the eraser .pdf files

'the eraser' is thom yorke's album. all of the things i have posted here are the work of thom and stanley donwood. the original files are available at http://www.theeraser.net/Stage2UK/ in .pdf form. i thought it would be nice to have them here along with the transcriptions as they are a view into the way thom and mr. donwood create.

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Thursday, February 21, 2008

acidfractal























Crude ?: proof in black: scan: place screenprinted/
photoshop colour blends in place of black.

BRIGHT. COLOURFUL. PSYCHEDELIC. ACID. FRACTAL.
RAINBOW. COLOUR WHEEL.
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ILLUSTRATE SOME IDEAS. CANUTE ETC. CHOOSE BITS
OF LYRICS. ADD IN
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open your door and i'll come in
be easier now + just cave in
open your door and let me in
unlock your door and ill come in
i am the one your looking for

(2)
you open unlock your door and let me in
unlock the possibility
be easy now and just do not think
im the one that you been looking for

(3)
open your the door and i'll blow in
unlock the your door + let me in
be easy now and just not think
the one your looking for
?(i am the one your looking for)
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RICHARD HAMILTON.
JOE TILSON.
PHOTOGRAPH EVENING
STANDARD POSTERS/
GRAYSCALE/
REPLACE BLACK/
BLUE WITH
PSYCHEDELIC
COLOURS.
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!
BREAKFAST.

centrepoint

ghostcoach
























this is a ghost coach
--Radiohead Scrapbook

rained























and it rained all night and washed the filth away
down new york air conditioned drains,
the click click clack of the heavy black trains,
a million engines in neutral.
the tick tock tick of a ticking time bomb
50ft of concrete underground,
one little leak becomes a lake says the
tiny voice in my ear piece.
so i give in to the rhythm, the click click clack,
im too wasted to fight back
tick tock goes the pendulum on the old grandfather clock.

and it rained all night and then all day,
the drops were the size of your hands and face,
the worms come out to see whats up.
we pull the car up from the river.
it's relentless
invisible
indefatigable
indisputable
undeniable
so how come it looks so beautiful?
how come the moon falls from the sky?


it relentless invisible indefitagable undisputed undeniable so how come it looks so beautiful? how comes the constellations shines? how come sun still reflect s frrom the moon?
--Radiohead Scrapbook

backyard























ts a meaningless
its a meaningless loss and loss and loss to

15 nasty people
nasty business
nasty people
thats their garage

16 scratchy surface
decommisioned
so dust the box off
break it open

17 i wanna retch
i wanna shake it up
because the stench is really
overpowering

18 very very pushy
and they got a knife
and they looks suspicioussuspicioususpicious

19 tapping ashes
tapping ashes
nasty people
nasty business

reprise*

the enemy is in the backyard
the enemy is in the backyard
hes hiding in the flowers
hes hiding in the flowers
the enemy is in the backyard
the enemy is in the backyard
a neighbor who lives
just a few feet away
a neighbor who lives
just a few feet away
thats him

here we go

ooo oooo

chance























this is your chance for happiness
you resist because you are a mess
and all these things will come to thee
in endless possibilities.

open your gates your and go with it
im not about to let you slip
the answers are within your reach
so long as you don't panic.
a pulse from other stations
from future generations
a pulse

open your mind. switch to receive.
the endless possibilities.
a pulse from other stations. i'm not about to let you slip.
from future generations
the answers are within your reach.

hurricane























i will go thru almost anything
but this suburban vacumn

i will go through almost everything but this suburban vacuum.
--Radiohead Scrapbook

shark























like rats from a sinking ship.
unlikely to get hauled in for questioning
immune to prosecution.
(diplomatic immunity/care in the community).
you should a took him out while you had the chance
i wish you would take your medicine

like rats from a sinking ship

unlikely to get hauled in for questioning. immune to prosecution.

