Black Star was written by Thom Yorke, the lead vocalist of Radiohead, during a period of depression and romantic disillusionment. The lyrics reflect feelings of despair and emotional turmoil.
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Introduction:
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I get home from work and you're still standing in your dressing gown well
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what am I to do?
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I know all the things around your head, and what they do to you
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What are we coming to? What are we gonna do? Blame it on the
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Black Star Blame it on the falling sky
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Blame it on the satellite That beams me home
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the troubled words of a troubled mind i try to understand
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what is eating you.
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i try to stay awake but its 58 hrs since that i last slept with you.
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what are we coming to?
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i just don't know anymore.
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Black Star Blame it on the falling sky
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Blame it on the satellite That beams me home
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i get on the train and i just stand about now that i don't think of you.