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Artist: Radiohead
Track: Lift

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This is the place
Sit down, you're safe now
You've been stuck in a lift
We've been trying to reach you, Thom
This is the place
It won't hurt ever again

The smell of air conditioning
The fish are belly up
Empty all your pockets
Because it's time to come home

This is the place
Remember me?
I'm the face you always see
You've been stuck in a lift
In the belly of a whale
At the bottom of the ocean

The smell of air conditioning
The fish are belly up
Empty all your pockets
Because it's time to come home

The smell of air conditioning
The fish are belly up
Let it go

Today is the first day
Of the rest of your days

So lighten up, squirt
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Radiohead – Lift
One of the band’s “lost classics,” Radiohead originally performed “Lift” in 1996 as part of sets that included early arrangements of songs that would end up on OK Computer
Radiohead – ​lift (MD125)
This is the place / Sit down, you're safe now / You've been stuck in a lift / We've been trying to reach you, Thom / This is the place / It won't hurt ever again / The smell of air
Radiohead – Lift Samples
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Skullcrusher – Lift
[Verse 1] / This is the place / Sit down, you're safe now / You've been stuck in a lift / We've been trying to reach you, Thom / This is the place / It won't hurt ever again / [
Radiohead – Lift Interpolations
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Radiohead – ​Karma Police MD117
[Verse 1] / I'm slipped again / As if it bothers me that / You are [?] / Livin' out of trees, I / I'm no good, I can't / [Verse 2] / He deceits me once / We know what he wants / He
Radiohead – [dan's speech slower]
I am the key to locking your dress / That keeps your toys in the basement / And if you get too far inside / You'll find you came out where you went in / So tuck the kids in safe
Radiohead – ​Girl Club 2
[Verse 1] / Before the night begins the night is / I will watch you grow down is / I think that I will ride again, you know / [Verse 2] / There's something that I haven't figured
Radiohead – ​Not All Angels Have Wings MD116.2
If I'm gonna talk / I just wanna talk / Please don't interrupt / Just sit back and listen / And if I'm gonna talk / I just wanna talk / No evaluations / No deliberations / They're
Radiohead – ​Umbilical
Baby, some girls want / I'm so good at everyone's cause / Baby, you're the ground / I'm going where I'm found / Freedom from fear and distress / Freedom from pain or disease
Radiohead – ​Chairman Mao
Has anyone here seen Chairman Mao? / I know that Mao now, ahead of speed off / I wish I was here / I wish I was mine / How did a piece of it around us / How did [?] on my mind / I
Radiohead – ​Julie Got Married
You look through the [?] / A thousand miles over anyone else between us / Turn a little baby / [?] / Annie got a wall, her son inside the dreams then out again / And remind her / I
Radiohead – ​I Can’t Control It
And to think there's [?], baby / Why you twisting like you're always there? / Something got ahold of your mind / And you sell it with a [?] / Baby what you gonna do?
Radiohead – ​everyone
[Verse 1] / Everyone, everyone around here / Everyone is so near / It's holding on, holding on / [Verse 2] / Everyone, everyone is so near / Everyone has got the fear / It's
Radiohead – ​Leave Me Alone
[?] / I wanna use strengths, then I get bored / So give me one of those little broadway machines / I just wanna be like [?] / Darlin', tellin' me more about you, tell me more about
Radiohead – '​jonny's ocean song'
[Spoken word] / Heh-heh / You think that's nice? / Hm, possibly / Possibly a little bit. Luckily it compresses! / [Verse] / [?] / Take me off / Save me up / [Chorus] / Light at the
Radiohead – ​Risk of Suffocation
If I ever get my head out of this bed / If I ever get this head out of this bed / Do not give us, like you don't / I'm gonna shake a tree that's holding that [?] / If I ever get my
Radiohead – ​Airbag MD111.3
[Chorus] / In an interstellar burst / I am back to save the un- / In an interstellar burst / I am back to save the universe
Radiohead – (Found Sounds) MD115
[We Have Registered] / We have registered your call, have a nice sleep / [Good Morning] / Good morning, this is your wake up call. Have a good day / [Fax] / [Bell] / [Squeal] / Is
Radiohead – ​Motion Picture Soundtrack MD114.1
