Radiohead’s “Creep” was a monster hit, a hit kept growing and growing and growing (you all will remember the entire YEAR when you could barely turn on the radio without hearing it.) Nobody in the band appeared to anticipate that this gloomy eerie song would strike such a deep chord. The song’s success took them by surprise. They had been at a turning point as a band, and when “Creep” took off, they rode that wave and toured for something like two years straight, on the strength of that one single. It’s a great song, one of those songs that taps into the anxiety of a certain time of life, a certain TYPE of person (in a similar way that “Smells Like Teen Spirit” did), and it’s a song that means a lot to me. It’s so honest. It’s the sort of honesty you might cringe away from, or resist recognizing in yourself. <\/p>\n
When you were here before
\nCouldn’t look you in the eye
\nYou’re just like an angel
\nYour skin makes me cry
\nYou float like a feather
\nIn a beautiful world
\nI wish I was special
\nYou’re so fucking special
\nBut I’m a creep
\nI’m a weirdo
\nWhat the hell am I doing here?
\nI don’t belong here
\nI don’t care if it hurts
\nI want to have control
\nI want a perfect body
\nI want a perfect soul
\nI want you to notice
\nWhen I’m not around
\nYou’re so fucking special
\nI wish I was special
\nBut I’m a creep
\nI’m a weirdo
\nWhat the hell am I doing here?
\nI don’t belong here
\nShe’s running out the door
\nShe’s running out
\nShe run, run, run, run
\nRun
\nWhatever makes you happy
\nWhatever you want
\nYou’re so fucking special
\nI wish I was special
\nBut I’m a creep
\nI’m a weirdo
\nWhat the hell am I doing here?
\nI don’t belong here
\nI don’t belong here<\/p>\n