Radiohead: Creep Meaning
Song Released: 1992
Covered By: Glee Cast
Creep Lyrics
Couldn't look you in the eye
You're just like an angel
Your skin makes me cry
You float like a feather
In a beautiful world
You're so fucking special
I wish I was special
But I'm a creep
I'm a weirdo
What the...
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As a singer this song is a great opener if you deal with being confident performing for others. It is something in you that has to come out or you'll explode. Usually there is a fine line between tasteful and ridiculous. I think that even if Thome York didn't write this outright with the belief that he can sing his self conscious thoughts out loud as an anthem for all to join in then he can get past these feelings of inadequacy then it can be interpreted this way for others that would like to take the challenge of singing this song. It is a wonderful song to sing if have total belief in the lyrics. It has spoken to me for over 13 years and I now can contribute to spreading it to others.
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Every line of this hits home. I once met a girl who was just like an angel. In fact that's the very word I used to describe her. Whenever I got near her I of course got very nervous and couldn't look in her eyes because I knew that if I did I wouldn't be able to look away. and her skin.. I'm white, she's black. She's perfect inside and out, I'm the farthest thing from it. Not being able to hold her hands and touch her gorgeous pink palms killed me inside. She has her life altogether and runs it beautifully. My life was a mess 'cause all I could focus on was her. It was like she had control of my life but didn't even know it. I was always pushing to get to know her better even though I knew I didn't deserve her. She liked to spend time with me and a relationship really began to develop. Through the whole thing I was confused because I didn't see how someone soo special could actually like me, but I just went along with it feeling like the luckiest guy on earth. I mean the time I spent with her were the happiest times of my life. She was my whole life. Then one night when all seemed well, she told me that she was just pretending to like me all the time to get back at another girl who liked me because she was mad at her. And that was it. She asked my forgiveness and I gave it. Then she said she didn't want to talk to or see me anymore because she really doesn't like me and it would just remind her of the bad thing she did. So I haven't talked to her since because despite everything I still value her happiness. Then I felt like I didn't belong in the world at all. worst feeling I ever felt. Surprised I made it through, but now I can just look back and know that I can get through almost anything, and although I might feel like I don't belong I can know there will be a light at the end of the tunnel.
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Basically every interpretation presented for this touching song agrees on key aspects in the feeling of the words to this song that radiate to the listener. Simply stated this song can mean a under-confidenced boy/girl who goes day by day with feelings for another but he/she does not believe the other could ever love or take interest in what he/she considers ones self....... a outkast, a disgrace, a freak, a loser, a empty and waste of space, most importantly a creep. yet another interpretation could simply be hating what you are. Seeing all of your imperfections and hating what stares back at you in the mirror. either love or self hate can radiate from this song. Its up to the listener to decide what they feel the song conveys.
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It's about him stalking some chick.
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I can't believe some of the interpretations you guys have come up with. Most of you couldn't be more off. This song obviously has to do with depression, anxiety, paranoia etc. You people who think it is about a girl are just ridiculous and shouldn't really be listening to Radiohead. This song is about a person (maybe Thom himself) who is anti-social, wants to fit into society and be like everyone else and live a normal life but he can't. He wants to be friendly and try to meet new people but he can't look them in the eye, other people are judging him and think he is weird so they stay away.
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This song is a fairly surfaced song, especially coming from Radiohead. A man sits at a bar, his focus suddenly shoots to a beautiful woman. He is too afraid to pursue her and it's driving him to utter madness. After the almost agonizing experience, she walks out and he is left alone yet again.
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This song is clearly about how we don't fit in and how we wish we were perfect, or at least appreciated. That's the way I interpret it. I really love this song! I could always relate to it, and listening to this when I'm down helps.
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Well,when I heard creep for the first time I paid attention to the words and I realised that this song is almost written for me,ya know?i was in a place that I wasn't sure if it's gonna be good for me to live(what the hell am I doing here...),i met a girl that I really like but she didn't pay any attention to me(I wish I was special, you're so fucking special...).Well about the "I don't care if it hurts,i wanna have control" part I connected that with the fact that I was far away from home and I really missed all my family/friends and my place but I wanted to make it by myself. You know, living away from home without my family's help,being away from friends and stop doing things that I was used to do.
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This is taken from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creep_%28Radiohead%29
Thom Yorke wrote the song while studying at Exeter University. According to him, it tells the tale of an inebriated man who tries to get the attention of a woman he is attracted to by following her around. In the end, he lacks the self-confidence to approach her. Although Yorke has generally referred to the drunken student in the third person and with contempt, sometimes outright denying it was him, he has recently admitted that it was him.[citation needed]
When asked about "Creep" in 1993, Yorke said, "I have a real problem being a man in the '90s... Any man with any sensitivity or conscience toward the opposite sex would have a problem. To actually assert yourself in a masculine way without looking like you're in a hard-rock band is a very difficult thing to do... It comes back to the music we write, which is not effeminate, but it's not brutal in its arrogance. It's one of the things I'm always trying: To assert a sexual persona and on the other hand trying desperately to negate it."[2]
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