The title of this song is lifted from British poet Philip Larkin’s poem “Sad Steps”
High and preposterous and separate -
Lozenge of love! Medallion of art!
O wolves of memory! Immensements! No,
(full text here).
Released in the 1994 EP My Iron Lung, “Lozenge of Love” uses unusual tuning and a type...
[Verse 1]
I am gone, everybody's raging
And these fruits, they still taste of poison
[Chorus 1]
I won't be around
When you really need me
[Verse 2]
I can't sleep, why can't someone hold me?
I need warmth, our restless body cracks and moans
[Chorus 2]
I won't have the strength
When you really need me
Lozenge of Love was written by Thom Yorke & Jonny Greenwood & Ed O’Brien & Colin Greenwood & Philip Selway.
Lozenge of Love was produced by John Leckie.
Radiohead released Lozenge of Love on Mon Sep 26 1994.