Thom has said that In Rainbows is “about the fucking panic of realizing you’re going to die!” Keeping with that theme, “4 Minute Warning” describes a vague apocalyptic scenario that the narrator is trapped in the middle of.
The four-minute warning was a public alert system conceived by the British...
[Verse 1]
This is just a nightmare
Soon I'm gonna wake up
Someone's gonna bring me 'round
Running from the bombers
Hiding in the forest
Running through the fields
Laying flat on the ground
Just like everybody
Stepping over heads
Running from the underground
[Refrain]
This is your warning
Four minute warning
[Verse 2]
I don't wanna hear it
I don't wanna know
I just wanna run and hide
This is just a nightmare
But soon I'm gonna wake up
Someone's gonna bring me 'round
[Refrain]
This is our warning
Four minute warning
4 Minute Warning was written by Philip Selway & Ed O’Brien & Colin Greenwood & Jonny Greenwood & Thom Yorke.
4 Minute Warning was produced by Nigel Godrich & Radiohead.
Radiohead released 4 Minute Warning on Mon Dec 03 2007.