed whenever the video switches from day to night. The man can't get over the guilt as they chase him, and eventually he can't tell what is real and what is just another nightmare he's having, so he starts seeing them in real life. At the end, the man stops running and realizes that there's nothing he can do about it, so he comes to terms with it, living with the burden.

Jonny's guitar riff at 2:38 is pure genius.

Anxiety takes over reality

This video is a beautiful metaphor for what anxiety feels like

The video is basically showing the comparison between how you look on the outside, and how you feel on the inside, day and night. During the day, on the outside, he seems like a pretty nice guy, on the inside, he’s scared, running from something, he’s a fighter, and eventually, his night and day become one. The man of war pertains to the fact that he has a war of personas, and how his outside persona clashes with his feelings.

[Verse 1] Drift all you like from ocean to ocean Search the whole world But drunken confessions and hijacked affairs Will just make you more alone [Verse 2] When you come home I’ll bake you a cake Made of all their eyes I wish you could see me dressed for the kill [Chorus] You’re my man of war Yeah, the worms will come for you, big boots [Verse 3] So unplug the phones, stop all the taps It all comes flooding back To poison clouds and poisoned dwarves

*You are all so absolutely brilliant, you've saved my life countless times. Your music has followed me since I was 14 years old. Thank you for always being there when I need you, Radiohead.*

Hearing this brought me to tears. I love the music Radiohead makes now, and admire how they have evolved...but hearing this song was like running into an old friend you haven't seen in decades. You want the moment to last forever, but you know it can't. This brought me so many feelings and made me feel like I was 22 again. Thank you Radiohead.

I will never understand people that don't love Radiohead. They move me in a way that very few artists do.

im trying to not listen to this song too much so it doesn’t get boring, but it’s so good i wanna hear it more

Radiohead is killin it with all these music videos

Haunting, dark, melancholic yet absolutely beautiful that's Radiohead for you.

Listening to this once: Me, "ah, a nice song". Listening twice: "ah, great" Listening many times: "Amazing, this is addictive". Perfect post-Bends, pre-OK Computer song

Just because you're paranoid, doesn't mean they aren't after you

The wonderful thing about Radiohead, nobody can ever decide what song or album is best. You don’t see that very often. I personally love this song and the meaning behind it. Of course, it’s hard to pick a favorite.

Mental. Radiohead are just on a completely different level.

A small, but brilliant inclusion: When the lead picks up the phone dropped by the bicyclist and later checks it, he sees a picture of himself on the bench reading the paper. It adds to the paranoia, confusion, fear and impending Doom of the anxiety and of the facade of normalcy he tries to put up during the daylight shots. Sheer genius is this video!

I love the fact he is being chased by a gang of not particularly threatening drama students 😂

It's difficult to explain to people what it's like to wait twenty years for something. Some of you reading haven't even been alive that long. But that's how long us hardcore Radiohead fans have waited for Man Of War. This song has been known to Radiohead fans for all this time. We heard it in live performances we were lucky enough to attend, in rare, scratchy, ethereal bootlegs of live shows we couldn't get to. You can see them developing this song in the studio in the film "Meeting People Is Easy." And with every release since OK Computer, all of us have been hoping we'd finally hear a studio version of this song. Well, we have it now, and they absolutely did not disappoint. This was worth waiting twenty years for. And that this song smokes everything else being put out by other artists today? That's just a teensy cherry in an avalanche of cherries on a very big and delicious cake.

Doesn't feel like 20 years old... OK Computer is timeless

I like how in the music video the main guy's paranoia follows him into the day, too. First, it's just the night, the darkness, then it just becomes constant fear and paranoia. Just like the real thing. Well done.

The fact that even the bonus tracks on OK Computer are still incredible pieces of music is just a testament to how good Radiohead is

I only recently started listening to Radiohead and Jesus Christ it’s like a higher plane of musical existence.

