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​lift (MD125)

Radiohead
Track 258 on MINIDISCS [HACKED] 

Producers

Radiohead & Nigel Godrich
Jun. 11, 20191 viewer

​lift (MD125) Lyrics

This is the place
Sit down, you're safe now
You've been stuck in a lift
We've been trying to reach you, Thom

This is the place
It won't hurt ever again

The smell of air-conditioning
The fish are belly-up
Empty all your pockets
'Cause it's time to come home

This is the place
Remember me
I'm the face you always see

You've been stuck in a lift
In the belly of a whale
At the bottom of the ocean

The smell of air-conditioning
The fish are belly-up
Empty all your pockets
'Cause it's time to come home
The smell of air-conditioning
The fish are belly-up
Let it go

Today is the first day of the rest of your days
So lighten up, squirt

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MINIDISCS [HACKED] (2019)
  1. 1.
    Poison MD111
  2. 2.
    ​I Promise (Portland Soundcheck 25 March 1996) MD111.1
  3. 3.
    ​Attenzione! (Portland Soundcheck 25 March 1996) MD111
  4. 4.
    ​Electioneering MD111.1
  5. 5.
    ​Lift (Toronto 6 April 1996) MD111.1
  6. 6.
    ​True Love Waits MD111
  7. 7.
    Not For Sale MD111
  8. 8.
    Film A
  9. 9.
    Lift (San Francisco 27 March 1996) MD111.2
  10. 10.
    ​Electioneering (San Francisco 27 March 1996) MD111.2
  11. 11.
    ​I Promise (San Francisco 27 March 1996) MD111.2
  12. 12.
    Vacancies
  13. 13.
    $alty
  14. 14.
    ​Airbag (Acoustic, Minneapolis Soundcheck 3 April 1996) MD111.1
  15. 15.
    ​Airbag (Toronto Soundcheck 6 April 1996) MD111.2
  16. 16.
    ​I Promise (Minneapolis 3 April 1996) MD111.3
  17. 17.
    Lifesaver
  18. 18.
    ​I Promise (Toronto 6 April 1996) MD111.4
  19. 19.
    ​Electioneering (Toronto 6 April 1996) MD111.3
  20. 20.
    ​Paranoid Android MD111
  21. 21.
    ​Airbag MD111.3
  22. 22.
    ​Electioneering MD111.4
  23. 23.
    ​No Surprises Please (Lyon Soundcheck 17 April 1996) MD112
  24. 24.
    ​Risk of Suffocation
  25. 25.
    ​Girl Club
  26. 26.
    ​Girl Club 2
  27. 27.
    333 Ride A Pony
  28. 28.
    (Chateau Birds)
  29. 29.
    ​Umbilical
  30. 30.
    ​Poison Lake
  31. 31.
    ​Get Together [2]
  32. 32.
    ​Get Together
  33. 33.
    (Prague Train)
  34. 34.
    (Bus Home)
  35. 35.
    ​Annoying Neighbors
  36. 36.
    ​Motion Picture Soundtrack MD112
  37. 37.
    ​Amazing Drums For Exit Music MD112
  38. 38.
    Unknown* (MD112.1)
  39. 39.
    ​Let Down MD112
  40. 40.
    ​Motion Picture Soundtrack MD112.2
  41. 41.
    Airbag MD112
  42. 42.
    ​My New Clothes MD112.1
  43. 43.
    ​My New Clothes MD112.2
  44. 44.
    My New Clothes MD112.3
  45. 45.
    Attenzione! MD112.1
  46. 46.
    Attenzione! MD112.2
  47. 47.
    I Promise (NY 12 April 1996) MD113.1
  48. 48.
    ​Motion Picture Soundtrack (Rockville 10 April 1996) MD113
  49. 49.
    I Promise (San Francisco 27 March 1996) MD113.2
