"2+2=5" by Radiohead

What is this Song Talking about Lyrically?
The world does not actually grant us rights, it is all put in our minds to the point that we could believe 2+2=5

How does the Music Mirror or Help Push the Message?
The music is consistent at the beginning when he explains our world. However, when he tells us our world is a dystopia it becomes unruly and sporadic.


The Title is an Allusion to 1984 - Explain the Connection
In George Orwell's 1984, Orwell illustrates a world made up of a government -  "Big Brother" -  brainwashing its people to believe that they have rights and freedom or whatever Big Brother wants them to believe. Specifically in the book, Winston Smith compares this sense of authority the government have when he says that if the government wanted them to believe 2+2=5 they would. s