Kid A is the 2nd track and title track on the album Kid A.
Background[]
The song's lyrics were pulled out of a hat, as were many of the other songs on Kid A and Amnesiac. Some other unused phrases include "spin with a grin" and "a nice straight road with nothing coming". Some of these were showcased in the 2021 art book by Thom Yorke and Stanley Donwood, Kid A Mnesia.
Thom initially programmed the song on a 505 sequencer. The voice in the song was processed through a ring modulator and vocoder with the pitch modulated using Jonny Greenwood's ondes Martenot, creating a sound far different from any natural human voice.
Lyrics[]
[Verse 1]
I slip away
I slipped on a little white lie
[Verse 2]
We've got heads on sticks
You've got ventriloquists
We've got heads on sticks
And you've got ventriloquists
[Verse 3]
Standing in the shadows at the end of my bed
Standing in the shadows at the end of my bed
Lying in the shadows at the end of my bed
Standing in the shadows at the end of my bed
[Outro]
The rats and the children follow me out of town
Rats and children follow me out of town
Come on, kids