What is the name of the song on Radiohead's "The Bends" that features the lyrics "I'm on a roll, I'm on a roll"?

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The song on Radiohead’s The Bends that includes the lyric “I’m on a roll, I’m on a roll” is “Just.” The repeated line appears in the song’s chorus, followed by the characteristically bleak phrase “This is what you get when you mess with us.”

“Just” was released as a single in 1995 and became one of the defining tracks from The Bends, Radiohead’s second studio album. Its guitar-driven sound helped establish the band’s shift from the grunge-influenced style of Pablo Honey toward the more layered and experimental rock they would develop later.

The song is also remembered for its cryptic music video, directed by Jamie Thraves. In it, a man lies on a London pavement while subtitles reveal an unexplained conversation about why he is there. The answer is sometimes confused with “Planet Telex,” another prominent track from The Bends, but the quoted lyric belongs specifically to “Just.”

Source: Wikipedia · fact-checked Aug. 2026

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