anonymous June 9th, 2007 02:55PM  
I've heard that Kid A is meant to be about the first clone of a child and being kept a secret from the public as its immoral to clone a dead child or anyone for that matter. Thom Yorke is convinced it exists . I have also heard that its based of Kid a in alphabet land which is some weird type of cards that recite poems and theories. The song Kid A may be about a project with Carl Steadman about the work of Jacques Lacan (who was a famous French psychoanalytic theorist) entitled "Kid A in Alphabet Land. Personally I prefer the top one.

anonymous June 30th, 2009 01:57PM  
I'm pretty sure this song is about the Pied Piper of Hamelin. It talks about using puppets and luring the kids and rats out of town which is what the Pied Piper did also.

anonymous August 31st, 2009 06:55AM  
Actually, Kid A has nothing to do with Kid A in Alphabet Land. Many agree that it is about a clone, (not just the song, but the album in general)but the song seems to focus more on such topics as fear, power and corruption. One way of interperting this song, is to look at the whole album as a story of the life of "Kid A" the clone. This song can be seen as the "birth" (artificially) of Kid A, in fact, in the final seconds of the song you can hear what seems to be the wail of a baby (Kid A). Despite this, Thom Yorke always denies that they had a specific story in mind.