There's a little child
Running round this house
And he never leaves
He will never leave
And the fog comes up from the sewers
And glows in the dark
Baby alligators in the sewers grow up fast
Grow up fast
Anything you want it can be done
How did you go bad?
Did you go bad?
Did you go bad?
Somethings will never wash away
Did you go bad?
Did you go bad?
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Review about Fog saying this song is about shrooms is weak | Reviewer: Kerhead | 10/29/09
What if I gossip and say that your talents are owed to a "substance" .....Radiohead has great music & great lyrics they're one of the best we have today thier songs are rich with melody, They hit notes in our minds the song rings different bells for all of us ... No? But if I had to use three words to describe this song they would be: intrigue,haunt,mysterious I feel Fog chimes and defines these words.......
Beautiful and touching song | Reviewer: Anonymous | 10/26/09
I don't care if people think the song is about drugs or not, it's a beautiful song with a really good chord progression, and the lyrics can be poignant to lots of people. There are many songs that bring a tear to peoples' eyes and that's because they can relate to the lyrics.. We don't need to discount people's feelings on here. Just appreciate the song for what it is. It means many things to many people, some people prefer to think more objectively and say it's about drugs, others think more deeply and relate the lyrics to their own personal experiences. I personally love it's gentle beginning and how it gradually builds up to a crescendo. For me the music touches me more than the lyrics and yes, that brings a tear to my eye.
Re Thom not being into psychedelic substances | Reviewer: L. | 10/18/09
Thom may not be, but at least some of the members are. It's been publicized that some members of Radiohead attended the Emmys or whatever high on shrooms.
And the lyrics to The Gloaming would suggest you're wrong:
"The walls bend with your breathing"
If you've ever taken drugs you'd know there's only one possible explanation for what that line means. I mean, Thom could have astigmatism or something but seriously.
Look. | Reviewer: Anonymous | 10/13/09
The idiot who wrote that Thom was "on some sort of phycedelic substance", is wrong. First of all, Thom is not into that kind of thing.
AND I think that everyone can interpret this song to fit a certain painful change in their life, or whatever else they want for that matter.
Maybe Thom DID write it about a haunted studio, but where does it say you can't interpret this the way you want to? It's a beautifully written song. Enjoy it, and interpret it as you please.
It's inspired by the supposed haunting of the studio in which Radiohead recorded Amnesiac, -
The lines
'There's a little child running round this house, and he never leaves, he will never leave'
refers to the ghost, and
'did you go bad'
questions why the boy's soul couldn't pass on, with the typical view on ghosts being that they were unhappy, angry or evil in life.
Baby alligators in the sewers (the original title)refers to the urban legend regarding the baby alligator pet-craze in America in the 1980's - when the baby alligators outgrew their tanks and became unmanagable, they were flushed down the toilet into the sewers where legend has it, they grew huge.
In the context of this song, Thom is saying that the little things you brush beneath the carpet or tuck away inside yourself to forget about will only grow bigger and more dangerous and weigh heavy on your soul.
According to me the child repersent our former innocent self, that comes to haunt us after the deep and painful realization that we have changed (for worse). The fog represents a futile effort to avoid conftontation with such change. The fog comes from the sewers - the most inner and dirty part of our conscience. From this same place the alligators (representing a threat to all false comfort) will eventually bring about the violent acceptance of change with which we're still trying to cope... (He will never leave) and have not yet fully understood (where did you go bad...)
Being a recoding artist myself, I find the chord progression and measure a delight to listen to as it dances up and down on an short tip toe across water.
But it seems the water is quite deep. As far as the meaning of this song goes it is anyones guess. To me it points to a level of sadness of what some societies have been reduced to in impoverished places.
Home is safety to a young child where beyond the door lies a plethora of sinister ideas, beliefs and politics. He will never leave alludes to a couple things: One being the safety, another being to poor to get out. While yet even further, it points to just how indoctrinated or ingrained these ideas, beliefs, politics take hold.
Baby alligators growing up fast represents the toughening character children experience in impoverished places drowned in war and conflict. Sewer is easily recognized as poverty whereas the 'fog' represents war and or propaganda and confusion spread by political agenda or religion.
Anything you want can be done seems to give an awareness that all people can make the world whatever they want. If you can think of it it is possible.
Perhaps they are making that statement to people in power.
Where did you go bad? This eludes to the question where humanity fail itself.
Did you go bad? Asks you the very same question.
Did you fail humanity as well?
Happy Listening
Regards,
Rio Morado
love it! | Reviewer: Anonymous | 3/17/09
its not just tom who writes the lyrics yanno, some of the tunes he's not even involved in writing; greenwood has written some awesome tracks. this is one of my favorite from radiohead, it is very very touching, im a huge fan but you wouldnt find me bottling up over it lol. turn that frown upside down, radiohead music can be uplifting
you guys are all retards | Reviewer: chris | 3/11/09
whats up with all these sweetheart comments, like "it makes my eyes tear up when i listen to this song." you must have some serious emotional problems, and stop trying to guess what this song means...cause it wasnt written to mean anything to any of you, just him. he probably wrote it while he was on some sort of psychedelic substance.
What i think | Reviewer: Anonymous | 1/14/09
To me this song is about someone doing a wrong thing. Causing him to change forever, a sin which will haunt him forever. As he says, theres a child running around "this" house and not his. In that sense, the fog comes out of the sewer to hide what is basically going on. And when he says aligaters grow in the sewers, and then anything can be done, this shows that aligaters are used to eat the kid. This is all basically a metaphor to something which haunts you.
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