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Even if it may look weird, "a universal sight" is the actual lyric and is written in multiple places like that.


the universal sigh."'']]

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the a universal sigh."'']]

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* DarkReprise: "Bloom (Mark Pritchard RMX)" for "Bloom". and "Separator (Anstam RMX Part II)" for "Separator (Anstam RMX)."
* DeliberatelyMonochrome: The "Lotus Flower" video.

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* %%* DeliberatelyMonochrome: The "Lotus Flower" video.



* GenreRoulette: '''No kidding.''' No song on this album even remotely sounds like the next.

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* %%* GenreRoulette: '''No kidding.''' No song on this album even remotely sounds like the next.



* LonelyPianoPiece: "Codex", although there is a backing brass section later on.

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* ThievingMagpie: "Morning Mr. Magpie", in which a thieving magpie is used as a stand-in for [[CapitalismIsBad greedy corporations]].
-->''Good morning, Mr. Magpie\\
How are we doing today?\\
You've stolen all the magic\\
And took my memories''
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''The King of Limbs'' (often referred to as ''TKOL'') is the eighth studio album by English AlternativeRock band Music/{{Radiohead}}. It was self-released at first in February 2011 as a [=MP3=]/WAV-format download before being released in physical CD and vinyl formats in March and eventually in a special "newspaper" edition in May.

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''The King of Limbs'' (often referred to as ''TKOL'') is the eighth studio album by English AlternativeRock band Music/{{Radiohead}}. It was self-released at first in February 2011 as a [=MP3=]/WAV-format download before being released through Creator/XLRecordings in physical CD and vinyl formats in March and eventually in a special "newspaper" edition in May.
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* NiceHat: Thom dons one for the "Lotus Flower" video.
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* LongestSongGoesLast: "Separator", the closing track, just barely ekes out "Bloom", the opener, by five seconds for the position of the album's longest piece.

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* LongestSongGoesLast: "Separator", the closing track, just barely ekes beats out "Bloom", the opener, by five seconds for the position of the album's longest piece.
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* LongestSongGoesLast: "Separator", the closing track, just barely ekes out "Bloom", the opener, by five seconds for the position of the album's longest piece.
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* DesignStudentsOrgasm: While the packing format is Radiohead's most minimalist, being a nearly paper-thin thin cardboard folder, the designs are as elaborate as expected from the band, being a series of detailed arboreal illustrations themed around the album's constant use of floral imagery.

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* DesignStudentsOrgasm: While the packing format is Radiohead's most minimalist, being a nearly paper-thin thin cardboard folder, the designs are as elaborate as expected from the band, being a series of detailed arboreal illustrations themed around the album's constant use of floral imagery.

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* EchoingAcoustics: This album has its instrumentation and Thom's vocals given an echo for a more conjunctive atmosphere.

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* EchoingAcoustics: DesignStudentsOrgasm: While the packing format is Radiohead's most minimalist, being a nearly paper-thin thin cardboard folder, the designs are as elaborate as expected from the band, being a series of detailed arboreal illustrations themed around the album's constant use of floral imagery.
* EchoingAcoustics:
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This album has its instrumentation and Thom's vocals given an echo for a more conjunctive atmosphere.



* FlowerMotifs: Imagery and metaphors related to flowers and trees recur throughout the album's lyrics and packaging; even the album name comes from a tree near Oxford.



* IndecipherableLyrics: "Feral". The actual lyrics are "You are not mine / And I am not yours / It's all fine / Please don't judge me." How they got from that to the smeared vocals of the album version is anybody's guess.
** The Japanese version of this album came with a lyric booklet in which these lyrics were found and translated to English. Others had found out by reading Thom's lips during live performances.
*** [[https://www.sheetmusic.cc/piano/sheets/44732/Radiohead_The_King_of_Limbs.html They're also in the sheet music that Warner/Chappell released.]] This should also help you find where each word is supposed to be.

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* IndecipherableLyrics: IndecipherableLyrics:
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"Feral". The actual lyrics are "You are not mine / And I am not yours / It's all fine / Please don't judge me." How they got from that to the smeared vocals of the album version is anybody's guess.
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guess. In fact, the only reason people know what the lyrics are is by a mixture of translating the Japanese version of this album came with a lyric booklet in which these lyrics were found and translated to English. Others had found out by release's liner notes, reading Thom's lips during in live performances.
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performances, and examining the song's official [[https://www.sheetmusic.cc/piano/sheets/44732/Radiohead_The_King_of_Limbs.html They're also in the sheet music that Warner/Chappell released.]] This should also help you find music]] (the latter of which helped pinpoint where each word is supposed to be.be).

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