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About This Track
“Knives Out” is a song by English alternative rock band Radiohead. The composition features electric and acoustic guitars, complemented by singer Thom Yorke’s vocals. It appears on Radiohead’s 2001 album Amnesiac, recorded during the same sessions as the previous album Kid A. It was also released as the second Amnesiac single, receiving more radio airplay than the band’s other songs of the period. The song reached #13 on the UK singles chart.
Yorke has usually described the song as being about “cannibalism”. In one interview he said: “It’s partly the idea of the businessman walking out on his wife and kids and never coming back. It’s also the thousand yard stare when you look at someone close to you and you know they’re gonna die. It’s like a shadow over them, or the way they look straight through you. The shine goes out of their eyes.”
Yorke has usually described the song as being about “cannibalism”. In one interview he said: “It’s partly the idea of the businessman walking out on his wife and kids and never coming back. It’s also the thousand yard stare when you look at someone close to you and you know they’re gonna die. It’s like a shadow over them, or the way they look straight through you. The shine goes out of their eyes.”
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Shouts
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florence_post wrote:
man, i love this song
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Icros wrote:
Look into my eyes, it's the only way I'm gonna tell the truth. [3]
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daveandi wrote:
you so get me Thom Yorke
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innerspeaker wrote:
Complete genius.
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shayan-x wrote:
fav off amnesiac
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leniel wrote:
Addicting sound...
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franz58 wrote:
so effortlessly and easily gets into your blood. guitars are just incredible, one of the best tracks they have ever written definitely.
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Annieworld wrote:
I still maintain that this is their best track. [3]
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0rion wrote:
it sounds like a remade paranoid android
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kbomb001 wrote:
look into my eyes, it's the only way I'm gonna tell the truth [2]
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mozzareIIa wrote:
spleen
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innerspeaker wrote:
It's impossible to listen to this without singing along.
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passport90 wrote:
I still maintain that this is their best track. [2]
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MusicxxAddicted wrote:
look into my eyes, it's the only way I'm gonna tell the truth <3
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gregcobra wrote:
Easily the best song of Amnesiac
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armanp wrote:
Awesome..
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serizierrock wrote:
Masterpiece..
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Saturnalian wrote:
I still maintain that this is their best track.
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lukasz_pulawski wrote:
also covered by Christopher O'Riley and Brad Mehldau
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paul30479 wrote:
Love this song! By the way guys if any of u want a free iphone 4 check out this site FREEIPHONE4-METROLYRICS.INFO Actually works! Just got mine the other day haha
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