Myxomatosis Radiohead

the mongrel cat came home

holding half a head

proceeded to show it off

to all his new found friends

he said "I've been where I like"

"I've slept with who I liked"

"she ate me up for breakfast"

"she screwed me in a vice"


"but now

I don't know why I

feel so tongue-tied"


I sat in the cupboard

and wrote it down in neat

they were cheering and waving

cheering and waving

twitching and a-salivating like with myxomatosis

but it got edited fucked up

strangled beaten up

used in a photo in Time magazine

buried in a burning black hole in Devon


I don't know why I

feel so tongue-tied

don't know why

I feel

so skinned alive.


my thoughts are misguided and a little naive

I twitch and I salivate like with myxomatosis

you should put me in a home or you should put me down

I got myxomatosis

I got myxomatosis


yeah no one likes a smartarse but we all like stars

that wasn't my intention (tension), I did it for a reason (treason)

it must have got mixed up

strangled beaten up

I got myxomatosis

I got myxomatosis


I don't know why I

feel so tongue-tied