Culture Shock - Exit Music (For A Film) - Week 18

	Radiohead - Exit Music (For A Film)
	Found at skreemr.com

Wake... from your sleep. The drying of your tears. Today we
escape, we escape. Pack.. and get dressed. Before your father hears us. Before
all hell breaks loose. Breathe, keep breathing. Don't lose your nerve.
Breathe, keep breathing. I can't do this alone. Sing.. us a song. A song to
keep us warm. There's such a chill, such a chill. You can laugh. A spineless
laugh. We hope your rules and wisdom choke you. Now we are one in everlasting
peace. We hope that you choke, that you choke. We hope that you choke, that you
choke. We hope that you choke, that you choke.

Exit Music (For A Film) by Radiohead is a song that lead singer Thom Yorke wrote for the ending credits of the 1996 film Romeo and Juliet. When Thom Yorke was interviewed in 1997, he said, "When we saw the scene in which Claire Danes holds the Colt 45 against her head, we started working on the song immediately. I had something with 'Romeo & Juliet' a long time already... I just couldn't believe why Romeo and Juliet, after they had made love, didn't run away together. Romeo should have packed his bags, jump out of the window and eloped with her!" This idea can also be interpreted by the lyrics, "Today we escape... Pack, and get dressed. Before your father hears us." I agree with Thom Yorke, if Romeo and Juliet had escaped from Verona and gotten away from their family, they could've avoided killing themselves.

Extra Credit

Besides the hit television program "Oprah", this class has probably been the single most important thing that has ever happened to me. Five years ago when I was morbidly obese, if you had told me that I was going to be reciting poetry, I would kill you in disbelief. Nevertheless, a few months ago, I stepped up in front of the class, and began filling my listener's ears with poetic genius. As I finished the last line, I was greeted with thunderous applause. I then began crowd surfing, a feet that would've been impossible five years ago, when my massive girth couldn't have been lifted without heavy machinery. After five days of celebration, I was placed back on the floor, and received a 28/40. I will always remember that day. Until I die, then I won't be able to remember it.