Amnesiac (2001)
You know those stories of the quiet kids who get beat up, but then they summon this inner rage that allows them to vanquish their enemies? I used to love those stories. Having been born with an insurmountable predisposition toward passiveness, I loved the thought of one day being able to have the upper hand on my antagonizers (though, hopefully in a feel-good way, like curing cancer). This song is one of those stories. Beginning, literally, with an inhale, the quiet, echoing voice makes a host of passive-aggressive threats and, with the help of rousing piano and rising drums, the voice triumphs, washing over everything.
Notable lyric: We ride tonight / we ride tonight / ghost horses / ghost horses
YOU’RE A RADIO HEAD
Is this from the Ghost Horses album?