Tuesday, July 9, 2019

"Dawn Chorus" by Thom Yorke

Thom Yorke knows exactly how to break my heart (please do take a moment to look at this previous post here).

This exquisite song, "Dawn Chorus" is from his newest release--his third solo album outside of Radiohead--called "Anima."



Back up the cul-de-sac
Come on, do your worst
You quit your job again
And your train of thought


If you could do it all again
A little fairy dust
A thousand tiny birds singing
If you must, you must


Please let me know
When you've had enough
Of the white light
Of the dawn chorus


If you could do it all again
You don't know how much
Pronto pronto, moshi mosh
Come on, chop chop


If you could do it all again
Yeah, without a second thought
I don't like leaving
The door shut


I think I missed something
But I'm not sure what
In the middle of the vortex
The wind picked up


Shook up the soot
From the chimney pot
Into spiral patterns
Of you, my love


You take a little piece
Then you break it off
It's a bloody racket
It's the dawn chorus


If you could do it all again
Big deal, so what?
Please let me know
When you've had enough


It's the last chance
O.K. Corral
If you could do it all again
This time with style


The auteur Paul Thomas Anderson ("There Will Be Blood," "Phantom Thread," and one of my all-time favorite films "Magnolia") has directed a short 15-minute musical film for Netflix using several songs from the "Anima" release, and starring Thom Yorke in a kind of fantastical dream/1984-esque nightmare with some amazing modern dancing. The below still is taken from the film.


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