When I hear the song, I imagine someone looking their whole life for another presence to have around them. They don't know how to be around anyone and don't feel wanted. They are so lonely that they will stick around people who have their back turned to them. I also feel the song is about patience and trying to find the right person to be with even if you think it won't happen.
This song will forever haunt me. I was involved in a high speed car accident back in 2008 and I had this playing in the car. As I lost control of the car all I could hear being sang was "You are all I need..." repeated in a surreal out of body way. I absolutely love Radiohead I guess I could say this song was nearly the life or death of me. It certainly taught me not to drive like an idiot anymore...
This is a song my friend Ilya loved very much. He died 6 years ago after getting high on methadone, choked to death in his sleep. We played it together at a few gigs with a band we called Who Cares. Then I got drafted into the army where I served in the orchestra. There was a piano on which I played it to myself when no one was around. Ilya especially loved one particular note in that song - the buzzing A before the phrase "you are all I need". The song is written in C major and that note adds some kind of pain, a little needle prickling somewhere inside the head. This song that always makes me feel a deep and unbearable nostalgia for a past that can never come back. I dissolve into false memories that are always brighter and happier than the present and the past. I miss him.
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The last minute in the song, I don't know what to say, but I feel that my soul is hanging between the note and the other. It's great to feel such a feeling.
In Rainbows remains to be my favorite Radiohead album because they found a dynamic balance that they have been working towards. King of Limbs seemed to push them in a completely different more rhythmic direction, but this is the medium for me. Guitars, Thom's pretty voice, and balanced bells and whistles.
This was my ex and I's song. We dated for 6 years in our 20's. We were both addicted to drugs, and I had to leave her when I got clean, and she didnt. It broke my heart. It's been almost 10 years since we split, and we just got back together. We're both clean and have been for years. This song will always remind me of her. I feel like I have my best friend back.
@@Exist-nv9vm Thank you! This will be the song we dance to at our wedding. I plan on asking her this summer at our favorite spot. The only thing I regret is not asking her when I was 20, instead of waiting until we are 35.
This song got me through some of the darkest periods of my addiction. It's so deep and beautiful. I've seen them twice live. They're better in person. Been ok for 10 years now.
Running at 3 minutes and 48 seconds, "All I Need" is a sombre song with lyrics detailing obsession and love.The song, which concludes the first half of In Rainbows, has been described by Robert Sandall of The Telegraph as Yorke's most "direct love song", while Rolling Stone cites it as among "the most intense love songs [he] has ever sung." Yorke's lyrics incorporate metaphors describing unrequited love, with the song's protagonist describing himself as "an animal trapped in your hot car."
Lyrics [Verse 1] I'm the next act Waiting in the wings I'm an animal Trapped in your hot car I am all the days That you choose to ignore [Chorus] You are all I need You're all I need I'm in the middle of your picture Lying in the reeds [Verse 2] I am a moth Who just wants to share your light I'm just an insect Trying to get out of the night I only stick with you Cause there are no others [Chorus] You are all I need You're all I need I'm in the middle of your picture Lying in the reeds [Outro] It's all wrong, it's all wrong, it's all wrong It's all right, it's all right, it's all right It's all wrong, it's all right It's all right, it's all right
This is probably the song that could ever describe all my childhood and part of my adolescense! I know how it’s like to be ignore, to be the third wheel, an insect trying to get out of the night … the part Thom sings: “It’s all wrong…” but then suddenly turns into “…it’s all right.” gets me every time because it’s the result of getting used to it, the fact that you’re trying hard to get along with all your feeling and stop complaining. The only way to escape from all this mess, would be to pretend you’re fine, but you’re clearly far from it… this song was a good way of catharsis 💔
honestly and truly, good for you. i was thinking the same just listening to it now. i remember all the situations in which i would listen to this album over and over, and how much i've learned and healed from that point
i know a couple who used this song as their 'wedding song'... you know, the first song a husband and wife dance to together... i can not express the sort of stunned wave of sadness that came over me when i felt like i was the only one who had truly listened to every lyric and though i knew it *could* be taken as a 'sort of' love song... it wasn't really the 'you are all i need in a wife/husband to live happily forever' kind of love song. i do know that everyone has their own right to interpret and feel what they feel to any piece of music, and i dont mean this to like, take that away... but it was such a sad paradox in me... the song i knew so well, with all of it's unrequited expression, and the scene of a couple looking lovingly into each other's eyes with all of their guests with that "awwwwww" expression on their faces... it truly made me sad... and i always wondered if they ever were really listening to it one day... and *actually heard and felt* those unrequited lyrics/expression, and thought 'oh, my...what made us choose this?' idk. probably just one of those sad moments in life... one that even though it is quite small, still makes you wish you did not experience it.
+n/a n/a yup, don't really see why anyone would choose this as their opening song... or maybe out of brutal honnesty. This song to me is more about "settling for" than it is about being "happy forever". Completely agree with your post!
+rexrex22 thank you for your reply... of course with the couple knowing i was a huge Radiohead fan the sort of 'what did you think of the wedding song... eh?' was kind of unbearable... i did *not* want to insult anyone.
@@waylonpatterson oh... i am sorry, i am not trying to insult anyone or their choices in their own wedding song and i wish your dad and his spouse a wonderful life together. it's just as the first comment says, it really is more of a "settling for" than an outright "i love you" statement. but that is just my opinion and i understand that. no harm done, eh?
Listening at 2024. Initially I thought this was a love song but holy shit the lyrics hits like home. This song makes me feel like a hollow shell, it's like seeing myself in a third person perspective I love everything about it, the devastating piano solo.. god.
