Radiohead Lyrics Have Been Found Within Resident Evil Village’s Demo

Eagle-eyed Resident Evil Village fans have managed to spot Radiohead lyrics within the game’s one-hour demo [via Kotaku].

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The discovery was shared to the Resident Evil subreddit in the form of a screenshot. The image depicts a plastic bottle, which has the lyrics to the Radiohead song “Creep” inexplicably printed on its side. Despite the bottle’s blurry textures, fans were able to make out the following lyrics:

“When you were here before

Couldn’t look you in the eye

You’re just like an angel

Your skin makes me cry

You float like a feather

In a beautiful world

I wish I was special”

While Resident Evil Village is certainly full of creeps, it’s not really clear why these lyrics are in the game. The most likely explanation is that the text was a placeholder for something else, which should have probably been removed.

Of course, the lyrics could also be an Easter egg, carefully placed in the game by a massive Radiohead fan. Regardless, the fact that fans were able to find it within the demo’s one-hour time limit is impressive, to say the least. 

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Personally, I’d love to hear one of those slow plinky-plonky covers of Creep within Village. You know, the same kind that various horror films have adopted over the years? The Resident Evil series has infused itself with horror cinema themes since its conception, so it’d be great to see the new game using modern tropes. 

The rest of the song also strangely ties in with some of the series’ reoccurring themes. Admittedly, we don’t know a lot about Lady Dimitrescu and her weird siblings just yet. However, if they’re anything like Albert Wesker, they’re likely using a virus to gain dominance and power. In that instance, the line “I don’t care if it hurts, I wanna have control, I want a perfect body, I want a perfect soul” resonates with the idea of unnatural perfection. 

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All of that aside, Resident Evil Village is shaping up to be an unforgettable horror experience. Let’s hope a few more surprises await us in the village upon the game’s release.

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Resident Evil Village is coming to PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S and PC on the 7th May 2021. 

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