Portishead as you previously knew them are represented, barely, by the last song on the album— the sleepwalk-paced, David Axelrod-esque “Threads"—and even then, its intermittently fuzzed-out tension-and-release dynamic would’ve made it one of the harshest-sounding songs on Dummy or Portishead.
[Verse 1]
Better if I could find the words to say
Whenever I take a choice, it turns away
[Chorus]
I'm worn, tired of my mind
I'm worn out, thinking of why
I'm always so unsure
[Verse 2]
I battle my thoughts, I find I can't explain
I've travelled so far but somehow feel the same
[Chorus]
I'm worn, tired of my mind
I'm worn out, thinking of why
I'm always so unsure
I'm always so unsure
[Instrumental Bridge]
[Chorus]
I'm worn, tired of my mind
I'm worn out, thinking of why
I'm always so unsure
I'm always so unsure (I'm always so unsure)
I'm always so unsure (I'm always so unsure)
I'm always so unsure
[Bridge]
With why, where will I sleep?
While I know in all that I go?
I can't find no one to blame
Stand there, tired and worn
Tired and worn, tired and worn
Tired and worn, tired and worn
Tired, worn, where do I go?
[Instrumental Outro]
Threads was written by Adrian Utley & Beth Gibbons & Geoff Barrow.
Threads was produced by Portishead.
Portishead released Threads on Mon Apr 28 2008.