8. Talk Show Host

These are the lyrics to the song Talk Show Host by Radiohead.

I want to
I want to be someone else or I'll explode
Floating upon this surface for the birds
The birds
The birds

You want me?
Fucking well, come and find me
I'll be waiting
With a gun and a pack of sandwiches

And nothing
Nothing
Nothing
Nothing

You want me?
Well, come on and break the door down
You want me?
Fucking come on and break the door down

I'm ready
I'm ready
I'm ready
I'm ready

I'm ready
I'm ready

My interpretation of the song:
It's talking about how when you're pretending to be someone you're not, you're going to end up lonely (I want to be someone else or I'll explode). When he says "floating upon the surface for the birds" I think he is either talking about how you're lonely, like an island--which is where birds land coincidentally, OR he may be talking about how BECAUSE he's pretending to be someone he's not, he's rotting away he's might as well be dead, so he's FLOATING (because you float when you're dead) and he's waiting for the birds to pick at his dead flesh. Then all the parts where he says "fucking" he's just crying for help. THEN, the gun and pack of sandwiches part. I think he might be saying EITHER bring a gun OR a pack of sandwiches. If he just brings a gun, he'll shoot himself because he hates his life and he hates himself, but he wants a pack of sandwiches because he is hungry for more than what he's getting in life.

This is probably like a really far fetched interpretation. Oh well.