Radiohead - Let Down Lyrics Meaning

May 2024 · 2 minute read
anonymous

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I feel this song is all about us going through life and trying to reach our dreams. Then one day you realize that life didn’t turn out the way you wanted, or you failed to reach your dreams this time, but either way you feel crushed like a bug. And it doesn’t have to be a major dream like being a rock star. It could just be simple dreams like just being happy in life with a family or just a relationship with someone. Or maybe you dream of a promotion or maybe winning some game. The disappointment is crushing. Holding on to the bottle may be literally drinking away the disappointment with others in the bar who are doing the same. Drinking to commiserate your individual crushed dreams together. Or it can be metaphorical for any of those methods people use to cope with disappointment such as eating your feelings or listening to that sad song a thousand times in a row.

When they sing "Don't get sentimental It all ends up drivel." they are saying don't harp on it and drown yourself in pity because it is all just drivel. The feelings, the sadness, the hysterical and useless feelings are just nonsense. Despite the fact that you are crushed and disappointed, they are telling you to listen to that little bit that is still deep down inside you that someday something big will happen and your dream will come true and that’s when you’ll grow wings fly away.

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