What does the song Reckoner by Radiohead mean?
Wow, I was just pondering the same question … Reckoner is a difficult song to decipher. As with most great songs, one could find many meanings in them – all depending on the perspective or angle one approaches it from. “Because we separate – Ripples on a black shore”, for example. This could refer to how people are fundamentally programmed to believe they are different i.e. short vs. tall, smart vs. dumb, white vs. black, etc, but in the end we are one “black shore” or simply one doomed being/planet. Or this line could be read straight without the “-“. Because we separate ripples on a black shore. This could refer to how people as a whole tend to separate what is really whole. Yeah, I kinda like that. Lyrics: “Reckoner, you can’t take it with you, dancing for your pleasure, you are not to blame for” Meaning: The “Reckoner” is you or me. What we can’t take with us is the world. We, as a human race, are so disconnected from reality. Most literally live disconnected from the earth. We l
