Narrow Lens (Smoke)

Radiohead acoustic-electronic hybrid
Lyrics

[VERSE 1 - EXTERNAL]
Narrow lens, he got the thing you want
Promotion, recognition, he won't stop
So you mock his ambition, call it a front
Make it small what you're starving for, can't
See the wanting, see the cage
You built it yourself on the page
[VERSE 1 - CONSCIENCE]
Wide lens, can you see it yet?
The pattern repeating, your debt
You wanted it too, the trap is set
The mocking is the cage you've met
The mechanism spinning round
You're the one who built this ground
[VERSE 2 - EXTERNAL]
Narrow lens, she bought the house, the life
Calls it her dream, her victory, her prize
So you call it pretentious, twist the knife
Question her taste, diminish what you prize
Hide your own hunger in the scorn
Make her small so you're not torn
[VERSE 2 - CONSCIENCE]
Wide lens, when will you see?
The taking and the devouring, the spree
You consume what shines in her with glee
Then wonder why you're empty, why you're free
The pattern is a spiral down
You're wearing your own crown
[MID INSTRUMENTAL SOLO]
[VERSE 3 - EXTERNAL]
Narrow lens, he's with someone he loves
Genuine, real, he fits like a glove
So you mock his softness, push and shove
Question his manhood, rise above
Hide your longing in the cruelty
Make him small so you feel free
[VERSE 3 - CONSCIENCE]
Wide lens, when do you see?
When you catch yourself taking, when you're free
To realize you're the one with the key
Building the narrow view desperately
You're starving yourself with your own sight
Can't escape your own plight
[VERSE 4 - EXTERNAL]
Narrow lens, I see it in everyone
Crystal vision for their blindness, it's done
Completely clear till it becomes mine, none
I see their patterns but I'm the one
Running the same machine
The blindest person I've seen
[VERSE 4 - CONSCIENCE]
Wide lens, that's the trap
The seeing without seeing, the gap
The clarity that changes nothing, collapse
You're watching yourself do it, no map
The mechanism exposed but never stopped
That's the price you've bought
[BIG FINAL INSTRUMENTAL SOLO]
[OUTRO - BOTH VOICES LAYERED]
Narrow lens, wide lens
Narrow lens, wide lens
The loop repeating, the cage
Seeing it everywhere, your stage
Blind to your own, the rage
The mechanism, the cage
Exposed but never changed
Trapped in the same exchange