Experimental Rock

"I need to wash myself again To hide all the dirt and pain. 'Cause I'd be scared that there's nothing underneath. And who are my real friends? Have they all got the bends? Am I really sinking this low?"

"You can force it but it will not come. You can taste it but it will not form. You can crush it but it's always here. You can crush it but it's always near. Chasing you home SayingEverything is Broken. Everyone is Broken."

"And if the world does turn, And if London burns, I'll be standing on the beach with my guitar. I wanna be in a band when I get to heaven. Anyone can play guitar And they won't be a nothing anymore."

"And the wise man said, "I don't want to hear your voice." And the thin man said, "I don't want to hear your voice." And they're cursing me and they won't let me be. And there's nothing to say and there's nothing to do.Stop whispering, start shouting. Stop whispering, start shouting."

"Don't get my sympathy Hanging out the fifteenth floor. You've changed the locks three times He still come 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 Is that you do it to yourself, just you. You and no one else. You do it to yourself. You do it to yourself, ah."

"I don't care if it hurts. I wanna have control. I want a perfect body, I want a perfect soul. I want you to notice When I'm not around. You're so fuckin' special. I wish I was special."

"When you were here before, Couldn't look you in the eye. You're just like an angel, Your skin makes me cry. You float like a feather In a beautiful world. I wish I was special. You're so fuckin' special.But I'm a creep. I'm a weirdo. What the hell am I doin' here? I don't belong here."

"The melancholic wonder and mesmerization provided from the UK’s own Radiohead has always been second to none."

"Radiohead’s OK Computer would become such a resounding popular and critical success that it would essentially destroy an important subgenre — the Britpop of Oasis, Blur, and Suede — with the force of its implication: Three-minute songs about drunken nights or critiques of the English suburbs now seemed unspeakably tiny, and American grunge sounded noisy and antique."

"OK Computer was the last gasp of the rock monoculture: an incontestable, unrepeatable, and critically consecrated masterpiece of a genre that was too big to fail, yet too limp to preside over a new century. Picking up grunge’s challenge to macho rock orthodoxy, the bookish Oxford five-piece parlayed corporate resistance and righteous angst into an infernal assessment of mainstream conformism, petit bourgeois inertia, and cartoonish celebrity culture. But where grunge despaired at the gravity of it all, and Britpop buried its head in hedonism, Radiohead made a crucial distinction: Seeing the inferno of modern life in all its grotesque glory was not a curse to endure or escape, but a superpower to wield."

"From roughly 1995 to about 2002, there was arguably no hotter band on the planet than Radiohead. It got to the point that fans worldwide could not wait to hear what was next from Thom Yorke and Co. Radiohead went from a true rock outfit to excelling within the alternative and art rock scenes while also not being afraid to throw in some electronica. There is not a better run of albums with , , , and in alternative rock history. Even today, Radiohead still has a major influence on the music scene."

"Hey, it's me, I just got off the train A frightening place, the faces are concrete grey And I'm wondering, should I turn around? Buy another ticket?"

"Now as I go upon my way So let me go upon my way Born of a light, born of a light The wind rushing 'round my open heart An open ravine with my spirit wide Totally alive and my spirit light Through an open doorway Across a street to another life And catching my reflection In a window, switching on a light One I didn't know, totally alive, totally released."

"Then into your life, there comes a darkness, There's a spacecraft blocking out the sky. And there's nowhere to hide. You run to the back, and you cover your ears, But it's the loudest sound you've ever heard. And all we trapped, ragdoll cloth people, We are helpless to resist Into our darkest hour."

"Like I've fallen out of bed from a long and vivid dream, Finally I'm free of all the weight I've been carrying."

"Gather up the lost and their souls (Don't hurt me) Into your arms (Don't hurt me) Into your arms (Don't hurt me) Gather up the pitiful (Don't hurt me, don't hurt me) Into your arms (Don't hurt me) Into your arms (Don't hurt me)"

"There's an empty space inside my heart Where the weeds take root, so now I'll set you free. I'll set you free."

"Open your mouth wide, A universal sigh. And while the ocean blooms, It's what keeps me alive. So why does this still hurt? Don't blow your mind with whys."

"This is my way of saying goodbye Because I can't do it face to face. So I'm talking to you before- No matter what happens now You shouldn't be afraid Because I know today has been The most perfect day I've ever seen."

"Just as you take my hand, Just as you write my number down, Just as the drinks arrive, Just as they play your favourite song. As your bad day disappears No longer wound up like a spring Before you've had too much Come back in focus again."

