The song Fake Plastic Trees, composed by Radiohead, tells the story of an artificial world and the frustrations of modern life. It was inspired by Thom Yorkes experience in a supermarket and also reflects feelings of alienation and a longing for authenticity.
Her green plastic watering can For her fake chinese rubber plant In the fake plastic earth That she bought from a rubber man In a town full of rubber plans To get rid of itself
It wears her out It wears her out It wears her out It wears her out
She lives with a broken man A cracked polystyrene man Who just crumbles and burns He used to do sur - gery For girls in the eight - ies But gravity always wins
And it wears him out It wears him out And it wears him out It we-ear - err - ers
She looks like the real thing She tastes like the real thing My fake plastic love But I can't help the feeling I could blow through the ceil - ing If I just turn and run
And it wears me out It wears me out It wears me out It wear - err - ers me out
And if I could be who you wanted If I could be who you wanted All the time All the time mmmm mmmm mmmm