I just realized that "The worms will come for you, Big Boots" is a reference to Hamlet, who basically says that everyone (including the rich and powerful) ends up in the same place, and being eaten by the same worms.

this video is a cinematic masterpiece

2:25 the way he says "yeah yeah yeah" is so satisfying

A friend of mine recently committed suicide and in his final social media post he included a link to this song. He was using it as a symbol of strength. But unfortunately he has now taken his life. I do hope that this song can continue to inspire others and serve as a message of hope and strength. Especially in these tough times. Rest in peace, my friend.

Another masterpiece is brought upon us. Thank you Radiohead

During my final years in college I began to struggle with severe anxiety and panic attacks. To me, this music video is the perfect representation of how I felt at that time. The ending as well suggest, at least to me, the same lesson I learned at the end of that period. That is, most of the time you're just running away from yourself; and if you manage to stop, you'll find out that there was nothing really serious to worry about in the first place. Hope you guys are doing okay, stay safe and strong everybody.

This song actually tell us, that every men mostly have 2 dimension of World on their life. One is real and one is kinda feel real, and We haunted with the 'kinda feel real' ones every time. Most of them call this sickness as Depression.

This sounds like if Radiohead were asked to do the theme for a Bond movie

The fact that, somehow, this is the kind of thing that got rejected on OK Computer never ceases to amaze me.

Absolutely brilliant! This should get an Academy Award for Best Short Film.

Hey radioheads

I like the idea that the day is how he is on the outside and the night is how he feels on the inside. On the outside he's a confidant and happy looking man who is nice enough to run after someone to give them their phone back. On the inside he's an anxious man who's always worried about what others think and is constantly running from himself. "The worms will come for you, Big Boots." A reminder that all people have their problems and in the end, no matter how powerful you are, you end up in the ground just the same

THIS song didn't make the album? LOL some other band would put this out as the first single! Amazing song.

as someone with severe amnesia and dissociative disorder, this music video hits an emotion that i rarely get to feel through art. it's something so visceral and personal, as i'm sure it is to everyone, but specifically from someone with the experience of DID... wow

this band changed my life

The moment you realize the entire video is a prequel to Karma Police.

I don't want to live in a world without Radiohead

Props to the directors and their staff making the Radiohead music videos! They do a wonderful job!

that beginning makes my soul go crazy oh my gosh thank you so much

even with their 'unreleased' material, Radiohead is better than most band out there

This cinematography is gorgeous👌🏻

I’ve seen some replies to a comment saying Radiohead has fallen off a little… they haven’t fallen off, they’re just growing old and it’s hard to do things in general when you’re old. If anything their work is more impressive now than ever because of the longevity of Radioheads determination

Arguably the greatest rock band of the last 35 years. All their albums, from OK Computer on, have been warnings we still refuse to heed.

This is definitely old school Radiohead.

Radiohead is 'All I Need'.

As someone with social anxiety this is exactly how i feel when i'm around people , my mind just stops working completly i can't concentrate i look dumb trying to make myself look as normal as i can, i start sweating like crazy , my heart starts pumping and it feels like shit i feel like everyone is judging me or making fun of me, i know i'm not dumb but this fucking anxiety makes me look awkward af i hate it man ... I can kind of stand being with someone i trust like one on one but as soon as we enter a crowded place my anxiety pops

Listen to it for the first time and I can't explain that feeling... here in my country such music is pretty uncommon, and I mostly listen to electronic (old Tiesto sets), but Radiohead opened some kind of a new world for me...

Oh God I can't believe they didn't release this earlier, its a masterpiece. And the video is hauntingly brilliant.

I've been waiting for this ever since Meeting People Is Easy.

Amazing song. It’s a testament to Radiohead’s greatest that they never even deemed this song worthy to put on an album.

This band is what convinced me to become a musician no matter what.

James Bond wishes he had this as a theme song.

My ears had been blessed again, thanks Radiohead!

Slowly becoming one of my favourite songs

To me, one of the best music video ever.

'When you come home, I’ll bake you a cake' the warmest shit ever heard

Ok computer should have been a double album. All the bonus tracks are gold. I think this is one the best songs they have ever written

the way this was filmed baffles me. these transitions are flawless, i wonder how they did them

One of the best music videos I've ever watched.

