Radiohead - Myxomatosis (Live From The Basement) lyrics

The mongrel cat came home
Holding half a head proceeded to show it off
To all his newfound friends
He said: "I been where I liked
I slept with who I like
She ate me up for breakfast
She screwed me in a vice"

"But now I don't know why
I feel so tongue-tied"

I sat in the cupboard
And wrote it down in neat
They were cheering and waving
Cheering and waving
Twitching and salivating like
With myxomatosis
But it got edited, fucked up
Strangled, beaten up
Used in a photo in Time magazine
Buried in a burning black hole in Devon

And I don’t know why I feel so tongue-tied
Don’t know why I feel so skinned alive

My thoughts are misguided and a little naïve
I twitch and I salivate like with myxomatosis
You should put me in a home
Or you should put me down
I got myxomatosis, I got myxomatosis
Yeah, no one likes a smart-ass
But we all like stars
Wait, that wasn't my intention
I did it for a reason
Shook hands with the cripples and
I gave them all milk and I did a few card
Tricks for my mafia geeks but now

I don’t know why I feel so tongue-tied