"A heart that's full up like a landfill / A job that slowly kills you / Bruises that won't heal."
— Radiohead [Thom Yorke, Jonny Greenwood, Ed O'Brien, Colin Greenwood, and Phil Selway]
Work Title
Date
1997
Metaphor
"A heart that's full up like a landfill / A job that slowly kills you / Bruises that won't heal."
Metaphor in Context
A heart that's full up like a landfill
A job that slowly kills you
Bruises that won't heal
You look so tired, unhappy
Bring down the government
They don't, they don't speak for us
I'll take a quiet life
A handshake of carbon monoxide
A job that slowly kills you
Bruises that won't heal
You look so tired, unhappy
Bring down the government
They don't, they don't speak for us
I'll take a quiet life
A handshake of carbon monoxide
Categories
Provenance
Reading
Citation
Radiohead, "No Surprises," OK Computer (Parlophone Capitol, 1997).
Date of Entry
02/07/2018
