Lotus Flower – English Lyrics

• By: Radiohead
• Album: The King of Limbs

Lyrics & Translation

[English]

I will shape myself into your pocket

Invisible, do what you want, do what you want

...

I will shrink and I will disappear

I will slip into the groove and cut me up, and cut me up

...

There's an empty space inside my heart

Where the weeds take root

And now I'll set you free

I'll set you free

There's an empty space inside my heart

Where the weeds take root

Tonight I'll set you free

I'll set you free

...

Slowly we unfurl

As lotus flowers

'Cause all I want is the moon upon a stick

Just to see what if

Just to see what is

I can't kick your habit

Just to feed your fast ballooning head

Listen to your heart

...

We will shrink and be quiet as mice

While the cat is away, do what we want

Do what we want

...

There's an empty space inside my heart

Where the weeds take root

So now I set you free

I set you free

...

'Cause all I want is the moon upon a stick

Just to see what if

Just to see what is

Put the lotus flower into my room

Slowly we unfurl

As lotus flowers

'Cause all I want is the moon upon a stick

I dance around a pit

The darkness is beneath

I can't kick your habit

Just to feed your fast ballooning head

Listen to your heart

...

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
shape /ʃeɪp/ A2	verb - to make or become something specific in form
invisible /ɪnˈvɪzəbl/ A2	adjective - unable to be seen
shrink /ʃrɪŋk/ B1	verb - to become smaller
disappear /ˌdɪsəˈpɪr/ A2	verb - to cease to be visible
empty /ˈɛmpti/ A1	adjective - containing nothing
weeds /wiːdz/ A2	noun - wild plants growing where they are not wanted
root /ruːt/ A2	noun - the part of a plant that grows underground verb - to establish deeply
unfurl /ʌnˈfɜːrl/ B2	verb - to spread out or unfold
lotus /ˈloʊtəs/ B1	noun - a water plant with large leaves and flowers
habit /ˈhæbɪt/ A2	noun - a settled or regular tendency or practice
ballooning /bəˈluːnɪŋ/ B2	verb - to increase rapidly in size
quiet /ˈkwaɪət/ A1	adjective - making little or no noise
mice /maɪs/ A1	noun - small rodents
stick /stɪk/ A1	noun - a thin piece of wood
dance /dæns/ A1	verb - to move rhythmically to music
darkness /ˈdɑːrknəs/ A2	noun - the absence of light

Key Grammar Structures

• I will shape myself into your pocket

  ➔ Future Simple Tense

  ➔ The phrase uses 'will' to express a future action or intention, highlighting the speaker's desire to adapt.

• I will shrink and I will disappear

  ➔ Future Simple Tense with 'and'

  ➔ The conjunction 'and' connects two future actions, emphasizing the sequence of shrinking and disappearing.

• There's an empty space inside my heart

  ➔ Present Simple with 'there is'

  ➔ The structure 'there is' is used to indicate existence, highlighting the presence of an empty space.

• Slowly we unfurl as lotus flowers

  ➔ Adverb of Manner + Present Simple

  ➔ The adverb 'slowly' describes how the action of unfurling happens, adding detail to the present simple verb 'unfurl'.

• 'Cause all I want is the moon upon a stick

  ➔ Contraction + Present Simple

  ➔ The contraction ''cause' is short for 'because', used informally to introduce a reason, followed by the present simple 'want'.

• I can't kick your habit

  ➔ Modal Verb 'can' in Negative Form

  ➔ The modal verb 'can' in negative form ('can't') expresses inability or impossibility, emphasizing the difficulty of changing a habit.

• While the cat is away, do what we want

  ➔ Subordinate Clause with 'while'

  ➔ The subordinate clause 'while the cat is away' indicates a condition or time frame for the main action 'do what we want'.

• Tonight I'll set you free

  ➔ Future with 'will' Contracted

  ➔ The contracted form 'I'll' is a shortened version of 'I will', used to express a future action more casually.