anyone can play guitar

By raven15@alltel.net

this is one of my fav songs from pablo honey

the song starts off

destiny...destiny protect me from the world...hold my hand...protect me from the world

what thom is saying here is...that he wishes for destiny to make his life good...to keep anything bad from happeneing to him...

then the bridge

here we are..without running and confusion..and i dont see no confusion anywhere

this is saying that he knows where he wants to go...he can go calmly and can see no obstacles ahead

the chorus

if the world does turn..and if london burns..i'll be standing on a beach with my guitar...i wanna be in a band when i get to heaven...anyone can play guitar and never feel nothing anymore

this says that no matter what...he's gonna be faithful to his music...'cause that's the only thing that will always be his...nobody can take it away...it is his sacred belonging any musician can identify with this song

next verse

grow my hair...grow my hair i am jim morrison i wanna be jim morrison

this simply states that he wants to be in the spotlight...to be the one who everyone loves....to have all things be at his fingertips

i get a wanting feeling from this song...i can feel just how much thom meant this song to be true he should have said AMEN at the end of this song...to finish this prayer
By Dan Crawford

This is a song about posers and wannabes. The person in the songs believes that he's destined to be a star and be protected from the real world (destiny, destiny protect me from the world...). He knows what he is going to do and he doesn't have to do anything do get there (here we are with our running and confusion...). He is going to be famous, he wants to be like Morrison (grow my hair, grow my hair I am Jim Morrison...). When the world spins out of control, he will wait for the tidal wave, and live on in memory, like the music star he is. The last line sums up the song - Anyone can play guitar and they won't be a nothing anymore. I don't think that this is about Thom or Radiohead, but about the bands that are nothing more than manufactured and fake.
By Flatline .357

This song is first and foremost about how one grows to love everything about guitars after learning to play. The first time I heard this song was when a close friend passed away suddenly. The world was collapsing around me, and this song suddenly made alot of sense. From my perspective, the world had turned, and london was burning. The walls were caving in, etc. So I sat and I wrote a song. For someone who really loves their guitar, playing is just like talking with your fingers. The line "grow my hair, i wanna be jim morrisson" is about how aspiring to be a superstar and the quixotic romanticism of young musicians is better than any actual success could ever be.
By Princess Ali

I think the visual aspects in this song are perhaps the most beautiful thing about it. 'When london burns I'll be standing on the beach with my guitar' It must be nice to know exactly what makes you happiest and know what you would like to be doing at the end of everything.