Lagu "Present Tense" yang dibawakan oleh Radiohead berkisah tentang seseorang yang berusaha bertahan menghadapi tekanan hidup. Ia menggunakan tarian sebagai senjata untuk melawan masa sekarang yang penuh dengan kesulitan. Ia berusaha untuk tetap tenang dan tidak menyerah, meskipun dunia di sekitarnya sedang runtuh. Ia juga berusaha untuk tidak terpengaruh oleh pendapat orang lain dan fokus pada tujuannya sendiri.
Present Tense (Jonny, Thom & a CR78) Lyrics
Radiohead
[Verse 1]
This dance
This dance
Is like a weapon
Is like a weapon
Of self defence
Of self defence
Against the present
Against the present
Present tense
I won't get heavy
Don't get heavy
Keep it light and
Keep it moving
I am doing
No harm
As my world
Comes crashing down
I'll be dancing
Freaking out
Deaf, dumb, and blind
[Hook]
In you I'm lost
In you I'm lost
[Verse 2]
I won't turn around when the penny drops
Won't stop now
Won't slack off
Or all this love
Will be in vain
Stop from falling
Down a mine
It's no one's business but mine
That all this love
Has been in vain
[Hook]
In you I'm lost
In you I'm lost
In you I'm lost
In you I'm lost
This dance
This dance
Is like a weapon
Is like a weapon
Of self defence
Of self defence
Against the present
Against the present
Present tense
I won't get heavy
Don't get heavy
Keep it light and
Keep it moving
I am doing
No harm
As my world
Comes crashing down
I'll be dancing
Freaking out
Deaf, dumb, and blind
[Hook]
In you I'm lost
In you I'm lost
[Verse 2]
I won't turn around when the penny drops
Won't stop now
Won't slack off
Or all this love
Will be in vain
Stop from falling
Down a mine
It's no one's business but mine
That all this love
Has been in vain
[Hook]
In you I'm lost
In you I'm lost
In you I'm lost
In you I'm lost