*LYRICS* [Verse 1] Drift all you like from ocean to ocean Search the whole world But drunken confessions and hijacked affairs Will just make you more alone [Verse 2] When you come home I’ll bake you a cake Made of all their eyes I wish you could see me dressed for the kill [Refrain] You’re my man of war You’re my man of war Yeah, the worms will come for you, big boots Yeah, yeah, yeah [Verse 3] So unplug the phones, stop all the taps It all comes flooding back To poison clouds and poisoned dwarves [Refrain] You’re my man of war You’re my man of war Yeah, the worms will come for you, big boots Yeah, the worms will come for you, big boots For you, big boots

This is such a fantastically conceived video. The directing and editing when he’s running over the road is phenomenal, especially when the car suddenly appears and he wheels away into the light. Bloody brilliant. Incredible song, amazing video. I fucking love you Radiohead.

I want to forget all of their songs and rediscover them all one by one.

I'm not a person that cries easily, almost never. And I have watched this video many many times in the past, but I have just returned to it again and at Some point I just broke in tears like a little baby scared of something idk what is it exactly, I don't know why, this never happend before

fuck why are they so good

This is EXACTLY what living with PTSD is like, it's so hard to describe in words but this video does so excellently.

This is what anxiety feels like

I love to think how it is clear why it was unnecessary to add it to OK Computer and at the same time the song by itself is purely perfect

Here's my interpretation of the vid. It started with a seesaw of somewhat normal moods during daytime and spurts of anxiety at night. Later, it didn't matter whether it was night or day. His anxiety (the guys chasing him) grew until they eventually caught up with him at the rails (I remember a line from Nude - "You've gone off the rails" but I'll explain the reference later). Since the guys drove him mad, he had to know whether they were really after him or they were merely "there". He came to realize they were never there to specifically cause any REAL harm to him. Notice when he stopped running and started walking, the guys started walking too. Back to the "off the rails" reference, he finally decided to WALK "along the rails" which means he made peace with himself because he learned that his FEAR was irrational and will just make him go "off the rails". By the looks of it, he seemed OK at the end of the vid.

[Verse 1] Drift all you like from ocean to ocean Search the whole world But drunken confessions and hijacked affairs Will just make you more alone [Verse 2] When you come home I’ll bake you a cake Made of all their eyes I wish you could see me dressed for the kill [Chorus] You’re my man of war You’re my man of war Yeah, the worms will come for you, big boots Yeah, yeah, yeah [Verse 3] So unplug the phones, stop all the taps It all comes flooding back To poison clouds and poisoned dwarves [Chorus] You’re my man of war You’re my man of war Yeah, the worms will come for you, big boots Yeah, the worms will come for you, big boots For you, big boots

My Anxiety and Depression: Today is a good day :) KZfaq: No it isn't, listen to this.

The video reminds me a lot of the deraealisations I used to have. From to subtle 'trying to walk it off' to literally running to a place of safety in fear.

"When you come home, I'll bake you a cake. Made of all their eyes." Absolutely haunting! Incredible!

it's like he was a murderer and he's running away from the memory of all the people he's killed

radiohead makes me sticky (i love radiohead)

Such a very good song , THE GUITAR IS AMAZING HOLY S-

This video must have been a nightmare to shoot trying to get the night and day shots to blend together like that...

Best song of the year so far.

I just realized every cut is in time to the music. Man... It's amazing.

One of my favorite radiohead songs ever.

How did this song go unreleased... And ok computer was their best album without this song , wow. Eagerly waiting for the whole OKNOTOK bonus disc to release 😍😍

Imagine being one of the people that created this song, imagine how proud you'd be.

The duality of this is amazing!

The end of the video , it reminds me that we have to accept our weaknesses and try to learn how to live with them without isolating ourselves from life and other people ❤

This is just a video of everyone last year chasing after them Radiohead concert tickets.

When you're just trying to maintain social distancing

This is just bloody brilliant, both song and video. Another radiohead masterpiece.

Both the song and the editing of this video are absolutely brilliant