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2 + 2 = 5
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Hail To The Thief (2003)
Are you such a dreamer
To put the world to rights
I'll stay home forever
Where two and two always makes up five
I'll lay down the tracks
Sandbag and hide
January has April's showers
And two and two always makes up five

It's the devil's way now
There is no way out
You can scream and you can shout
It is too late now

Because

YOU HAVE NOT BEEN
PAYING ATTENTION!

I try to sing along
But the music's all wrong
Cause I'm not
Cause I'm not
I swat 'em like flies
But like flies the buggers
Keep coming back
And not
But I'm not
All hail to the thief
All hail to the thief
But I'm not
But I'm not
But I'm not
But I'm not
Don't question my authority or put me in the docks
Cause I'm not
Cause I'm not
Oh go and tell the king
That the sky is falling in
But it's not
But it's not
But it's not
Maybe not
Maybe not

Are you such a dreamer
To put the world to rights
I'll stay home forever
Where two and two always makes a five
I'll lay down the tracks
Sandbag and hide
January has April showers
And two and two always makes a five
It's the devil's way now
There is no way out
You can scream and you can shout
It is too late now
Because you're not there
Payin' attention
Payin' attention
Payin' attention
Payin' attention
yeah I feel it, I needed attention
Payin' attention
Payin' attention
Payin' attention
Yeah I need it, I needed attention
I needed attention
I needed attention
I needed attention
Yeah I love it, the attention
Payin' attention
Payin' attention
Payin' attention
Soon oh
I try to sing along
But the music's all wrong
Cos I'm not
Cos I'm not
I'll swallow up flies?
Back and hide
But I'm not
Oh hail to the thief
Oh hail to the thief
But I'm not
But I'm not
But I'm not
But I'm not
Don't question my authority or put me in the box
Cos I'm not
Cos I'm not
Oh go up to the king, and the sky is falling in
But it's not
But it's not
Maybe not
Maybe not

are you such a dreamer
to put the world to rights
i'll stay home forever
where two and two always makes a five
i'll lay down the tracks
sandbag and hide
january has april showers
and two and two always makes a five
it's the devil's way now
there is no way out
you can scream and you can shout
it is too late now
because you're not there
payin' attention
payin' attention
payin' attention
payin' attention
yeah i feel it, i needed attention
payin' attention
payin' attention
payin' attention
yeah i need it, i needed attention
i needed attention
i needed attention
i needed attention
yeah i love it, the attention
payin' attention
payin' attention
payin' attention
soon oh
i try to sing along
but the music's all wrong
cos i'm not
cos i'm not
i'll swallow up flies ?
back and hide
but i'm not
oh hail to the thief
oh hail to the thief
but i'm not
but i'm not
but i'm not
but i'm not
don't question my authority or put me in the box
cos i'm not
cos i'm not
oh go up to the king, and the sky is falling in
but its not
but its not
maybe not
maybe not

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- This is about things not necessarily being as they seem: January having April showers, two and two making a five, the term 'hail to the thief' instead of 'hail to the chief.'

- The first sound of the song is Jonny Greenwood plugging in his guitar. It was the very first sound that was recorded when Radiohead went into the studio to record Hail To The Thief.

- The name of the album comes from this song. It is a reference to George Bush "stealing" the 2000 US Election.

- The intro to this song is in 7/4 time.

- There was two versions of this single: one came with "Remyxamatosis" (a remix of Myxamatosis, unsurprisingly) and a demo of "There, There." The second came with "Skttrbrain (Four Tet Remix)" (a remix of Scatterbrain), and "I Will (Los Angeles Version)." Radiohead took to releasing singles on 2 CDs - an EP (Extended Play) disc and a full-length album.

- Each track on Hail To The Thief has an alternate name. The alternate name of this is "The Lukewarm."

- Almost exactly at 2:25 (2 + 2 = 5), the beat of the song changes into the one the song finishes on.

- In an interview with New York magazine, guitarist Ed O'Brien talked about the unusual time signature used in this song: "One of the things that marks our band - that Thom and Jonny used to drive home all the time - is sounding different. You can do it through stuff like using unusual intervals on harmonies [in songs like "2 + 2 = 5"]. The trouble with a lot of Rock music is that people are still doing their Beatles and their Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young harmonies. You can't just keep making replications of those things."

- According to Q magazine April 2008, this song signposted the album's lyrical themes, a vision of an Orwellian, post 9-11 world where nothing adds up. The vision was inspired by Thom Yorke's compulsive tracking of BBC Radio 4 news bulletins. It was there the singer first heard the phrase 'Hail To The Thief,' which was originally used to describe 19th century US president, John Quincy Adams.

- At the beginning of the song you can faintly hear Jonny Greenwood say "We're on" to which his brother Colin Replies, "That's a nice way to start, Jonny."


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