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The Bends

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The Bends was released on March 8, 1995 by XL Recordings as a part of the album The Bends

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OVERVIEW

LYRICS

Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS

Colin Greenwood

Colin Greenwood

Bass

Jonny Greenwood

Jonny Greenwood

Guitar

Thom Yorke

Vocals

Edward O'Brien

Guitar

Philip Selway

Drums

COMPOSITION & LYRICS

Colin Greenwood

Colin Greenwood

Songwriter

Philip Selway

Songwriter

Jonny Greenwood

Jonny Greenwood

Songwriter

Thom Yorke

Songwriter

Edward O'Brien

Songwriter

PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING

Chris Brown

Engineer

John Leckie

Producer

Nigel Godrich

Engineer

Paul Kolderie

Mixing Engineer

Sean Slade

Mixing Engineer

Chris Blair

Mastering Engineer

Lyrics

[Verse 1]

Where do we go from here?

The words are coming out all weird

Where are you now when I need you?

Alone on an aeroplane

Falling asleep against the window pane

My blood will thicken

[Verse 2]

I need to wash myself again to hide all the dirt and pain

'Cause I'd be scared that there's nothing underneath

And who are my real friends?

Have they all got the bends?

Am I really sinking this low?

[Chorus]

My baby's got the bends, I know

We don't have any real friends, no, no, no

[Bridge]

I'm just lying in the bar with my drip feed on

Talking to my girlfriend, waiting for something to happen

And I wish it was the sixties, I wish we could be happy

I wish, I wish, I wish that something would happen

[Verse 3]

Where do we go from here?

The planet is a gunboat in a sea of fear

And where are you?

They brought in the CIA, the tanks and the whole marines to blow me away

To blow me sky high

[Chorus]

My baby's got the bends

We don't have any real friends

[Bridge]

I'm just lying in the bar with my drip feed on

Talking to my girlfriend, waiting for something to happen

And I wish it was the sixties, I wish I could be happy

I wish, I wish, I wish that someone

[Verse 4]

I wanna live and breathe

I wanna be part of the human race

I wanna live and breathe

I wanna be part of the human race, race, race, race

[Outro]

Where do we go from here?

The words are coming out all weird

Where are you now when I need you?

Written by: Colin Charles Greenwood, Edward John O'Brien, Jonathan Richard Greenwood, Phillip James Selway, Thomas Edward Yorke

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