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Artist: Radiohead
Track: Just

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Can't get the stink off
He's been hanging 'round for days
Comes like a comet
Suckered you but not your friends
One day he'll get to you
And teach you how to be a holy cow

You do it to yourself, you do
And that's what really hurts
Is that you do it to yourself, just you
You and no one else
You do it to yourself
You do it to yourself

Don't get my sympathy
Hanging out the fifteenth floor
You've changed the locks three times
I still come reeling through the door
One day I'll get to you
And teach you how to get to purest hell

You do it to yourself you do
And that's what really hurts
Is that you do it to yourself, just you
You and no one else
You do it to yourself
You do it to yourself

You do it to yourself you do
And that's why it really hurts
Is that you do it to yourself just you
You and no one else
You do it to yourself
You do it to yourself, self

You do it to yourself, you do it to yourself
Yeah, yeah, you do it to yourself, yes, yes, you
You do it to yourself
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Genius Meanings
Radiohead – Just
“Just” is a single from Radiohead’s second album, The Bends. The song’s subject matter is traditional Radiohead fare: the depression, self-loathing, and alienation that modern
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According to Thom Yorke, “Creep” tells the tale of an inebriated man who tries to get the attention of a woman to whom he is attracted by following her around. In the end, he lacks
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“True Love Waits” was first played in 1995. Since then, it has appeared in Radiohead setlists, and on their live album I Might Be Wrong: Live Recordings in 2001. Fans consider it
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This song is certainly about a man that loves a girl that’s in a relationship. He wants to be her lover. He talks about a “house of cards”, which means a “insubstantial or
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The entire song is about Radiohead’s “Creep” from their first album Pablo Honey. An iron lung is a mechanical respirator that worked using negative pressure to assist breathing
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Thom Yorke (and his close friend Adam Buxton, who directed the video for this song) has stated in interviews that ‘Jigsaw Falling Into Place’ is based on the messy drunken nights
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A fine example of Radiohead’s “post-grunge” / “pre-electronic” phase on The Bends. The song is supposed to be a call against consumerism. While recording the song, the band went
Radiohead – Karma Police
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Radiohead – Daydreaming
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SongMeanings Interpretations
Radiohead - Just Lyrics
This song feels like the singer is talking about a friend who feels so guilty about something it hurts. He feels so guilty that he almost personifies the guilt, ...
Radiohead - There There. (The Boney King of Nowhere.) Lyrics
There are always branches tripping us as us speak... And when the song says the just ´coz you feel doesnt mean it´s there, it´s about the plato´s cave..
Radiohead - Just [Live] Lyrics
"Don't be scared now Close your eyes She holds guard tonight Go on forward no remorse Life will take it's course" This is said to the late husband by a third ...
Radiohead - Jigsaw Falling into Place Lyrics
Just as you take my hand. Just as you write my number down. Just as the drinks arrive. Just as they play your favorite song. As your bad day disappears
Radiohead - Kinetic Lyrics
Some people tend to just lets things happen TO them instead of making tought choices. Which is what I get from this song. That feeling of moving and change ...
Radiohead - Fake Plastic Trees Lyrics
this shallowness of our society just destroys good hearted people who may not be gorgeous but have a lot to offer. this song is easily one of my favorite songs ...
Radiohead - Daydreaming Lyrics
here my advice : Don't fucking read any comments about this song , just feel it .
Phantom Planet - Just (Radiohead cover) Lyrics
"Another head hangs lowly Child is slowly taken And the violence caused such silence Who are we mistaken - Another mother's breaking Heart is taking over" ...
Radiohead - Like Spinning Plates Lyrics
While you make pretty speeches. I'm being cut to shreds. You feed me to the lions. A delicate balance. And this just feels like spinning plates
Radiohead - True Love Waits Lyrics
I'll drown my beliefs. To have your babies. I'll dress like your niece. And wash your swollen feet. Just don't leave. Don't leave. I'm not living
Radiohead - Subterranean Homesick Alien Lyrics
