Kinetic Lyrics

•'Kinetic' was apparently considered for inclusion on Kid A for a while, and is said to have been replaced by 'Idioteque' at some point in the difficult process of finding the right tracklist for the album. •The band worked on this track during a period of electronic experimentation in early 2000, and it is mentioned in three entries from Ed's Diary. •The samples mentioned in the first diary entry, that Phil used for the rhythm track, appear to have been taken from Miles Davis' Bitches Brew, an album that the band has often referred to as a major influence on their work. Below you can listen to the beginning of the relevant track from that album, 'Miles Runs The Voodoo Down' (Miles Davis is not credited for this sample in the production notes of the Pyramid Song single) •The oldest known roots for the lyrics of "Kinetic" go back to early 1998. The artwork of the Airbag/How Am I Driving? EP, released in april 1998, contains strange questionnaires, and one of those features the line "Words on a gravestone: I waited but you never came.