How to Format Lyrics:

  • Type out all lyrics, even repeating song parts like the chorus
  • Lyrics should be broken down into individual lines
  • Use section headers above different song parts like [Verse], [Chorus], etc.
  • Use italics (<i>lyric</i>) and bold (<b>lyric</b>) to distinguish between different vocalists in the same song part
  • If you don’t understand a lyric, use [?]

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About

Genius Annotation

Originally considered as an option for the first single from Radiohead’s 1995 release The Bends, “(Nice Dream)” was never released as a single. It wound up as track 6 on the album.

In Q Magazine issue 261 it was revealed the song was recorded in a peculiar way:

It sounded like the entire band were strumming acoustic guitars on this lilting beauty. And they were, all five of them, on the terrace outside the Manor studio one sunny day in July. John Leckie’s intention was to recreate the lush ambience of George Harrison’s “My Sweet Lord”, suiting lyrics about a “good angel”, a “garden” and a sense of mysterious belonging. The cello and violin nearly didn’t make it after Yorke learned that Leckie had recently used strings on an album by Ride, the band’s Oxford rivals of the time.

Q&A

Find answers to frequently asked questions about the song and explore its deeper meaning

Why is the title in parenthesis?
Genius Answer

I would say because it is just that, a dream and only a dream. Everything is pleasant and he is being loved but it is not real.
Putting the entire title in parenthesis is just Radiohead’s way of adding touch to song title.

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