“Nose Grows Some” is the last track on Thom Yorke’s second solo LP, Tomorrow’s Modern Boxes. The song depicts a confrontation between two (potential/former/current) lovers, where the narrator distrusts the subject, who is accused by the narrator of bending the truth to protect his feelings.
[Verse 1]
I don’t know when this night will end
If I open up the door
To the back of your sunken mind
And then in will come the flood
When it all becomes too much
I have swept the crises
In the times you are afraid
In a room full of clocks
If I’m blowing myself away
Through the bad times
[Hook]
Two birds on a wall
Your nose just grows
[Verse 2]
I need just another drop
It is metal and it’s cold
I wait up on the rocks
I am waiting on the tide
Through the bad times
If I’m blowing myself away
Under hot fluorescent lights
[Hook]
Two birds on a wall
Your nose just grows and grows
[Outro]
One day I’ll grow up tall
I will be with you
Nose Grows Some was written by Nigel Godrich & Thom Yorke.
Nose Grows Some was produced by Nigel Godrich.
Thom Yorke released Nose Grows Some on Fri Sep 26 2014.