Atoms for Peace Lyrics

[Verse 1]
No more going to the dark side
With your flying saucer eyes

No more falling down a wormhole
That I have to pull you out
The wriggling, squiggling worm inside
Devours from the inside out
No more talk about the old days
It's time for something great


[Chorus]
Want you to get out and make it work
So many allies, so many allies
So many allies, so many allies

So feel the love come off of them
And take me in your arms

[Verse 2]
Peel all of your layers off
I want to eat your artichoke heart

No more leaky holes in your brain
And no false starts

[Chorus]
I want to get out and make it work
So many allies, so many allies
So many allies, so many allies
So feel the love come off of them
And take me in your arms
I want to get out and make it work
Want you to get out and make it work
I'll be ok

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About

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One of the most musically blissful songs on The Eraser, featuring an almost childlike, bubbly bass line for the entire song which is joined by airy, light droning synths and guitar in the second half of the track.

Thom Yorke said in a TV interview that this song is “my missus telling me to get it together”. There are pleads to open himself up to the people around him and lighten up. “Immerse Your Soul In Love”

Atoms For Peace is also the name of the supergroup Thom formed to play the material of The Eraser. The other members are Radiohead producer Nigel Godrich, Red Hot Chili Peppers bassist Flea, and R.E.M. drummer Joey Waronker would later take this songs name as the name of their band.

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What did Thom Yorke say about "Atoms for Peace"?
Genius Answer

In a TV Interview, Thom Yorke elaborated on the song:

That was one of that ten minutes written-in-a-hurry sort of things.

Being a rock star or pop star, you have to have super confidence all the time, and I don’t. It was my missus telling me to get it together basically.

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Recorded At
The Hospital Club, Covent Garden, Greater London, England; Radiohead's studio, Oxfordshire, England
Release Date
July 10, 2006
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