"Wierd Fishees"

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symbols

ocean - The primordial waters; chaos; formlessness; material existence; endless motion; it is the source of all life, containing all potentials; the sum of all possibilities in manifestation; the unfathomable; the 'anima mundi, the Great Mother.The ocean also symbolizes the sea of life which has to be crossed. ("An Illustrated Encyclopaedia of Traditional Symbols", J. C. Cooper, 1978)

eye - Omniscience; the all-seeing divinity; the faculty of intuitive vision. The eye is a symbol of all sun gods and of their life-giving power of fertilization by the sun; their poser is incarnated in the god-king; Plato calls it the most solar of instruments. It is also the mystic eye; light; enlightenment; knowledge; the mind; vigilance; protection; stability; fixity of purpose, but also the limitation of the visible. ("An Illustrated Encyclopaedia of Traditional Symbols", J. C. Cooper, 1978)

phan·tom also fan·tom (făn'təm) - n.
Something apparently seen, heard, or sensed, but having no physical reality; a ghost or an apparition.
Something elusive or delusive.
An image that appears only in the mind; an illusion.
Something dreaded or despised.
adj.
Resembling, characteristic of, or being a phantom; illusive.
Fictitious; nonexistent: phantom employees on the payroll.
[Middle English fantom, from Old French fantosme, probably from Vulgar Latin *phantauma, from Greek dialectal *phantagma, from Greek phantasma. (The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. Houghton Mifflin Company, 2004.)

worm - Death; dissolution; the earth. ("An Illustrated Encyclopaedia of Traditional Symbols", J. C. Cooper, 1978)

2006 May 1 | Big Ask Live | Koko | London | England

in the deepest ocean...
the bottom of the sea
your eyes...
they turned me

why should i stay here?
why should i stay?

i'd be crazy not to follow...
follow where you lead
your eyes...
they turned me

turned me onto phantoms
i follow to the edge...
of the earth...
and fall off

everybody leaves
if they get the chance
and this...
is my chance

i get eaten by the worms...
and wierd fishes
picked over by the worms...
and wierd fishes...
wierd fishes...
wierd fishes

i hit the bottom...
hit the bottom...
and escaped

i hit the bottom
hit the bottom...
and escaped...
escaped



performed by thom yorke and jonny greenwood.

2005 March 28 | Ether Festival | Royal Festival Hall | London | England

in the deepest ocean
bottom of the sea
your eyes...
they turn me

why should i stay?
why should i stay?

i'll be crazy not to follow
follow where you lead
your eyes...
they turn me

sunk without a trace...
the bottom of the deep...
your eyes...
they turn me

turn me into phantoms
i follow to the edge...
of the earth
and fall off

everybody leaves...
if they get the chance
and this...
is my chance

eaten by the worms
and wierd fishees
eaten by the worms
and wierd fishees
wierd fishees
wierd fishees

turn the the bottom up
turn the bottom to escape
escape
escape

hit the bottom
hit the bottom to escape
escape
escape

2005 March 27 | Royal Festival Hall | London

in the deepest ocean
bottom of the sea
your eyes
they turn me

why should i stay here?
why should i stay?

i'd be crazy not to follow
follow where you lead
your eyes
they turn me

sunk without a trace
bottom of the deep
your eyes
they turn me

turn me into phantoms
i follow to the edge
of the earth
and fall off

everybody leaves
if they get the chance
and this
is my chance

eaten by the worms
and wierd fishees
picked over by the worms
wierd fishees
wierd fishees

hit the bottom
hit the bottom to escape
escape

hit the bottom
hit the bottom to escape
escape

note: 'the bottom of the sea', 'sunk without a trace' ('scrapbook', radiohead.com).