Added: May 13, 2009

From: MrBritTech

Length: 3:24

Comments: 136

Lyrics Here Are you such a dreamer? To put the world to rights? I'll stay home forever Where two & two always makes up five I'll lay down the tracks Sandbag & hide January has April's showers And two & two always makes up five It's the devil's way now There is no way out You can scream & you can shout It is too late now Because You have not been paying attention I try to sing along I get it all wrong Ezeepeezeeeezeepeeezee NOT I swat em like flies but Like flies the burgers Keep coming back NOT Maybe not "All hail to the thief" "But I am not!" "Don't question my authority or put me in the dock" Cozimnot! Go & tell the king that The sky is falling in When it's not Maybe not. (ahh diddums.) SONG INFORMATION Released: June 2003 Found on: Hail to the Thief This song was premiered in San Sebastian, Spain on July 31, 2002. The song's alternative title is "The Lukewarm". The song's title "2 + 2 = 5" recalls the symbol of unreality from George Orwell's novel Nineteen Eighty-Four. In the book, inhabitants of an authoritarian future state are made to engage in doublethink, replacing their own conscience and beliefs with those imposed from above. At the end of the novel, the protagonist's individuality is demolished, as he avows that two and two are, in fact, five. The song contains similar inaccuracies including January bringing April showers. With lyrics like "All hail to the thief, but I'm not" and "Don't question my authority" there have been repeated suggestions from many musical critics that the song is based on the controversial election of George W. Bush in 2000. The band have strenuously denied this, saying in one interview, "It would be too easy for us to insult George Bush". The song reached number 15 on the UK singles chart. The first part of the song is in a 7/4 time signature, which switches to 4/4 about 1 minute 22 seconds in (after the words "Two and two always makes five..."). At the beginning of the song, the listener hears guitarist Jonny Greenwood plugging his guitar in, and lead vocalist Thom Yorke is heard saying "That's a nice way to start, Jonny...".

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2+2=5 1984 radiohead  lyrics 

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