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 Home > Radiohead > Discography > The Bends > 03. High And Dry
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Song ID: 14350
Covered As: High And Dry by Professional Murder Music
Two jumps in a week
I bet you think that's pretty clever don't you boy?
Flying on your motorcycle,
Watching all the ground beneath you drop
You'd kill yourself for recognition,
Kill yourself to never ever stop
You broke another mirror,
You're turning into something you are not
Don't leave me high, don't leave me dry
Don't leave me high, don't leave me dry
Drying up in conversation,
You will be the one who cannot talk
All your insides fall to pieces,
You just sit there wishing you could still make love
They're the ones who'll hate you
When you think you've got the world all sussed out
They're the ones who'll spit at you,
You will be the one screaming out
Don't leave me high, don't leave me dry
Don't leave me high, don't leave me dry
It's the best thing that you ever had,
The best thing that you ever, ever had
It's the best thing that you ever had,
The best thing you ever had has gone away
The Bends
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02. The Bends
03. High And Dry
04. Fake Plastic Trees
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"High and Dry" was originally played by Thom's band at Exeter University, the Headless Chickens. However, the Radiohead version came to being after drummer Phil Selway was testing his new bass drum. The song was demo-recorded before Pablo Honey came out, and the band had no plans to release it on their next album until receiving record label pressure. In 2006, Thom Yorke said it was the only time he had had his "arm twisted", to "put it anywhere". In 1998, Jonny Greenwood said, "Seems like there's always a song or two on every album, which is kind of a dead end, and isn't going anywhere... I always felt that 'High and Dry' on The Bends was a good pop song, and is alright, but it felt like it was the end of something, like we'd finished that kind of thing."
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12 comments on this song.
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Brando61284 		Great song! If you dont like being overlooked i think its cool to listen to!
added: 02/05/2004, 12:52 AM
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KissmedeadLy 		hmmmm...
added: 05/02/2004, 02:42 PM
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sigurros 		The only complaint I have about this cd - as a guitarist it's really annoying that every track is in a slightly sharper or slightly flatter tuning to the track before :(
added: 09/22/2004, 04:56 AM
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Vash 		why dont they write songs as gorgeous as this anymore? this is such a gorgeous song... and though their newer stuff is still really intelligent i think a lot of it is really pretentious and the strength of the songs get lost in a tangled mass of attempts at being profound.
added: 10/17/2004, 04:43 PM
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Jochem 		Amazing and beautiful. I think this is their best album after Ok Computer.
added: 10/21/2004, 01:44 PM
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Cratic 		Only heard the unplugged version, and I love it. It's just perfect.
added: 12/19/2004, 09:39 PM
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Cratic 		But I also just heard the Jamie Cullum cover of this, and I have to say that it is MUCH better
added: 12/20/2004, 03:12 PM
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Jochem 		Nah, tom is a better vocalist! Jamie Cullum's version is ok, But far from being as good as the original!
added: 12/22/2004, 06:15 AM
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zerospace_13 		everytime i listen to this song it puts a smile on my face... it's such an amazing song...
added: 01/09/2005, 07:11 PM
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StandinOnAnOverpass 		LOVE it
added: 03/09/2005, 11:45 PM
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ZAK. 		Flows so well, and the vocals are amazing.
added: 10/08/2005, 11:57 AM
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Big D 		Such a calming song.
added: 11/08/2005, 09:34 PM
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