  50. 50.
    (Mahler’s Double Basses)
  51. 51.
    ​Nude MD113
  52. 52.
    ​(Monk Noise)
  53. 53.
    ​Moog
  54. 54.
    S3000
  55. 55.
    ​Soft Pain MD113.1
  56. 56.
    ​Soft Pain MD113.2
  57. 57.
    Soft Pain MD113.3
  58. 58.
    ​Thomas Pynchon
  59. 59.
    ​Maybe
  60. 60.
    ​Soft Pain VOX
  61. 61.
    Soft Pain MD113.4
  62. 62.
    Oranges
  63. 63.
    $ Island
  64. 64.
    Poison MD113.1
  65. 65.
    Poison MD113.2
  66. 66.
    7/8 Session
  67. 67.
    ​No Surprises MD113
  68. 68.
    ​Messy Jams
  69. 69.
    ​Soft Pain MD113.5
  70. 70.
    Unknown* MD113
  71. 71.
    ​Organ Intro
  72. 72.
    ​No Surprises Please MD114
  73. 73.
    ​True Love Waits (prog)
  74. 74.
    ​Soft Pain MD114.1
  75. 75.
    ​Soft Pain MD114.2
  76. 76.
    ​Paranoid Android M8 MD114
  77. 77.
    ​Motion Picture Soundtrack MD114.1
  78. 78.
    ​Motion Picture Soundtrack MD114.2
  79. 79.
    ​Airbag MD114.1
  80. 80.
    ​Airbag MD114.2
  81. 81.
    ​Tourists MD114.1
  82. 82.
    Tourists MD114.2
  83. 83.
    Tourists MD114.3
  84. 84.
    ​Silicon Valley MD114
  85. 85.
    ​Paranoid Android Outro MD115.1
  86. 86.
    ​Paranoid Android MD115.2
  87. 87.
    Jam MD115
  88. 88.
    ​Attenzione! MD115.1
  89. 89.
    ​Attenzione! MD115.2
  90. 90.
    ​Touchies + Feelies
  91. 91.
    ​Leave Me Alone
  92. 92.
    ​No Surprises Please MD115.1
  93. 93.
    No Surprises MD115.2
  94. 94.
    Attenzione! MD115.3
  95. 95.
    Attenzione! MD115.4
  96. 96.
    Attenzione! MD115.5
  97. 97.
    (Found Sounds) MD115
  98. 98.
    ​Lights Down
  99. 99.
    ​boggle eyes
  100. 100.
    (Silly Voices)
  101. 101.
    27 degrees
  102. 102.
    ​Chairman Mao
  103. 103.
    ​Nude (Rough) MD115
  104. 104.
    (Beauty Voices)
  105. 105.
    ​Paranoid Android MD115.3
  106. 106.
    ​Drum Loop MD115
  107. 107.
    Piano Sketch by Jonny
  108. 108.
    ​Guitar Loop MD116
  109. 109.
    Phil’s Loop MD116
  110. 110.
    Walls
  111. 111.
    ​Not All Angels Have Wings MD116.1
  112. 112.
    ​Felix the Cat
  113. 113.
    ​Hollow Tugboat x2
  114. 114.
    ​Not All Angels Have Wings MD116.2
  115. 115.
    ​Life in a Glasshouse MD116
  116. 116.
    ​Bubble
  117. 117.
    ​Spokes
  118. 118.
    ​Snidey
  119. 119.
    ​Bee Sting
  120. 120.
    ​Our Guarantee To You
  121. 121.
    ​Not All Angels Have Wings MD117
  122. 122.
    ​Crumar Song
  123. 123.
    ​Julie Got Married
  124. 124.
    ​Ed’s French Loop
  125. 125.
    ​August
  126. 126.
    Nigel AMS Delay
  127. 127.
    AMS Hello
  128. 128.
    EQ Loops / Loop 1-8 / Tom Loop
  129. 129.
    ​Karma Police MD117
  130. 130.
    I Need a Job / The State Disco MD117
  131. 131.
    The Cupboard Monster
  132. 132.
    ​Airbag Intro MD117.1
  133. 133.
    Airbag Groove MD117.2
  134. 134.
    ​Airbag Ace! MD117.3
  135. 135.
    ​Let Down MD117
  136. 136.
    ​I Can’t Control It
