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Two jumps in a week, I bet you think that's pretty clever don't you boy
Flyin' on your motorcycle, watching all the ground beneath you drop
You'd kill yourself for recognition, kill yourself to never ever stop
You broke another mirror, you're turning into something you are not
Don't leave me high, don't leave me dry
Don't leave me high, don't leave me dry
Drying up in conversation, you will be the one who cannot talk
All your insides fall to pieces, you just sit there wishing you could still make love
They're the ones who'll hate you when you think you've got the world
all sussed out
They're the ones who'll spit at you, you will be the one screaming out
Don't leave me high, don't leave me dry
Don't leave me high, don't leave me dry
Oh, it's the best thing that you've ever had
The best thing that you've ever, ever had
It's the best thing that you've ever had
The best thing you've had has gone away
So don't leave me high, don't leave me dry
Don't leave me high, don't leave me dry
Don't leave me high
Don't leave me high
Don't leave me dry
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"The lyrics are not meant to be taken literally in every word. If you listen to the spirit of what's being said and played musically (which is even more important than the words themselves), it certainly sounds like an ode to a dying person that you love with all your heart - including sexually. A person who is dying from a degenerative disease like cancer or HIV. "You broke another mirror" refers to the the declining appearance of a dying person. "All your insides fall to pieces" again refers to the shutting down of the bodily functions. "You just sit there wishing you could still make love" again referring to the emotions of a person immersed in the degenerative process of a slow death. The repeated mantra "Don't leave me high and dry" is Yorke's plea to the dying person not to leave him "high and dry." If you've ever sat beside a person you love with all your heart and watch them slip away despite all your prayers, pleas and efforts, then you understand perfectly what this means.
I decided to post this in my journal for reasons as some of you know I have cancer.
For the video go HERE
 UNlCR0N · Tue Nov 08, 2011 @ 03:10pm · 1 Comments |
