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Radiohead This song has always been one of my favorite Radiohead songs, not because of the lyrics per say, but for the music in itself. I feel that this song brings out tremendous emotion in me with the way that the guitar leads, melodies, bass lines, and drum tracks are all layered and intertwined with one another. The song begins with some simple strumming on a guitar and then you are immediately blown away by pure musical force. The guitars go off like angry bees swarming around a foe. The music then dies down and you get to hear Thom's very melodic voice. Thom said in an interview that this song is about a narcissistic friend of his. Though when looked into that light you can find good meaning, I feel that music is such a great instrument to humankind because it can be interpreted in one's own way. For me, this song is about karma and how karma will always find you. In this world, the actions that you put onto others will come back, no matter how far (or high) you have run, or how many locks you have on your doors. Karma lingers like a stench, waiting to knock you down whenever you think that you are on top. The plus side is that if we heed the words of heroes like Thom and Radiohead, we'll learn that Karma can also pick us up in our times of defeat. The chorus sings that you do it to yourself, because your life is yours alone, and only you will answer to your own actions. After the verses and choruses are sung, the guitar goes off into a, what I would call liberating, solo. It screeches through all of the other instruments, but you never miss the thick grooving bass line or the hard hits of the drums. At the highest point of the solo, you hear a high pitching squeal that is turkey on Thanksgiving day to my ears. It's at this point in the song when all natural thinking has left, and I'm only left with myself to contemplate life and it's true meanings. The song then comes back in with it's chorus and hard hitting solos, and finishes with music that leaves the taste of gravy and corn kernels stuck in my teeth.

Lyrics Can't get the stink off He's been hanging round for days Comes like a comet Suckered you but not your friends One day he'll get to you And teach you how to be a holy cow You do it to yourself, you do and that's what really hurts You do it to yourself, just you you and no-one else You do it to yourself You do it to yourself Don't get my sympathy Hanging out the 15th floor changed the locks three times He still comes reeling through the door one day I'll get to you And teach you how to get to purest hell You do it to yourself, you do and that's what really hurts You do it to yourself, just you you and no-one else You do it to yourself You do it to yourself You do it to yourself, you do and that's what really hurts is You do it to yourself, just you you and no-one else You do it to yourself You do it to yourself, yourself, yourself.