Identikit

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Identikit: A picture of a person, reconstructed from strips showing facial features selected to match witnesses' descriptions; used by the police to build a likeness of a… Read More

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Identikit Lyrics

[Repeated Background Refrain]
A moon shaped pool
Dancing clothes won't let me in
And now I know it's never gonna be
Oh, me
A moon shaped pool
Dancing clothes won't let me in
And now I know it's never gonna be
Oh, me
A moon shaped pool
Dancing clothes won't let me in
And now I know it's never gonna be
Oh, me

[Verse 1]
The sweet-faced ones with nothing left inside
That we all can love, that we all can love, that we all
The sweet-faced ones with nothing left inside
That we all can love, that we all can love, that we all

[Chorus]
But now I see you messing me around
I don't want to know, I don't want to know, I don't want
When I see you messing me around
I don't want to know, I don't want to know, I don't want to know

About

Identikit: A picture of a person, reconstructed from strips showing facial features selected to match witnesses' descriptions; used by the police to build a likeness of a person sought for a crime.

Identikit explores the feelings of breaking people’s hearts and ‘making it rain’, meaning that this action makes the other partner in the situation sob/cry and become depressed that their love was never meant to be. No doubt the name of the song is referring to how we “reconstruct” people in our minds and become bitter and resentful towards them.

Radiohead performed this song along with Ful Stop on their 2012 tour although neither song was officially released in CDQ until 2016 when they released their album A Moon Shaped Pool.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RkROR4itLKc

Q&A

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What did Radiohead say about "Identikit"?

Thom Yorke: “I have no idea what it means, or what it’s about, or anything like that”

What are the lyrics at the start "a moon shaped pool..." etc?

“A moon shaped pool
Dancing clothes won’t let me in
And now I know it’s never gonna be oh me”

This was confirmed by Thom Yorke’s twitter account, as well as the lyric notes of the special edition: although not part of the main lyrics, they are obscured in the background.

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