A single released for 2011’s Record Store Day.
This song was recorded during the King of the Limb recordings but was left out because of Radiohead’s inability to “make it work with the rest of the album.”
[Verse 1]
Beauty will destroy your mind, spare the gory details
Give them gift-wrapped for the man with everything
Though I lived a lonely life, I was confused
A butcher, I feel nothing
[Verse 2]
As it courses up my arms in a position of the worms
Up, up, through my heart into my brain
Arm a bit slack, a basic combination
Cut out of chopped liver on the block
My heart's still pumping
My heart's still pumping
[Outro]
He's a warrior, a warrior
Here's a little bitch coming out of him
He's a warrior, a warrior
Here's a little bitch coming out of him
Coming out of him
The Butcher was written by Ed O’Brien & Philip Selway & Colin Greenwood & Jonny Greenwood & Thom Yorke.
The Butcher was produced by Nigel Godrich & Radiohead.
Radiohead released The Butcher on Sat Apr 16 2011.