care in the community

you seem to think you are immune how i wish you would take your medicine
--Radiohead Scrapbook

bigben























if its gonna fall down collapse then let it fall fall
theres no point in getting angry
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you are a
they call ? black swan

chronicle

imperfections























what will grow crooked u can't make straight
that is the price that u got to pay
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try to change your ---
your hair your face
your loved ones
list all possible changes
all imperfections


ivesstoppedtryingtofixmyface/itsfinelikeitis

who can make straight what He hath made crooked? eclessiastes 7.6
--Radiohead Scrapbook

tappingashes























tapping ashes edit2

1.tapping ashes
tapping ashes
nasty people
nasty business

2.i do not want to be
part of this
they do not want to be
they do not want to me be happy happy

3.happy happy
tappy tappy
happy clappy
tapping ashes

4.theres nothing going on
behind the eyes
behind the eyes
its thenasty nasty nasty nasty

5.nasty party
nasty business
a falling steeple
that hits the people

6.here in nutville
empty rattle (or raffle)
i get no action
theres nothing happening

7.i am becoming a boring person
a boring person
a boring person
a nasty nasty nasty nasty

8.nasty person
tapping ashes
getting fractous
whats my problem?

9.we dont want to see em
in the garden
a barbeque
twitchy curtains

10.put the tail on the donkey
on the donkey
somthing big
to pin it upon

reprise

11.tapping ashes
tapping ashes
got a light boy?
box of matches

12.lighted candles
tightly sewn
manicured
its a lovely lovely lovely lawn

13.tappy tappy
tapping ashes
bibles bashers
your hair is on fire

14.trapped in heads
sharp as new pins

bloodsucking























shes just this kind of crazy
blood sucking woman. it must
just get easier.

easynow























evry body slips around him
---?
--on a --
-- are --

your moon is out orbit
your tide has turned but won't turn back
be easier to let it slip
be easier easy now be easier easy now

resist because you are a mess
an animal thats in distress
in peaceinlove in peace in love
no need to recognize im the one your looking for

open the door + ill blow in
unlock the door + let me in
be in easy now + just give in
im the one your looking for be easy now be easy now

medusa

thanks






















try to wash the carpet
youll never get it off the rug
wipe it on on thr carpet
wipe the carpet on the wall
wipe the wall with mothrs dress
try to save the aura thats coming off
pretend that you do when you really dont
its happening happening happening all over again
try to make an impression
try to say your sorry
youve won an award
id like to thank my school
my folks
and God

bad times

past performance is not necessarily a guide to future performance

your ?
from th e flood
what was in th e pipes
what was in th emains
drip drip dripping behind the plaster
tryt o get in the mind of someone else
try to get our of your own skull
you numbskull
tryt o understand that i love you i have to go
try to get in first foot through the door
try ti get your self noticed


please remember that past performance is not necessarily a guide to future performance

get out of your own skull youown skull you numbskull
--Radiohead Scrapbook

boilingover






















i need some time to think
? are your bad days
your bad days
?
im boiling over
? the bunker
? the bunker
try to run but it follows you up the hill
and pulls the bridge down
try saying no occassionally
try to save your work
try to save your song
you ought to take your medicine
we need to get inside you
yeah we need to get inside you

frontback

mercy






















Real Politik
other guitar lines.. processed and sampled as pads to play..additional guitar riffs
festival in the desert

It comes to you naked and afraid
for mercy
and begs you for bread for shelter and a bed

it begs to be brought out of the cold
for mercy
it begs to warm its blue limbs by your fire

melody1

it comes to you begging you to stop
for mercy
but you dont have the love inside you to forgive

you call up a witchhunt/lynchmob instead
no mercy
a fire breathing dragon of local hypocrits

melody1
melody2

you bomb the weak and the infants/infirm
in the name of god. no mercy.

