The Poetry of Rock n' Roll: "Daydreaming" by Radiohead

I always say no one can kill me with a simple song like Thom Yorke and Radiohead can. For this National Poetry Month 2022, I will be posting song lyrics that double as exquisite poetry and this one, "Daydreaming" by Radiohead is pretty exquisite.

Enigmatic, gentle, broken, sad...the words capture a much larger sentiment that speaks to a sense of cosmic weariness, and a bit of the sense the Japanese refer to as mono no aware (here). I won't embed the video here, so you can concentrate on the lyrics but if you'd like to experience the other dimension of the song--the tender, profound music and Thom Yorke's quivering, emotional delivery--click here.

Daydreaming
by Radiohead

Dreamers
They never learn
They never learn
Beyond the point
Of no return
Of no return

And it's too late
The damage is done
The damage is done

This goes
Beyond me
Beyond you
The white room
By window
Where the sun goes
Through

We are
Just happy to serve
Just happy to serve
You

http://www.radiohead.com/