  137. 137.
    Radio Chaser Noise
  138. 138.
    (Movie Dialogue (7-18))
  139. 139.
    ​Dying of Boredom
  140. 140.
    ​science helps build a new india
  141. 141.
    ​human error
  142. 142.
    ​nervous (Missing Lyrics)
  143. 143.
    ​ground (Missing Lyrics)
  144. 144.
    ​karma police (MD118)
  145. 145.
    ​paranoid android (MD118)
  146. 146.
    ​i promise (MD118)
  147. 147.
    ​let down (MD118)
  148. 148.
    ​climbing up the walls (MD118)
  149. 149.
    ​no surprises please (MD118)
  150. 150.
    ​i promise (MD118) [2]
  151. 151.
    ​electioneering (MD118)
  152. 152.
    ​paranoid android (MD118) [2]
  153. 153.
    ​climbing up the walls (MD118) [2}
  154. 154.
    ​piano 5ths (Missing Lyrics)
  155. 155.
    ​theme tune/my everyday life (Missing Lyrics)
  156. 156.
    ​let down 9.1
  157. 157.
    ​karma police 9.1
  158. 158.
    ​karma police 9.2
  159. 159.
    ​hospital 2
  160. 160.
    ​the state disco (Missing Lyrics)
  161. 161.
    ​let down 9.2
  162. 162.
    ​life in a glasshouse (MD119)
  163. 163.
    ​exit music #2
  164. 164.
    ​piano! lie down in the middle of the road (Missing Lyrics)
  165. 165.
    ​play me this song (Missing Lyrics)
  166. 166.
    ​you’re the one
  167. 167.
    ​play me this song [2]
  168. 168.
    ​hospital 1
  169. 169.
    [hospital delay] (Missing Lyrics)
  170. 170.
    ​true love waits (drums) (Missing Lyrics)
  171. 171.
    ​true love loop (Missing Lyrics)
  172. 172.
    ​everyone
  173. 173.
    ​the bends 4 track
  174. 174.
    ​mistake (Missing Lyrics)
  175. 175.
    ​let down 10.1
  176. 176.
    ​airbag drumming 10.1 (Missing Lyrics)
  177. 177.
    ​airbag 10.2 (Missing Lyrics)
  178. 178.
    ​you’ll never know (Missing Lyrics)
  179. 179.
    You’ll never know 2 (Missing Lyrics)
  180. 180.
    [dan’s climbing up the walls speech]
  181. 181.
    [dan’s speech slower]
  182. 182.
    ​tr 606 song (Missing Lyrics)
  183. 183.
    ​TR-606 Song 2 (Missing Lyrics)
  184. 184.
    ​easy line for “hospital” (Missing Lyrics)
  185. 185.
    Unknown acoustic demo (MD120) (Missing Lyrics)
  186. 186.
    ​unknown acoustic demo (MD120) [2] (Missing Lyrics)
  187. 187.
    Karma Police (MD120)
  188. 188.
    ​unknown acoustic demo (MD120) [3] (Missing Lyrics)
  189. 189.
    Stockhausen Voices (Missing Lyrics)
  190. 190.
    ‘no tomorrow’
  191. 191.
    ‘​jonny’s ocean song’
  192. 192.
    ‘live a little’ (Missing Lyrics)
  193. 193.
    [radiochaser] (Missing Lyrics)
  194. 194.
    ​mute button (Missing Lyrics)
  195. 195.
    ​mute button [2] (Missing Lyrics)
  196. 196.
    ​climbing up the walls (MD121)
  197. 197.
    ​i promise (MD121)
  198. 198.
    ​paranoid android (MD121)
  199. 199.
    ​karma police (MD121)
  200. 200.
    ‘service’ (Missing Lyrics)
  201. 201.
    ‘jaz’ song (Missing Lyrics)
  202. 202.
    ​let down - galway
  203. 203.
    [guitar octaves] (Missing Lyrics)
