Faithless The Wonder Boy - Radiohead

This is "Faithless, The Wonder Boy" from the Itch EP.

I've had these jeans since I was born
And now they're ripped and now they're torn
And all my friends have skateboards

I want the toys of other boys
I want a knife and a gun and things
But Mum and Dad will not give in

And I can't put the needle in
Can't put the needle in
Can't put the needle in
No I can't put the needle in
Can't put the needle in
Can't put the needle in

And now I know just what it is
It's got disease and it's got my head
It always runs where I hide

Too scared to talk, too scared to try
Too scared to know the reasons why
And all my friends say bye bye

And I can't put the needle in
Can't put the needle in
Can't put the needle in
No I can't put the needle in
Can't put the needle in
Can't put the needle in...

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Faithless
• The
• Wonder
• Boy
• Radiohead

[pedrowasabi]

i thought it said "i had these genes since i was born" kinda made sense

[griffin7564]

wow 1993 D=

[tcdahn7]

Wore this tape out, because of this song.

[JediJonas007]

It just weird to think this came out the year I was born lol

[thane99x]

I still have that casssette too...

[Gabe511]

I remember this song from my Creep cassette single, which i still have! Good song.

[igorchillipeppers123]

@ComedownGuardians after 6 months, you have a response that says: ''that makes sense'', my friend

[thehindmost88]

genes, jeans, brilliant word play. to all those listening(the aliens monitoring our cultural development) the best part about english is twenty years from now all of a sudden we can go "HOLY CRAP HE COULDA MEANT THIS TOO!" (I purposely ignored the suggestion to capitalize the E in english, because if half the people here won't capitalize the first letter in a sentence why should I grace english with the status of proper noun.(ho the irony)

[itmustbeloveee]

@MrMixdin do you have the CASSETTE? wow...! I'm jelaous! 

[MyAntonio987]

geniallllllll!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!



[ComedownGuardians]

Many have commented all kinds of enlightening views of these lyrics as it is a popular/secret favorite. I agree with my friend, that 'Faithless, The Wonder Boy' is about not having a song to express himself: 'needle' refering to record player.

So, here you go...kind of thing. Isn't that radiohead?

[32Rainking]

@TheKatthirteen13 it certainly could be, Thom Yorke is/was no dummy;but what most of you don't seem to know is that this song was originally the b-side of the single for Creep&one of Radiohead(in it's famous carnation) first songs, hence it was before talk of genetics was commonplace&around the genesis of genetic evidence being used in criminal trials..................Anyway­, I'm just glad to have found this song&upon further thought it probably was meant as genes(it's got disease&..my head