They'll think he's just weird and shut him out even more. So it's basically either you stick your neck out to get something back from life, or you let yourself ...
Radiohead - House of Cards Lyrics
It's not just that he cares about her getting hurt, he also wants her for himself. "Your ears are burning Denial, denial". Once again, this has a double meaning ...
Radiohead - Decks Dark Lyrics
I also feel like this has happened before and he has confronted her but she always downplays it--"it was just a laugh". Like , what are you making such a big ...
Radiohead - Last Flowers Lyrics
'If you take me their you'll get relief' refering to a retirement home or hospital perhaps. To me it just seems like a really sad song about getting closer to ...
Radiohead - 4 Minute Warning Lyrics
This is just a nightmare. Soon I'm gonna wake up. Someone's gonna bring me 'round. Running from the bombers. Hiding in the forest
Radiohead - All I Need Lyrics
Most of the songs Thom Yorke writes are not about just one thing, but he did mention in interviews that at the time when he wrote these songs he was trying ...
Radiohead - Sulk Lyrics
You bite through the big wall, the big wall bites back. You just sit there and sulk, sit there and bawl. You are so pretty when you're on your knees
Radiohead - Videotape Lyrics
When I'm at the pearly gates. This will be on my videotape, my videotape. Mephistopheles is just beneath. And he's reaching up to grab me
Radiohead - The Bends Lyrics
For a two hours a night it's standing in front of a screaming crowd of tens of thousands of fans, playing rock music, but the rest of the time it's just sitting ...
Radiohead - My Iron Lung Lyrics
But it ended up the song was a huge hit and people listening to it on top 40 didn't even realize that the lyrics are just him trashing his own song.
Radiohead - Knives Out Lyrics
Just as the part where Thom Yorke is half mouse/half man, where his head is the microphone was on, she came in, looked at what I was watching and gave me the ...
Radiohead - Creep Lyrics
Saddest song ever to be able to relate to. Saving all the details, to me this is just about losing someone to time. One day everything is fine and you wouldn't ...
Radiohead - Morning Bell/Amnesiac Lyrics
you can have the furniture, but let's split the kids in half. this could be like sharing the kids, splitting them apart from one another, or just cutting them ...
Radiohead - Lotus Flower Lyrics
cuz all he wants is the moon upon a stick... just to see what if.. just to see... what /is/... He sets her free... baiting her back to him with his song ...
Radiohead - Gagging Order Lyrics
I know what you're thinking. But I'm not your property. No matter what you say. No matter what you say. Move along, there's nothing left to see. Just a body ...
Radiohead - Lewis (Mistreated) Lyrics
Well, I'm thinkin' that this song is about some guy named Lewis. Yeah. Ok, there's more. Lewis is just so sick of just being another "worker ant" in the daily ...
Radiohead - Blow Out Lyrics
I just watched the Astoria '94 DVD for the first time in a while and was reminded of just how great this song can be. The album version is one of the few ...
Radiohead - Stupid Car Lyrics
Thom resents his reliance on the relationship, just as he resents societies reliance are cars. Both the car and the partner are volatile and cause him distress.
Radiohead - I Can't Lyrics
Please forget the words that I just blurted out. It wasn't me, it was a strange and creeping doubt. It keeps rattling my cage
Radiohead - Killer Cars Lyrics
What if these brakes just give in? What if they don't get out of the way? What if there's someone overtaking? I'm going out for a little drive
Radiohead - Life in a Glasshouse Lyrics
thom yorke specifically said the whole amnesiac album is about being stuck somewhere you don't want to be. just thought i'd let you guys know on that.
Radiohead - High and Dry Lyrics
These people don't really care and even if they accepted him,sooner or later they'll abandon him just like anybody else and at this point this person will have ...
Radiohead - Black Star Lyrics
What are we coming to? I just don't know anymore. Blame it on the black star. Blame it on the falling sky. Blame it on the satellite that ...
Radiohead - A Reminder Lyrics
Don't EVER expect Radiohead to be too shallow. I think this is more than him just not wanting to get old. At first it seems so, but then the last verse reveals ...
Radiohead - Lurgee Lyrics
Everyone who hates on Pablo Honey should listen to this song, it's the best on the album (and I'm not just partial to it because of my name).
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SongTell Meaning
Meaning of "Just" by Radiohead
The song "Just" by Radiohead is an introspective look at how one's own choices and actions can lead to pain and suffering. The protagonist encounters a per...
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