Radiohead - The Gloaming Lyrics

Radiohead Lyrics

"The Gloaming"

Genie let out of the bottle
It is now the witching hour
Genie let out of the bottle
It is now the witching hour
Murderers, you're murderers
We are not the same as you
Genie let out of the bottle
Funny, ha-ha, funny how

When the walls bend, when the walls bend
With your breathing, with your breathing
When the walls bend, when the walls bend
With your breathing, with your breathing
With your breathing

They will suck you down to the other side
They will suck you down to the other side
They will suck you down to the other side
They will suck you down to the other side
To the shadows blue and red, shadows blue and red
Your alarm bells, your alarm bells
Shadows blue and red, shadows blue and red
Your alarm bells, your alarm

They should be ringing, they should be ringing
They should be ringing, they should be ringing
They should be ringing, they should be ringing
They should be ringing, they should be ringing

They should be ringing, they should be ringing
They should be ringing, they should be ringing
This is the gloaming

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Writer(s): Philip James Selway, Jonathan Richard Guy Greenwood, Colin Charles Greenwood, Edward John O'Brien, Thomas Edward Yorke

"The Gloaming" was developed from a tune created during experimental sessions while the band was recording the "Kid A" album. The alternative title of this track is "Softly Open Our Mouths In The Cold".

Jonny Greenwood said about this song, "...strangely it was actually put together without computers. It's all done from—don't wanna get overly technical—but it was done with pieces of tape. So the rhythms you're hearing are in a way quite mechanical. So that's why it's so unsettling maybe."

Bassist Colin Greenwood explained about "The Gloaming" in an interview with Mojo magazine in February 2008, "We played it live and it was cool. My brother sampled each of the instruments on stage, cut them up then sent them back into the mix. It was so exciting, like a live DJ show, and Thom performed off of all of that."

album: "Hail To The Thief" (2003)

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