Radiohead shows how their notion of love changed over the years. At first they came up with this song, Creep, with a very teenager approach, saying that they're not enough for the people they love - feeling weird and creepy compared to the object of desire. Later they made Fake Plastic Tree, with a very cynical perspective, blaming love for being fake and plastic, and not the real thing, despite the fact that it feels so. Eventually they made the ultimate realization on the matter with Jigsaw Falling Into Place, giving status of truth for things that happens only for a glimpse of time, like in a night club - the thing is real - even magic - while it lasts, and it is up to us to make it special.
When his voice goes higher the lyrics turn into this abrupt admission of the character’s feelings, as if he’s confessing to himself the reality of the situation. Eventually he reaches a conclusion as, the jigsaw has fallen into place.
Just as you take my hand Just as you write my number down Just as the drinks arrive Just as they play your favorite song As your bad day disappears No longer wound up like a spring Before you had too much Come back in focus again The walls are bending shape They've got a Cheshire cat grin All blurring into one This place is on a mission Before the night owl Before the animal noises Closed circuit cameras Before you're comatose Before you run away from me Before you're lost between the notes The beat goes round and round The beat goes round and round I never really got there I just pretended that I had Words are blunt instruments Words are sawed-off shotguns Come on and let it out Come on and let it out Come on and let it out Come on and let it out Before you run away from me Before you're lost between the notes Just as you take the mic Just as you dance, dance, dance Jigsaw falling into place So there is nothing to explain You eye each other as you pass She looks back, you look back Not just once Not just twice Wish away the nightmare Wish away the nightmare You've got a light, you can feel it on your back A light, you can feel it on your back Jigsaw falling into place
The way Thom Yorke sings makes it impossible to learn the lyrics just by listening to the song. That's why TheLampard80 was smart and used the OFFICIAL booklet.
[3] He starts fearing rejection and ridicule. Sadly, that‘s exactly what happens. She finds another guy she fancies more and figures she could do better. Finally it downs on him, the instrumental nature of this “mating-market”; the fact that he fooled himself and was just as dishonest as she; the fact that he’s not good enough and, in actuality, never stood a chance. __ This is not the "official" meaning, but I've looked around on the Net and this interpretation makes most sense to me.
@haydss55 Why thank you! And yes, "YOU JUST GOT PAID" does appear in the In Rainbows lyrics booklet... it's never sung in the song, but I though I'd add it in anyway. If you go to "rhdiscog . com" you can see the official CD inserts.
[2] i.e. competing for the conquest of a suitable mate for copulation, while at the same time rationalizing doing so by saying “oh, I’m just here to have fun”. Though his feelings are genuine, or so he believes, he plays along and rationalizes as well. He wants to “hook” her before all “choice-criteria” which led to their initial connection give place to solely carnal ones as the night progresses. [...]
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critics : This is wasn't about that, but I think this is about a man that frustrated to play the game of love with a girl that seems really into him, but she still not sure about it. It really clearly said in "come on and let it out". All the pieces of their relationship are very clear that they likes each other, but not established yet. s
OVERVIEW LYRICS LISTEN OTHER RECORDINGS PEOPLE ALSO SEARCH FOR Lyrics Just as you take my hand Just as you write my number down Just as the drinks arrive Just as they play your favorite song As your bad day disappears No longer wound up like a spring Before you had too much Come back and focus again The walls are bending shape They've got a Cheshire cat grin All blurring into one This place is on a mission Before the night owl Before the animal noises Closed circuit cameras Before you're comatose Before you run away from me Before you're lost between the notes The beat goes round and round The beat goes round and round I never really got there I just pretended that I had Words are blunt instruments Words are sawed-off shotguns Come on and let it out Come on and let it out Come on and let it out Come on and let it out Before you run away from me Before you're lost between the notes Just as you take my mic Just as you dance, dance, dance Jigsaw falling into place So there is nothing to explain You eye each other as you pass She looks back, you look back Not just once Not just twice Wish away the nightmare Wish away the nightmare You've got a light, you can feel it on your back A light, you can feel it on your back Jigsaw falling into place
I think that is true, at the very least for Kid A. I do not think that the lyrics in Kid A make much sense as a stand alone entity... partly because more than half of the songs' lyrics were drawn randomly out of a top hat. In that case it is much more about how Thom Yorke delivers the vocals (using his voice more as an instrument than anything else), rather than the actual meaning behind the lyrics. Having said that, I do have a Kid A album booklet with the lyrics printed in it...
+Eevee XD Well, I wasn't that assertive and certainly was not trying to be smart, I just hate it because that way internet teaches you important stuff incorrectly...sorry if I made an impact as being a bitch.... :)
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Look, if it was good enough for Radiohead, then it is damn good enough for me. I would much rather have it match with what Radiohead themselves had intended than to copy it from some worthless piece of shit website. Obviously the band meant to type it as "Mike" otherwise it wouldn't be there; ipso facto, I don't know what you're talking about anymore.
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Thom is notoriously hard to understand, I seriously doubt that you could simply listen very closely to understand the lyrics. I distinctly remember looking up the lyrics to Paranoid Android after years of thinking I knew the lyrics and being completely blown away by how wrong I heard them
Always thought the line "your bad day disappears" was "your bladder disappears." Like just as we sit down to a seemingly perfect dinner with perfect music the moment is interrupted cause you had to take a leak.
+NF_VR_PB productions I think he says blather, as in nonsensical talk, something we all do on a night out up to the point we've had enough of hearing ourselves speak
Well all of it could fit, rappers blur their voices when saying a specific word so it has multiple meanings. Blabber as in Blabbering about is what I hear too & it all fits the theme of ordering drinks
It also could be a song about the randomness of life and relations grouping together, and while at first, sense isnt made from it, in time after actions and pontifications sense is achieved. With a good amount of alacrity i'll add.
[1] I interpret it as follows: It's about clubbing (as courtship) and all the emotional/psychological intricacies involved in it. Guy goes out, meets girl and starts flirting. He feels a connection and everything appears to be going well, but the dishonesty/vulgarity of her reciprocating this connection as a result of alcohol intoxication becomes more and more apparent. He starts realizing that everyone in there is "on a mission" [...]
2020? Pieces falling into place? NEVER allow someone to convince you that their agenda is more important than your FREEDOM. PRAYERS TO ALL THOSE SUFFERING. We WILL RISE, STRONGER
