In conversation with CNN's Fareed Zakaria at the New York Public Library during the recent award ceremony, Taylor articulated a fear on many minds these days: "The present danger of our global political environment is that we do something irreparable".
And so to the final encore, Street Spirit, with Yorke's introduction articulating an unspoken fear: "This is hoping … George W Bush doesn't declare world war three".
"There's a fear that if you articulate it in public, the fear will become a reality".
Of course, I have the vocabulary to articulate my fear.
We can articulate the fear, the confusion and even the hopelessness that throbs underneath every news story and graph about the warming planet.
People today sometimes feel that way in their jobs, their schooling or their relationships, and these kinds of dreams articulate their fears of a looming shadow of existential dread.
The best sci-fi and dystopian fantasies articulate the fears of a grim future America that's terrifyingly close to the one we live in now, but far enough away to let our anxieties unfurl in the safety of an imaginary world.
If Labour fails to articulate a radical alternative to the Tories' excessive individualism, I fear for the future.
A strange mix of self-defeating paranoias is involved, a vaguely articulated fear that "the government" will take over along with the notion that "the mob" will soon be at the door.
Talking out your fears with someone, a licensed therapist, a trusted family member or friend can help you to articulate where your fear is originating and to feel that your fears aren't as scary as they can seem when you are dealing with them on your own.
Fearing loss of markets, businesses will not be able to articulate a principled reason for doing so.
