When
you were here before
Couldn't look you in the eye
You're just like an angel
Your skin makes me cry
You float like a feather
In a beautiful world
I wish I was special
You're so fucking special
But I'm a creep
I'm a weirdo
What the hell am I doing here?
I don't belong here
I don't care if it hurts
I want to have control
I want a perfect body
I want a perfect soul
I want you to notice when I'm not around
You're so fucking special
I wish I was special
But I'm a creep
I'm a weirdo
What the hell I'm doing here?
I don't belong here
She's running out again
She's running out
She runs runs runs
Whatever makes you happy
Whatever you want
You're so fucking special
I wish I was special
But I'm a creep
I'm a weirdo
What the hell am I doing here?
I don't belong here
I don't belong here
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Available
on:
Pablo Honey (US CD), Pablo Honey (UK CD), Pablo Honey (Japan CD), Creep (UK
CD1), Creep (UK CD2), Creep (UK 7"), Creep (Japan CD), Creep (France
CD), Creep (Belgium CD), Creep (Germany CD), Anyone Can Play Guitar
(Australian), Creep (US cassette)
Other Versions: acoustic - available on: Creep (UK 12"),
My Iron Lung (Australia CD), My Iron Lung ep (Holland CD), Stop Whispering
(Australia), Stop Whispering (US CD1), Itch EP. Live at Melkweg - available
on: Pablo Honey (Japan CD), Creep (Germany CD), High and Dry (Holland CD),
Pop Is Dead (UK). Radio edit - available on: Pablo Honey (US CD).
As unthinkable as it may seem now, when it was first released in September
1992 'Creep' didn't even make the Top 75. "Whether or not it's a hit
now doesn't matter," said a defiant Thom Yorke. "Eventually, we
know people will say that 'Creep' is a classic."
The song that finally
climbed into the British Top Ten in late 1993 was written in the midst of
genuine lovelorn trauma. "When I wrote it," said Thom, "I
was in the middle of a really, really serious obsession. It lasted about
eight months. And it was unsuccessful, which made it even worse. She knows
who she is."
It was duly taken to
the band, but no-one seemed that bothered. "When it was
recorded," says drummer Phil Selway, "we didn't even know it was
being taped - we were just warming up for another track by it. The reason
it sounds so powerful is because it's completely
unselfconscious."
What arguably took
'Creep' into an unforeseen dimension were the moments when Jonny Greenwood
made that alarming crunching guitar noise. Tellingly, it was an utter
accident. "That's the sound of Jonny trying to fuck the song up,"
laughs Ed O'Brien. "He really didn't like it the first time we played
it, so he tried spoiling it. And it made the song."
One year after this
glorious sequence of accidents, 'Creep' was a global hit, and Radiohead
were chained to something approaching a generational anthem. Their
frustrations emerged in 'My Iron Lung': the song about a song that encapsulated
Radiohead's post-'Creep' mindset. "We scratch our eternal itch,"
sang Thom, "our 20th Century bitch / But we are grateful for our iron
lung..." [Select Magazine]
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