"Like Spinning Plates" vs "Everything In Its Right Place"

Guys, this pairing makes me nervous. I love both songs SO much! This is going to be tough.

"Like Spinning Plates"

While you make pretty speeches
I'm being cut to shreds
You feed me to the lions
A delicate balance

And this just feels like spinning plates
I'm living in cloud cuckoo land
And this just feels like spinning plates
My body's floating down the muddy river

(2001. Amnesiac. I Might Be Wrong.)

This song is an absolute favorite. It's simple and without a lot of lyrics, but man, those words that are there are just perfect. I've always loved the phrase "like spinning plates" and it just evokes such a desperate feeling. I also love the line "While you make pretty speeches, I'm being cut to shreds". I've always felt like this song would be very fitting in a dystopian movie. The music sounds kind of futuristic, and the lyrics definitely leave a feeling of hopelessness.

"Everything In Its Right Place"

Everything
Everything
Everything
Everything

In its right place
In its right place
In its right place
In its right place

Yesterday I woke up sucking on a lemon
Yesterday I woke up sucking on a lemon
Yesterday I woke up sucking on a lemon
Yesterday I woke up sucking on a lemon

Everything
Everything
Everything

In its right place
In its right place
In its right place
Right place

There are two colors in my head
There are two colors in my head
What is that you tried to say
What is that you tried to say

Tried to say
Tried to say
Tried to say
Tried to say
Tried to say

Everything
Everything
Everything

(2000. Kid A. I Might Be Wrong.)

Clearly another song without a ton of lyrics. Not that it affects the greatness of any of their songs. Radiohead excels at creating a feeling with each and every song and they don't need versechoruseverse to do so. I love how this song has multiple layers of sounds throughout and it builds throughout. It's very classical in it's structure. If Beethoven had been a rock musician, he would've written stuff like this.


And the winner is...

Another incredibly tough call, but for a different reason because I do love both of these songs, but I've gotta go with the words from the one so...

Like Spinning Plates!