Lift 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, it will not hurt A smell of recognition A face you barely loved Empty all your pockets Cos it's time to go home This is the place Remembering all the things you always see You've been stuck in a lift In the belly of a whale At the bottom of the ocean A smell of recognition A face you barely loved Empty all your pockets Cos it's time to go home A smell of recognition A face you barely loved Empty all your pockets Cos it's time to go home Today is the first day of the rest of your days So lighten up squirt

Originally released: unreleased Lift is a British term for elevator, and this song is about being stuck in one. "Lift" is also the first song in which Thom actually referred to himself by name, taking the voice of a person who is trying rescue "Thom." Despite the rumors that this number would be an Ok Computer single, Ed said that the band had never considered it. Played regularly in 1996, the song was identified by most reviewers as the best new song they had heard in sets that also included "I Promise" and "Electioneering." Thom had this to say recently about why "Lift" wasn't rehearsed for Kid A: "we havent lost the song. we played it too much in a certain way that didnt work in my opinion. it didnt feel right. so we need to approach it in a different way but at the time of OK Computer it was impossible to get into rearrAngeimng it becaose everyone had fixed ideas on what to play and wed all just got into a habit we couldnt break. like staRING TOo LONG AT STRANGERS know what i mean?"

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