“Little by Little” features intricate guitar playing over busy, syncopated percussion.“- Wiki. This song starts on an escalating and descending guitar melody, building towards its height a little more every round (little by little).
The vocals seem to be describing a person who has become bitter an...
[Verse 1]
Don't turn nasty now, the dusts of Hell
A pillar of my salt
The last one out of the box
The one who broke the spell
[Chorus 1]
Little by little, by hook or by crook
I'm such a tease and you're such a flirt
Once you've been 'round you've been around enough
Ooh-ooh-ooh
Little by little, by hook or by crook
Never in earnest, never get judged
I'm no idiot, I should look
Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-oh
[Verse 2]
The glue won't hold, the thread unpulls
Uncurling with my love
The last one out of the box
The one who broke the seal
[Bridge]
Obligations
Complications
Routines and schedules
The drug that will kill you
Kill you
Oh-oh-oh-oh, you
[Chorus 2]
Little by little, by hook or by crook
Never in earnest, never get judged
I'm no idiot, I should look
Little by little, by hook or by crook
I'm such a tease and you're such a flirt
Little by Little was written by Ed O’Brien & Colin Greenwood & Jonny Greenwood & Philip Selway & Thom Yorke.
Little by Little was produced by Nigel Godrich.
Radiohead released Little by Little on Fri Feb 18 2011.