![]() ![]() ![]() Both the lady and the man are dead, since they're described as being in plastic neighbourhoods with "plastic Earth". There it is - that same recurring lyric, only it's describing "him" - the second protagonist. And he was once a person, but after his death he turned to plastic, like the lady he lives with. This part explains who he was - the man lived through the eighties. This is where it introduces the second character - somebody, just another part of her memory, who "turned to plastic" and "crumbles and burns" after the lady he lives with dies. ![]() Those are recurring lyrics throughout the song, and I'll explain what I think it means later. It's as if "she" has been set in stone (or Plastic) after dying - and the events that took place throughout her entire life have just about as much worth as inanimate objects that disappeared with her memory, and Life. It plays over three peoples' lives - a she, a he, and Thom himself. And I've looked into it more, and I've had a thought that the song itself can be interpreted as painting a negative light on reincarnation - as if we're playing dolls in God's doll-house. I remember reading on Wikipedia about how the film was about reincarnation "The film is actually an allegory for death and reincarnation."Īt first I thought the song itself was about the disposable nature of the Modern world (kind of like that Dystopian Computer world in OK COMPUTER), but I always thought that message has been overplayed. And "Fake Plastic Trees" has always stuck with me, mostly because of its lyrics. I've only recently been seriously introduced to Radiohead. ![]()
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