Let Down

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Let Down by Radiohead

About Let Down

"God just walked through the room... It was an incredibly spiritual moment", said guitarist Ed O'Brien in a 2020 Reddit AMA, of the fifth track on Radiohead's OK Computer. "Let Down" was recorded at 3 a.m. in the ballroom of St Catherine's Court, when the band found inspiration. It makes extensive use of the natural reverberation of the location. This song is best known for its third verse, where Thom Yorke duets with himself across the stereo field, accompanied by the sounds of a ZX Spectrum computer. .

Let Down Lyrics

[00:22.08] Transport
[00:24.10] Motorways and tramlines
[00:28.88] Starting and then stopping
[00:33.58] Taking off and landing
[00:38.26] The emptiest of feelings
[00:42.84] Disappointed people
[00:47.59] Clinging onto bottles
[00:52.24] And when it comes it's so so disappointing
[00:59.21] Let down and hanging around
[01:06.49] Crushed like a bug in the ground
[01:13.55] Let down and hanging around
[01:19.25]
[01:30.52] Shell smashed, juices flowing
[01:34.72] Wings twitch legs are going
[01:39.24] Don't get sentimental
[01:43.98] It always ends up drivel
[01:48.84] One day I am gonna grow wings
[01:55.78] A chemical reaction
[02:00.44] Hysterical and useless
[02:05.14] Hysterical and
[02:07.59] Let down and hanging around
[02:14.59] Crushed like a bug in the ground
[02:21.65] Let down and hanging around
[02:27.26]
[03:07.34] Let down and hanging
[03:13.41]
[03:16.01] Let down
[03:19.55]
[03:25.13] Let down
[03:28.63]
[03:41.56] You know, you know where you are with
[03:47.85] You know where you are with
[03:52.55] Floor collapsing, floating
[03:57.20] Bouncing back and
[03:59.66] One day I am gonna grow wings
[04:06.10] A chemical reaction
[04:08.29] (You know where you are)
[04:11.06] Hysterical and useless
[04:13.38] (You know where you are)
[04:15.77] Hysterical and
[04:17.53] (You know where you are)
[04:18.32] Let down and hanging around
[04:25.07] Crushed like a bug in the ground
[04:31.96] Let down and hanging around
[04:35.80]

From the album: OK Computer