I'm on a roll
I'm on a roll this time
I feel my luck could change
Kill me, Sarah
Kill me again with love
It's gonna be a glorious day
[Chorus]
Pull me out of the aircrash
Pull me out of the lake
'Cause I'm your superhero
We are standing on the edge
[Verse 2]
The head of state
Has called for me by name
But I don't have time for him
It's gonna be a glorious day
I feel my luck could change
[Chorus]
Pull me out of the aircrash
Pull me out of the lake
'Cause I'm your superhero
We are standing on the edge
About
“Lucky,” the penultimate track from OK Computer, was written around the time of the 1990’s Bosnian conflict and recorded to be featured on relief record The Help Album.
The song was originally more politically explicit, but the finished product, which describes a plane crash, heavily reflects Thom Yorke’s fear of long-distance travel, the subject of other Radiohead numbers such as “Airbag.”
Producer Nigel Godrich has stated that the completion of “Lucky” was the starting point for what would become OK Computer.
Q&A
Find answers to frequently asked questions about the song and explore its deeper meaning
We did it in five hours. They were actually on the road. I had only heard the song on a cassette. They showed up and we set up – they played it the night before onstage. So they’d worked it out and we just did it and I mixed it. And I tried later on to sort of remix it [during the OK Computer sessions] and it was like, “No, it’s fine.” That really is the beginning of OK Computer, that day.
– Niger Godrich, Rolling Stone, 2017.
- 1.Just
- 3.Karma Police
- 4.Creep
- 5.No Surprises
- 6.High and Dry
- 7.My Iron Lung
- 8.There, There
- 9.Lucky
- 10.Optimistic
- 12.Idioteque
- 13.2 + 2 = 5
- 14.The Bends
- 15.Pyramid Song
- 18.Airbag
- 19.I Might Be Wrong
- 20.Go to Sleep
- 21.Let Down
- 22.Planet Telex
- 25.Knives Out
- 26.Talk Show Host
- 27.You
