[Instrumental intro]
[Verse 1]
Catch me in another dream, I'm pulled away
Hold me, gently take me through another day
[Chorus 1]
However hard I try, I crawl when I should fly
I wander through my days, pulled a million ways
[Verse 2]
Help me feel the forces I can't touch, I'm reaching out
Help me to learn until I know too much, I'm still without
[Chorus 2]
These circles pulling near, hold me in my fear
And sleeping I can't hide, I'm paralysed inside
[Bridge]
Paralysed, paralysed, paralysed, paralysed
Paralysed, paralysed, paralysed, paralysed
[Instrumental breakdown]
[Instrumental bridge]
[Instrumental outro]
Paralysed was written by Ride.
Paralysed was produced by Marc Waterman.
In a 2011 interview with MTV, guitarist and vocalist Andy Bell described the song as “[a]nother adolescent anthem about awkwardness” and noted that, in the background, the listener can hear the sounds of the London Poll Tax riots, which were happening in the street outside the studio in which the ba...