10 Greatest Ever Radiohead Songs
9. Pyramid Song
The undeniable highlight of Amnesiac, Pyramid Song stands as one of Radiohead’s most solemn and beautiful songs.
Inspired by the music of legendary jazz mucisian Charles Mingus, Pyramid Song is composed with a unique time signature that’s almost impossible to nod your head to, slow and steady piano chords and dissonant fading strings in the background.
Thom Yorke seems to be swimming in the inevitability and beauty of life and death in the lyrics, creating a set of verses that sound truly transcendent.
In the second verse, he sings “All my pasta and futures”, implying that he has almost become one with the universe once he has reached the point of death. Rather than fearing death, these lyrics indicate a profound sense of acceptance.
There was nothing to fear and nothing to doubt