"I don't want to be your friend. I just want to be your lover. No matter how it ends, No matter how it starts.Forget about your house of cards, And I'll do mine. Forget about your house of cards, And I'll do mine. And fall off the table, get swept under Denial, denial."

"Because we separate like ripples on a blank shore (In rainbows)"

"I'm the next act waiting in the wings. I'm an animal trapped in your hot car. I am all the days that you choose to ignore.You are all I need. You're all I need. I'm in the middle of your picture, Lying in the reeds."

"Don't get any big ideas, They're not gonna happen. You paint yourself white And fill up with noise, But there'll be something missing.Now that you've found it, it's gone. Now that you feel it, you don't. You've gone off the rails."

"I have no idea what I am talking about. I am trapped in this body and can't get out."

"How come I end up where I started? How come I end up where I went wrong? Won't take my eyes off the ball again. You reel me out, then you cut the string."

"I keep the wolf from the door, but he calls me up. Calls me on the phone, tells me all the ways that he's gonna mess me up. Steal all my children if I don't pay the ransom And I'll never see them again if I squeal to the cops."

"Yesterday's headlines Blown by the wind. Yesterday's people end up Scatterbrain there. Any fool can easy pick a hole I only wish I could fall in A moving target in a firing range."

"It's a dirty job, but someone's gotta do it."

"There's no worries on the earth tonight We're all walkin' off the world tonight. Come on now everyone yeah Come on now everyone We're like a locomotive Under the big hot sun We're chained to the gang of rhythm The song is never done Come on now everyone yeah Come on now everyone Come on everyone."

"R.E.V.O. — Realize Every Victory Outright."

"I just had the idea of putting on multiple hands on a guitar for a long time, and I just didn't have the right song, and when I heard the song, I said "That's the one that it has to be." I didn't have any idea it was going to turn out like that, but I'm glad we chose it. … It's an awesome song."

"You have to have an awesome core of people that you get along with."

"It was a complete surprise... totally."

"Gianni: The time has come … I don't want to yell it because we're… Sarah: Just do it — fuck it, those guys don't even hear us."

"I got this old guitar The strings are rusty But it's all I need."

"I got a shaker too The kinds of sound That wants to make you move. Bring in the uke It will complete the groove. Let's gather round and sing a song."

"We got this melody Bring in the harmony like CSNY To write a tune you know will never die."

"And when the night is done These chains will hold us strong The chords will carry on Long after we're gone… oh… oh…"

"I say I rule the world. Don't cloud my vision I'm telling you — not today 'Cause I'm seeing straight. Made my decision. Made it through the shades of grey, Made it my own way. I materialize the feeling To carry on, to carry on I know some would say I'm dreaming But I carry on, I carry on, on."

"They say "no way", well, I say "I rule the world." Ain't afraid of the walls, Imma break 'em down. They stay the same — well I'm feelin' high as a bird. Ain't afraid of the ground — I'm a standing.I say yeah, yeah, yeah, they say no, no, no, they say slow, slow, slow, I say go, go, go — They say "no way" I say I rule the world."

"I've chased illusion And I watched them fade to black Throwing me off-track. Found Revolution. Found it in a simple fact. I ain't coming back."

"The Velvets straddled the categories. They were nothing if not eclectic: their music and sensibility suggested influences as diverse as Bob Dylan and Andy Warhol, Peter Townshend and John Cage; they experimented with demented feedback and isolated, pure notes and noise for noise's sake; they were partial to sweet, almost folky melodies; they played the electric viola on Desolation Row."

"The Velvet Underground never sold many records, but, as many have said, it seems like every one of the group's fans went out and started a band."

"You've got to weigh all he said He helped you shape the way you play You've got to get rid of the mourning Sort out the habits of your mind."

"Sweet summer night and I'm stripped to my sheets Forehead is leaking, my AC squeaks and A voice from the clock says, "You're not gonna get tired" My bed is a pool and the walls are on fire."

"I don't mean To seem like I care about material things, Like our social status, I just want Four walls and adobe slabs For my girls."

"Isn't much that I feel I need a solid soul and the blood I bleed With a little girl, and by my spouse I only want a proper house"

"And an obsession with the past is like a dead fly And just a few things are related to the “old times” Then we did believe in magic and we did die It’s not my words that you should follow, it’s your insides You’re just an inside. Adjust your insides. You’re just an inside."

"Can I tell you that you are the purple in me? Can I call you just to hear you would you care?"