As lotus flowers
Yesterday Dee Timeless was our special guest
and life performer at the party at T.R.A.C.S. After her concert we had a short IM.
Dee Timeless: how did you like the Radiohead
song!
Dee Timeless: I spent a LOT of time working
that one out
Christo Spyker: I love Radiohead
Dee Timeless: Are you familiar with the one
I did?
Christo Spyker: Specially love the song
Creep
Christo Spyker: Can you tell me the name of
the song that you song
Christo Spyker: Ooh yes I remember
Christo Spyker: Yes I know that one
Christo Spyker: it never became a hit in
the Netherlands
Dee Timeless: yeah not much of a hit here,
Dee Timeless: they performed it on Saturday
night live
Dee Timeless: people will appreciate that
song in time
Christo Spyker: think will read the lyrics
and will BLOG it
"Lotus Flower" is a song by the
English alternative rock band Radiohead. It was released in 2011 on their
eighth studio album The King of Limbs. The song was first played live with lead
singer Thom Yorke's band Atoms for Peace, albeit very different from the
version on the album. Musically, the song has less focus on its rhythm section
than on the first half of the album, while lyrically, it is about "the
magic of losing yourself in music and the senses".
Music video
A music video was released on The video received positive reviews from critics. IndieWire wrote that director Jennings was able to turn Yorke's "spastic" dancing into art. The website described the concept as "simple" and genius", and said the video was "bizarrely compelling [...] with Yorke's flailing, curiously spellbinding limbs as the main attraction." The British newspaper Metro held a "music video fight club" where they judged the music videos for "Lotus Flower" and "Hold It Against Me" by Britney Spears to see which one was better.
They praised the dancing of Yorke, saying
"somehow, even though he seems to be mass of tangled limbs in the grip of
an attack of some sort, it works." The newspaper, however, criticized the
visuals of the video, describing the empty room as "sparse to say the
least". They declared "Lotus Flower" the winner of the
"music video fight club", two points to one point.
Lotus Flower lyrics
I will shape myself into your pocket
Invisible
Do what you want
Do what you want
I will shrink and I will disappear
I will slip into the groove and cut me off
And cut me off
There's an empty space inside my heart
Where the weeds take root
And now I'll set you free
I'll set you free
There's an empty space inside my heart
Where the weeds take root
So now I'll set you free
I'll set you free
Slowly we unfurl
As lotus flowers
'Cause all I want is the moon upon a stick
Just to see what if
Just to see what is
I can't kick your habit
Just to fill your fast ballooning head
Listen to your heart
We will shrink and we'll be quiet as mice
And while the cat is away
Do what we want
Do what we want
There's an empty space inside my heart
Where the weeds take root
So now I'll set you free
I'll set you free
'Cause all I want is the moon upon a stick
Just to see what if
Just to see what is
The
bird lights float into my room
Slowly we unfurl
As lotus flowers
'Cause all I want is the moon upon a stick
I dance around the pit
The darkness is beneath
I can't kick your habit
Just to feed your fast ballooning head
Listen to your heart
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