Meaning of Paranoid Android lyrics by Radiohead

December 14, 2022

"Paranoid Android" by Radiohead is a complex and darkly humorous song about feeling overwhelmed, frustrated and powerless in the face of an oppressive modern society. The song encapsulates the feeling of being an outsider and the alienation of unrecognized individuals, an individual whose opinions matter little, surrounded by conformity and capitalist gain. The narrator feels exhausted and, in the choruses, jokes that they may in fact be paranoid - though not an android - a reference to the world of mechanization and the struggle with artificial life and rigid societal structures. The song's bridge is a frantic cascade of lyrical images, reflecting the chaos and powerlessness of a paranoid mind. The narrator voices an urgent aspiration for self-realization and liberation from these manufactured structures, calling for rain to fall from a great height, washing away the apathy and "piggy" mentality of the crowd. In the end, there is a source of hope - God loves his children, though the world may not show it.

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