The Bends

Album: The Bends (1995)
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  • Lyrics currently unavailable Writer/s: Colin Charles Greenwood, Edward John O'Brien, Jonathan Richard Guy Greenwood, Philip James Selway, Thomas Edward Yorke
    Publisher: Warner Chappell Music, Inc.

Comments: 9

  • Maya from Los Angeles, Cawhere are my real friends? have they all got the bends
  • Andrew from Charles Town, Wv"Yeah, I agree with joe. I wish it was the sixties too, but thats because of all the music and peace movements and love..and drugs. Not because my life is boring. Thats probably what Thom Yorke meant. I bet he has a lot of passion. Yeah."

    "And I really do wish I'd never written that f--king song - it's become the bane of my life. Hundreds of journalists asking - every single f--king interview: 'Do you wish it was the sixties ?' No, I don't wish it was the f--king sixties - Levis jeans wish it was the sixties - I certainly f--king don't." - Thom
  • Jordan from Toronto, OnI totally agree with David.
  • Taylor from Yorkshire, EnglandJoe - There's a reson David wrote the words "i think" before he gace his interpretation of the lyrics...
  • Briana from Santa Monica, CaYeah, I agree with joe. I wish it was the sixties too, but thats because of all the music and peace movements and love..and drugs. Not because my life is boring. Thats probably what Thom Yorke meant. I bet he has a lot of passion. Yeah.
  • Joe from Dublindavid, what are you talkin' about?? i, myself, wish it was the sixties but i wouldn't say it was because i have no passion or excitement in my life. there was a better music scene around then, not to mention the drugs and free love that went with it. are u forming your opinions from interviews or anything, or is it just sheer speculation? i don't mean to start a fight or anything, but, as i said on the 'man who sold the world' page - it bugs me when people speculate about songs and then give their views like they're practically fact. 9 times out of 10, u can bet if the original author was to read jon doe's analysis of his lyrics, he/she would be surprised themselves.
  • David from Austin, Txben - i don't think this song is about bill hicks, but they did mention him on "the bends" album with the "thank yous" etc. i think this song is about how he's with his girlfriend and he feels emotionally dead, like he wants something meaningful to happen in the world. his monotonous relationship with her also contributes to this feeling. "i wish it was the sixties" refers to the excitement and passion of the sixties, and how he has no passion or excitement in his own life.
  • Ben from Sheffield, EnglandI have heard that this song is a tribute to Bill Hicks, does anyone else know of this?
  • Christian from Vancouver, CanadaThis is probly my favorite song of all time

    I can relate to it in so many different ways

    sometimes i think it was written just for me... I love hearing the stories about Thom and the media questioning him.
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