“That there
That's not me
I go
Where I please
I walk through walls
I float down the Liffey”
Thom Yorke (1968) English musician, philanthropist and singer-songwriter
Lyrics, Kid A (2000)
Source: The Story Sisters
“That there
That's not me
I go
Where I please
I walk through walls
I float down the Liffey”
Thom Yorke (1968) English musician, philanthropist and singer-songwriter
Lyrics, Kid A (2000)
T.S. Eliot book The Waste Land
Source: The Waste Land (1922), Line 359 et seq.
Eliot's note: Stimulated by Shackleton's Antarctic expedition where the explorers at the extremity of their strength believed there was another who walked with them across South Georgia!
“When I walk
I part the air
and always
the air moves in
to fill the spaces
where my body's been.”
Mark Strand (1934–2014) Canadian-American poet, essayist, translator
"Keeping Things Whole" (1969)
Source: Selected Poems
Context: p>In a field
I am the absence
of field.
This is
always the case.
Wherever I am
I am what is missing.When I walk
I part the air
and always
the air moves in
to fill the spaces
where my body's been.We all have reasons
for moving.
I move
to keep things whole.</p
“my feet will want to walk to where you are sleeping
but
I shall go on living.”
Pablo Neruda (1904–1973) Chilean poet
Helen Reddy (1941) Australian actress
On her connection to the stage
Freeman interview (September 2012)
Joni Mitchell (1943) Canadian musician
"Woodstock"
Songs
Context: I came upon a child of god,
He was walking along the road
And I asked him, where are you going
And this he told me:
"I’m going on down to Yasgur’s farm
I’m going to join in a rock ’n’ roll band
I’m going to camp out on the land,
I’m going to try an’ get my soul free.