[Verse 1] / Red wine and sleeping pills / Help me get back to your arms / Cheap sex and sad films / Help me get where I belong / [Chorus] / I think you're crazy, maybe / I think
Radiohead – ​Guitar Loop MD116
[Instrumental]
Radiohead – ​No Surprises Please MD114
A heart that's full up like a landfill / A job that slowly kills you / Bruises that won't heal / You look so tired, unhappy / Bring down the government / They don't, they don't
Radiohead – ​No Surprises Please (Lyon Soundcheck 17 April 1996) MD112
[Intro] / Dan / Can you hit me with naught? / Shall I stop them? / [Verse 1] / He was sick of his clock stopping / It winds him up, that girl still / Snoring next to him / He was
Radiohead – ​Annoying Neighbors
He wants to save his [?] / On a palace night / Put them together / And you're alright / Oh, I must be dreamin' / I must be mad / Forever think / [Break] / Well he said he wants it
Radiohead – ​Cruman Song
[Verse 1] / Don't forget that you are our son / Now go back to bed / [Verse 2] / I just know that you are there / And you won't be sure you are / [Verse 3] / Death to all who stand
Radiohead – ​karma police 9.2
He just gone back rooms / Never do you know / When I'm do one of those / Bitter to yourself / You're turning around in circles / This is what you get / When you fuck with me / This
Radiohead – ​hospital 1
Appliances have gone berserk / Calling in exposed / Morning has gone to Hell / Don't gotta going home / Makes me win out to Death / [?] / Nothing will see you again / [?] / What
Radiohead – Jam MD115
[Instrumental]
Radiohead – (Prague Train)
[Found Sound]
Radiohead – ​Hollow Tugboat x2
They should be one of the side of the room / My God, my God, my God, I've lost my feeling / My God, my God, my God, I've lost, I've lost, I've lost my feeling / They should be
Radiohead – $alty
This could be the [?] / So glad I wasn't found / Well I could miss but could I [drown?] / I've got a [?] now / [?] / [?] coming round / W-
Radiohead – Lifesaver
[Intro] / Nevermind / I wanna save a life / I wanna save you always / I'm gonna stay with you / I wanna save a life / [Outro] / Okay
Radiohead – ​Not All Angels Have Wings MD117
Appliances have gone berserk / Even though what you mean / You're never gonna see it back / Falling to her father's eyes / Baby, what you doing tonight? / If you listen birds are
Radiohead – ​Life in a Glasshouse MD116
[Verse 1] / Little Jim / Caught himself lookin' for the dead / Step away / Stick around for what I can see / I can see for miles / Everything / Everything still north side up / Why
Radiohead – ​karma police 9.1
Karma Police, arrest this man / He talks in maths / He buzzes like a fridge / He smells of air conditioning / He's gone to play, running all around / He's gone to the swing / Never
Radiohead – Airbag Groove MD117.2
[Instrumental] / Wait, wait, I
Radiohead – ​Tourists MD114.1
[Tourists 4-1] / [?] / If you [?] / [?] this number / So go- / [?] / [?] under glass like I am / Don't forget to [?] / Don't [?] under him / But I can't / How to [?] myself
Radiohead – ​Drum Loop MD115
[Instrumental]
Radiohead – ​let down 9.2
Transport, motorways and tramlines / Starting and then stopping / Taking off and landing / The emptiest of feelings / Disappointed people / Clinging onto bottles / When it comes it
Radiohead – Vacancies
Just like before / It's not a real good time, it hurts you / And if my [man/bed?] / I wouldn't start it yet / So why don't you try / To get yourself a-
Radiohead – ​Airbag MD114.1
[Verse 1] / In the next world war / In a jackknifed juggernaut / I am born again / In the neon sign / Scrolling up and down / I am born again / [Chorus] / In an interstellar burst
Radiohead – ​Get Together [2]
You stay away but you're too good / Stumbling with words / And if I try I'm not so down / You know you should / On our way that mounted up / Just [gone / go an' ?] get a letter / I
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Genius Q&A
Q:When did Radiohead release “Lift”?
Radiohead released “Lift” on June 23, 2017.
Q:Who wrote “​lift (MD125)” by Radiohead?
“​lift (MD125)” by Radiohead was written by Thom Yorke, Philip Selway, Ed O'Brien, Jonny Greenwood & Colin Greenwood.
Q:Who produced “Lift (Live)” by Radiohead?
“Lift (Live)” by Radiohead was produced by Philip Selway, Ed O'Brien, Colin Greenwood, Jonny Greenwood & Thom Yorke.
Q:When did Radiohead release “​lift (MD125)”?
Radiohead released “​lift (MD125)” on June 11, 2019.
Q:When did Radiohead release “Lift (Live)”?
Radiohead released “Lift (Live)” on October 12, 2008.
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