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All of our saddest songs have somewhere in them at least a glimmer of resolve - Street Spirit has no resolve. It is the dark tunnel without the light at the end.

Thom Yorke

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Thom Yorke
Age: 55
Born: 1968
Born: October 7
Composer
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Thomas Edward Yorke
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