  204. 204.
    ​let down (MD121) [2]
  205. 205.
    ​paranoid android (MD121) [2]
  206. 206.
    ​karma police (MD121) [2] (Missing Lyrics)
  207. 207.
    ​climbing up the walls (MD122) (Missing Lyrics)
  208. 208.
    ​climbing up the walls (MD122) [2] (Missing Lyrics)
  209. 209.
    ​i promise (MD122) (Missing Lyrics)
  210. 210.
    ​paranoid android (MD122) (Missing Lyrics)
  211. 211.
    ​no surprises please (MD122) (Missing Lyrics)
  212. 212.
    ​paranoid android (MD122) [2] (Missing Lyrics)
  213. 213.
    ​i promise (MD122) [2] (Missing Lyrics)
  214. 214.
    ​karma police (MD122)
  215. 215.
    ​climbing up the walls (MD122) [3] (Missing Lyrics)
  216. 216.
    ​i promise (MD122) [3] (Missing Lyrics)
  217. 217.
    ​let down (MD122) (Missing Lyrics)
  218. 218.
    ​no surprises please (MD122) [2] (Missing Lyrics)
  219. 219.
    ​climbing up the walls (MD122) [4] (Missing Lyrics)
  220. 220.
    ​electioneering (MD122) (Missing Lyrics)
  221. 221.
    ​paranoid android (MD122) [3] (Missing Lyrics)
  222. 222.
    ​let down (MD122) [2] (Missing Lyrics)
  223. 223.
    ​silicon valley (MD123)
  224. 224.
    1000 miles
  225. 225.
    ​lift (Seattle) (Missing Lyrics)
  226. 226.
    ​this is the panic office (Missing Lyrics)
  227. 227.
    ​harmonics riff
  228. 228.
    ​lay off the beef (Missing Lyrics)
  229. 229.
    ​polyethelene (MD123)
  230. 230.
    ​let down 9.3
  231. 231.
    ​ed’s song (Missing Lyrics)
  232. 232.
    ​my new clothes (MD124) (Missing Lyrics)
  233. 233.
    ​my new clothes (MD124) [2] (Missing Lyrics)
  234. 234.
    ​my new clothes (MD124) [3] (Missing Lyrics)
  235. 235.
    ​for sale (Missing Lyrics)
  236. 236.
    ​airbag (MD124) (Missing Lyrics)
  237. 237.
    ​electioneering (d.c) (Missing Lyrics)
  238. 238.
    ​lift (cleveland) (Missing Lyrics)
  239. 239.
    ​airbag (philly) (Missing Lyrics)
  240. 240.
    ​airbag (dc) (Missing Lyrics)
  241. 241.
    ​attenzione (fast) (Missing Lyrics)
  242. 242.
    ​attenzione (minneapolis) (Missing Lyrics)
  243. 243.
    ​stampeding elephants
  244. 244.
    ​lift (minneapolis sc) (Missing Lyrics)
  245. 245.
    ​airbag (MD124) [2] (Missing Lyrics)
  246. 246.
    ​manhattan dogs
  247. 247.
    ​paranoid android (NY sc) (Missing Lyrics)
  248. 248.
    ​airbag (NY soundcheck) (Missing Lyrics)
  249. 249.
    ​electioneering (san diego) (Missing Lyrics)
  250. 250.
    ​i promise (MD124) (Missing Lyrics)
  251. 251.
    ​paranoid android (MD124) (Missing Lyrics)
  252. 252.
    ​attenzione (palo alto) (Missing Lyrics)
  253. 253.
    Attenzione! (Palo Alto) Soundcheck, 28 March 1996 MD124.2 (Missing Lyrics)
  254. 254.
    ​i promise (NY) (Missing Lyrics)
  255. 255.
    Subterranean Homesick Alien MD125 (Missing Lyrics)
  256. 256.
    ​karma police (MD125) (Missing Lyrics)
  257. 257.
    ​let down (MD125) (Missing Lyrics)
  258. 258.