you reach for you cross instead
and bible
a firebreathing witchhunt of local hypocrits

so quick to judge both the living and the dead

scatter bomb

toowasted
























look anditrainedallnight2

so a version with a vocal to this one before moving on the keeboards and bass
talking over it not listening to the music phrases
like the revolution will not be televised

theticktocktickofa ticking timebomb
in 50ft of concrete deep underground
one little leak will become a lake
tiptap tip of a blind mans (white)stick
and now here is the news
are you still there?
you ar e in five
the voice in coily earpiece
we will melt like butter in a frying pan
in between thre sports and the arts section
the disembodied earpiece
live into a million homes
paths
in roads
maps
lost
aerial photographs
reach over the path
walk down the path
criss cross
tram lines
criss cross
tram lines
paths
maps
serpents
fate lines following
trim tram lines
travel tram lines
and it rained all night and washed the filth away
down new york air condition juice drains
sideways always freakshow horrorshow
slick cclack clack of the heavy black trains
100 millions engines turning in neutral
apocalyptic soft coffin cocoons
click click ticking up like bag of cornflakes
it relentless invisible indefitagable undisputed undeniable
so how come it looks so beautiful?
how comes the constellations still shine?
how come the moom still shines reflection?
i givein i give in to the rhythm attack
im too wasted
im too wasted
im too wasted
it relentless invisible indefitagable undisputed undeniable
so i give in to the rhythm
to fight back
hypnotised by th e rhythm
the click click clack
give the monkey a banana and let him press the buttons
pendulum swings this way and that
tick tock goes the pendulum on the old father clock
the rocket is going to take off
no matter what
the watch on the chain swings for and back
clocks me in and it clocks me out
work all day and end up dead
the tick tock pulse
comes beneath the earth
from the molton core
with a finger click you wake up
oil slick
dead birds
we ar e lock edin a rhythm attck a rhthm attack
will someone click their fingers and bring us back?
where nothign will ever be the same again and we can forget about all this crap
like it wasa stupid joke and we had it wrong a one decimal point miscalculation
i give in to my panic my panic attack
while numbers drop from the lottery
the sptting keys of my typewriter
the spitting keys that wriet themselves
and it rained all night ands then all day
the drops were the size of you r hands and face


and now here is the news. are you still there? you ar e in in five. the voice in coily earpiece.

branches. endless. uncontrollable. a never ending mesh intertwined in to everything. paths. in roads. maps. lost. reach over the path. walk down the path. serpents. fate lines following. trim tram lines.

sideways always freakshow horrorshow

it relentless invisible indefitagable undisputed undeniable so how come it looks so beautiful? how comes the constellations shines? how come sun still reflect s frrom the moon?

we ar e lock edin a rhythm attck a rhthm attack will someone click their fingers and bring us back?', 'where nothign will ever be the same again and we can forget about all this crap, like it wasa stupid joke and we had it all wrong, a one decimal point miscalculation.
'--Radiohead Scrapbook

butterfly























the butterfly kisses of butterflys
caterpillars crawling upon your thighs
let me out let me out
i wanna get off
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? do yourself a favour and walk away
? buy a ticket and get
on the train nuy a ticket + get on train.
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you have tried your best to please everyone
but it just happening
it just isn't happening.


the butterfly kisses of butterflys./caterpillars crawling upo your thighs
--Radiohead Scrapbook

fryingpan























get out miles away from anywhere
trying not to fall out fall in
out of the frying pan
into the fire/ a flood
tryt to save your house
try to sveyour clothes
your furniture

mi6























LONDON EYE,
HOUSES OF
PARLIAMENT,
MILLBANK
TOWER,
TATE
GALLERY
,
MI6
BATTERSEA
POWER
STATION
HAMMERSMITH

walkaway























evry body slips around him
how do they do that?
munching on a rich tea
my brains are scrambled eggs

this is your blind spot blind spot
it should b
not
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you can't kick start a dead horse
you just cross yourself and walk away

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slowly watching you disintegrate
is not my idea of good time