The Clock by Thom Yorke

“The Clock” talks about time running out for humanity and its problems. Thom Yorke called this the most explicit song about environmental concerns on "The Eraser". In a TV interview he elaborated on this: "That [song] was born out the anger of watching the heads of state around the globe saying “yes we really must do something about this” […] And no one’s grappling with the wider question The most frightening thing I found about what’s .