    ​lift (MD125)
  259. 259.
    ​airbag (MD125) (Missing Lyrics)
  260. 260.
    ​electioneering (MD125) (Missing Lyrics)
  261. 261.
    ​a reminder (MD125)
  262. 262.
    ​uptight (less room) (Missing Lyrics)
  263. 263.
    ​uptight (less drums) (Missing Lyrics)
  264. 264.
    ​uptight (nigel’s master) (Missing Lyrics)
  265. 265.
    ​no surprises please (MD125) (Missing Lyrics)
  266. 266.
    ​exit music (MD125) (Missing Lyrics)
  267. 267.
    ​paranoid android (MD125) (Missing Lyrics)
  268. 268.
    ​i promise (LA) (Missing Lyrics)
  269. 269.
    Paranoid Android MD126 (Missing Lyrics)
  270. 270.
    Subterranean Homesick Alien MD126 (Missing Lyrics)
  271. 271.
    Exit Music (For A Film) MD126 (Missing Lyrics)
  272. 272.
    Let Down MD126 (Missing Lyrics)
  273. 273.
    Fitter Happier MD126 (Missing Lyrics)
  274. 274.
    Climbing Up The Walls MD126 (Missing Lyrics)
  275. 275.
    No Surprises MD126 (Missing Lyrics)
  276. 276.
    Electioneering MD126 (Missing Lyrics)
  277. 277.
    Lucky MD126 (Missing Lyrics)
  278. 278.
    Karma Police MD126 (Missing Lyrics)
  279. 279.
    The Tourist MD126 (Missing Lyrics)
  280. 280.
    A Reminder MD126 (Missing Lyrics)
  281. 281.
    Lift MD126.1 (Missing Lyrics)
  282. 282.
    Lift MD126.2 (Missing Lyrics)
  283. 283.
    Fitter Happier Beeps (Missing Lyrics)
  284. 284.
    Polyethylene Pt.2 MD126 (Missing Lyrics)
  285. 285.
    The Tourist Noise MD126 (Missing Lyrics)
  286. 286.
    The Tourist MD127.1 (Missing Lyrics)
  287. 287.
    The Tourist MD127.2 (Missing Lyrics)
  288. 288.
    Polyethylene Pt.2 MD127.1 (Missing Lyrics)
  289. 289.
    Polyethylene Pt.2 MD127.2 (Missing Lyrics)
  290. 290.
    Fitter Happier MD127 (Missing Lyrics)
  291. 291.
    Unknown MD127.1 (Missing Lyrics)
  292. 292.
    Unknown MD127.2 (Missing Lyrics)
  293. 293.
    [Chatter / Wind Noise] (Missing Lyrics)
  294. 294.
    A Reminder MD128.1 (Missing Lyrics)
  295. 295.
    [Wind Noise] (Missing Lyrics)
  296. 296.
    A Reminder MD128.2 (Missing Lyrics)
  297. 297.
    [Wind Noise] MD128.2 (Missing Lyrics)
  298. 298.
    A Reminder MD128.3 (Missing Lyrics)
  299. 299.
    A Reminder MD128.4 (Missing Lyrics)
  300. 300.
    A Reminder MD128.5 (Missing Lyrics)
  301. 301.
    A Reminder MD128.6 (Missing Lyrics)
  302. 302.
    Unknown MD128.1 (Missing Lyrics)
  303. 303.
    Unknown MD128.2 (Missing Lyrics)
  304. 304.
    Unknown MD128.3 (Missing Lyrics)
  305. 305.
    Unknown MD128.4 (Missing Lyrics)
  306. 306.
    Unknown MD128.5 (Missing Lyrics)
  307. 307.
    Them beatboxing to Laurie’s Theme from Halloween (Missing Lyrics)
  308. 308.
    Exit Music MD128 (Missing Lyrics)
  309. 309.
    No Surprises MD128 (Missing Lyrics)
  310. 310.
    Paranoid Android MD128 (Missing Lyrics)
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Released on
June 11, 2019
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