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“Airbag” is the first song off OK Computer.
The song is somewhat autobiographical – Thom had been involved in a car accident roughly a decade before, his life saved by an airbag. He touched on this fear before this track, most notably on the aptly-titled The Bends b-side “Killer Cars.”
“Lucky,” th...
[Verse 1]
In the next world war
In a jackknifed juggernaut
I am born again
In the neon sign
Scrolling up and down
I am born again
[Chorus]
In an interstellar burst
I'm back to save the universe
[Verse 2]
In a deep, deep sleep
Of the innocent
I am born again
In a fast German car
I'm amazed that I survived
An airbag saved my life
[Chorus]
In an interstellar burst
I am back to save the universe
[Instrumental Break]
[Chorus]
In an interstellar burst
I am back to save the universe
In an interstellar burst
I am back to save the universe
Airbag was written by Ed O’Brien & Colin Greenwood & Jonny Greenwood & Thom Yorke & Philip Selway.
Airbag was produced by Radiohead & Nigel Godrich.
In a Rolling Stone article in the form of an expansive oral history of OK Computer, lead singer Thom Yorke and producer Nigel Godrich offered the following insight into the song’s meaning and composition:
Yorke:
I was really frightened of cars back then, but “Airbag” was almost the opposite of tha...