Recorded at Radiohead's Bath studios along with the rest of OK Computer, this song very nearly made it on to the album. It is split up into a quiet acoustic Part One with Thom, and a full electric band performance in Part Two which is performed regularly live. There is much debate about the actual words in Part One, and when questioned, Thom just laughed and said he couldn't actually remember.
This page, titled 'stuck in a frozen lake', appeared on radiohead.com during the recording of OK Computer and features a text by Thom with notes about songs that were around then.
The relevant section was not highlighted in red letters in the original page:

an airbag saved my life* in an interstella burst i am back to save the universe computer drums bass wrong
lift* is hard work you been stuck in a lift we been trying to reach you thom the belly of the whale (thanks Rei xxxx)
paranoid android* get busy with the shakers while im fast asleep could you stop the noise im trying ta get some rest this the place it wont hurt ever again
karma police* girl with hitler hairdo everybodys friend life in a glasshouse phew for a minute there i lost myself i lost myself sit down your safe now
polyethelene*will never break down swirly self announcements. stuck in a frozen lake. the penultimate place in dante's hell.
last flowers till the hospital*is a sign discovered in oxford -my unhealthy obsession with these institutions. analysts may get the connection. ambulances scream past my house at all hours of the day and night like the confessionals of Larkin's "Ambulan
s."
let down*in the midst of monster tour the momentum getting drunk to talk bombarded by dangerously high levels of radiation from xray machines. one day, one day...
climbing up the walls*both managers and record company are nervous about such a nasty sound coming out of the speakers. this is a good sign.
dogwander* bring on another take better than another cake.
nude* it is a mans world. and this one is very confused and will have sex with anything woman who comes within a mile radius. but feels bad about it. so doesnt.
exit song (for a film)* cannot be listened to more than once in a row. which made recording it easy. or not. but what film?
big boots* it was a long time ago and i cant remember. a whole orchestra watching the film and playing along. real life is dull. i am i the white lotus flying off the quay with barbara bach.
(information incomplete)
....>>>>i like the idea of you listening to our recordings with your head resting gently in emptiness. or before going out. or when you've come back. i dont like the scientists breaking down its molecular structure and teaching it in O level chemistry i
ont want to have expain it but it worries me stupid. there is a lot of crying goes into making things.<<<<....
the masters tell us that there is an aspect of our minds that is its fundamental basis, a state called "the ground of the ordinary mind." It functions like a storehouse, in which the imprints of past actions caused by our negative emotions are all store
like seeds. when the right conditions arise, they germinate and manifest as circumstances and situations in our lives.
if we have a habit of thinking in a particular pattern, positive or negative, then these tendencies will be triggered and provoked very easily and recurr and go on recurring. With constant repetition our inclinations and habits become steadily more entr
ched and continue, increasing and gathering power even when we sleep. This is how they come to determine our life, our death our rebirth.
The Japanese Paranoid Android EP has the following lyrics. However, they don't match what's heard neither in part 1 nor part 2, and were likely transcribed incorrectly by Thom from the actual recording, as he admittedly couldn't remember the lyrics himself:
tears of joy and carouseLs and all that you wannube jjut goy payd
and now im going out on saturday, if i get scared ill just call you.
leathecallestirunsellur%£&sowtont%&£hlowestrailonthe lowestreel+.
++so sell your suit and tie and come and live with me.
+++decaffinateunleaded polyethelyne.
++there is no significant risk to your health.
there is no significance
sEE for yourself.
plastic bag middle class
poLyETheLyNE
decaffinate-unleaded
Keep All Surfaces Clean.
there is no sIgnificant risk to your health.
there is no significance
sEE for yourself.
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