This song is just so peaceful and ambient. It just occupies your brain. Totally. Just for now, for that 3 minutes and 49 seconds, i just lose myself in the song. I just sit there and i let it take over me. It's like a drug. Take one of these and your of with the fairies. Radiohead have never sounded better.
Tbh I can hardly listen to this song without crying anymore. On November 2nd, my mom was pulling out of the driveway to take me to school when we saw my kitty Mae (who I loved so much, she was like my best friend) dead on the other side of the road. I think that was the first time I've actually cried hysterically. After my mom and sister took care of her body and put her where I wouldn't see her, I went to my room and listened to this song while I cried. Now this song just reminds me of little Mae :-(( Another song I can hardly listen to is "every little thing she does is magic" by the police (it was the song that was playing in the car when I saw her)
it's been 5 years since this comment was posted. i'm unsure if you even use this account, but i hope you've reached some level of mental tranquility. god bless you
Hey Tinylizard, your comment made sob, I know how it feels to lose a family member cause pets are family, I hope you're doin alright in life, I hope that god blesses you in ways that make your heart full, take care of yourself and I will do the same, cant let this depression get us, there are so many people who love us and we dont even know it, much love, Josh
This song, beach chair, bonfire, party, sound of waves and voices, and from a distance you make eye contact to the girl of your dreams, now everything is in slow mo. Bliss wouldn't be bliss without this song. I'm dreaming. lol
the feeling where you adore someone, you just can’t help but enjoy the little moments like having conversations, laughs until you part ways with them, can’t tell if you love them romantically or just being lonely
As I recall this album had a lot of energy surrounding its release. This song right here has always been a favorite. The entire album was nice to hear.Been a Radiohead fan since high school. A good 27 years. Excellent music fellas.
The ending of this song brings with it some powerful melancholy. I've never heard anything like it before, and I don't think I can stop listening. There's something about it so hauntingly beautiful and it hits all the right spots of my soul.
I don't have any of these problems but I love and appreciate the portrayal of this human condition. It's a beautiful way of sympathising and showing understanding.
Lyrics: I'm the next act Waiting in the wings I'm an animal Trapped in your hot car I am all the days That you choose to ignore You are all I need You are all I need I'm in the middle of your picture Lying in the reeds I am a moth Who just wants to share your light I'm just an insect Trying to get out of the night I only stick with you Because there are no others You are all I need You are all I need I'm in the middle of your picture Lying in the reeds It's all wrong It's all right It's all wrong It's all wrong It's all right It's all wrong It's all wrong It's all right It's all wrong It's all right
Recently started enjoying this album. Can't believe it took me so long to find this. Took my brain about a week to adjust and I pretty much forced myself to be open minded, then it hit me. One of the greatest musical experiences
I dedicated this song to my wife. She was always trying to get my attention while my heart was stuck on self. Later on, I was able to find this song and empathize what she was going through.
i have this as the final song on my playlist that i made for the guy i am seeing right now. the situation is difficult; he told me to wait for him, for a year, so he can get everything else in order and cut off things that would stop us from being together fully, but every so often he tries to pull away or tells me he isn't ready. sometimes i think i should try and let go, but i really can't. i'm almost through with the year, and i'm deeply in love with him. he's met my family, and they really like him. my cat loves him, too. i don't think i've ever felt more safe with anyone other than him; i have never felt more seen, more heard, more actually cared for even if he only says he loves me when we're both crying. i feel like i'm chasing after him, trying to earn his time. i tell him this, and he tells me i don't have to, but i still feel like i do. i have reached a point where i feel empty without him; my apartment is strange when it's just me, and i've been used to living and struggling alone for so long that this shift has completely thrown me into the air. i used to be able to deal with a lot of pain and difficulties on my own, but now i can't do it without him, and he's causing quite a bit of it. i can't tell him he is, though, because he'll leave to save me that pain. it is a struggle. i want him to say fuck it, and just slice everything off to be with me. i want to be the most important person to him, like he is to me. i want him to come here, and stay here. i want to make it work so badly, but he keeps dragging his feet. he's self flagellating and it's bouncing off and hitting me, instead. i am just a moth that wants to bask in his light. i am simply waiting in the wings until i am allowed to take to his stage. it is so wrong, but being with him is so right. he knows about this playlist. he might see this comment. he already knows all of this. sometimes knowing and feeling isn't enough to fix things or change them. i just have to be strong enough to see it the rest of the way through. wish me luck
Good things come to those who wait...find peace in mental health. It will all fall into place in the proper timing. Everything happens for a reason. God bless 🙏
Listening to this again reminds me of the time I took 300 mg of dextromethorphan. I laid down in a dark room, queued In rainbows, and as the effects started to come up, this song started playing. It felt as though my soul departed my body, imagining myself drifting through the cosmos like the orange floating figure on the cover. When "it's all wrong" came in, it literally felt like I had transcended to a higher plane of existence This song is transcedental man
this song reminds me how short life is when you’re so caught up in emotions,how futile this all is but eventually the best art work we can make out of it is building rapports. i seem like i can never get enough of the love the others give me. going through changes together is a blessing
Anytime i listen to this song it just gives me adrenaline it flows in my veins hitting my brain and heart especially that piano part this is a masterpiece
Every time I listen to this song I can’t help but think this is probably how she felt. I wish I could have loved her as much she did for me. But I knew I would have brought her down. Hope she’s doing well now. :,)
Listen to the lyrics..."im an animal trapped in your hot car." Does that sound like a mutual and respectful love? I dont even see how it could be confused for such a thing.
