Harrowdown Hill

A long time Radiohead fan, this new solo song by lead singer Thom Yorke caught my attention. Had I not read the background information about this song, I may not have been so inspired to place it in this blog. But I find the feel of this music, the corresponding video, and most importantly the lyrics to be exceptional.

You can find the lyrics, chords, and background info here.

The summary from that site is:

"This song is about David Kelly, a former weapon inspector in Iraq at the time Saddam Hussein was still in charge and who truly knew about the situation concerning weapons of mass destruction – the government's official justification for invading Iraq. His evidence questioned the entire situation as it proved that there of course wasn't any
threat at all. This evidence pulled him through a massive storm of attention
from the medias and put him under an unbearable pressure from his own government
as he now had to stand against his own country all by himself. This unbearable
pressure forced him to take the ultimate consequence. (Some conspiracies say
that he was murdered, but no matter what the government truly knew that this
might be the result of the weight on his shoulders!) The 17th of July Kelly's
body was found in the woods of Harrowdown Hill. He had overdosed himself with
medicine and cut his left wrist with a knife had owned since his youth."

Thom Yorke has said this song is the "angriest" song he's ever written. That passion indeed makes this song beautiful.