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Originally called “Uptight,” which is how Jonny referred to it in its early stages, the song pays homage to Bob Dylan’s “Subterranean Homesick Blues.” It deals with alien abduction and stems from two incidents in Thom’s life. The first occured at Abingdon School, when he was assigned an essay question that went something like this: “If you were an alien from another planet arriving on Earth, how would you describe what you saw?” The second incident occurred when Thom was driving down a country road and hit a bird (which he believes was a pheasant). He stepped out of the car and at that moment began thinking about alien abduction.
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  • XxzNaMKlaWzxX

    Perfect Timing.

    11 days ago

  • BuddyDawg1

    Nice

    12 days ago

  • gmac1993

    IM UPTIGHT UPTIGHT

    13 days ago

  • RaithBomadon

    transient....

    14 days ago

  • wouwek

    One of my favourites

    last month

  • RbrtsWax88

    Great song. Great lp. Great band.

    last month

  • naccsa

    sweet jesus this is gorgeous

    last month

  • KrioMaster

    This song is amazingly potent if listened late at night. [2]

    last month

  • LuciaAlfie

    Pretty <3

    March 2012

  • BlisterXist

    lovely song

    March 2012

  • crawlpalmetto

    Don't need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows.

    March 2012

  • pravdt

    Haunting.

    March 2012

  • take_the_veil

    I'm floating.

    March 2012

  • SequenceC

    Love love love <3

    February 2012

  • Evacuant

    I'M ON THE PAVEMENT THINKN BOUT THE GOVRNMNT

    February 2012

  • Ennish

    Beautiful. It's like I'm floating.

    February 2012

  • llamagesicht

    good one

    February 2012

  • Mushi-Man

    This is still one of my favorite songs of all time. The whole album was perfection... and then In Rainbows came along and was even more perfect.

    January 2012

  • sdkyle

    This album blew my mind back in 97...this track included.

    January 2012

  • DeathKnight00

    music of my soul [2]

    January 2012
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