Same ideas expressed in Fitter, Happier are expressed in this song. We're told to strive for some sort of ideal life, which includes getting a good job, being kind to everyone, finding a partner, getting married, having a couple kids, living in a quiet neighborhood in a nice big house, etc. But in Fitter, Happier the narrator(?) realizes that it's incredibly robotic to live this life. People are being used by those in power "like a pig in a cage on antibiotics"--being pacified with things like new phones and cool gadgets and houses while being sucked dry. On No Surprises, the narrator is realizing how this life is killing him slowly. In the video, his helmet is slowly filling up with water, drowning him. But he's so complacent with it. This is a good summary of the song. This boring, "perfect" life foisted upon us by some higher powers (not spiritual, but political, economic, etc. politicians and businessmen, perhaps) is not the way to live. But there is seemingly no way out but death. He'd rather die peacefully right now than live in this cage. While our lives are often shielded, we're in our own protective bubbles, or protective helmets like the one Thom wears, if we look a little harder we can see all the corruption, lies, manipulation, etc. that is going on in the world, often run by huge yet nearly invisible organizations, corporations, and 'leaders'. It's a very hopeless song because it reflects real life.
Yeah
Pathetic (benign)
Accept it (undermine)
Your opinion (my justification)
Happy (safe)
Servant (caged)
Malice (utter weakness)
No toleration
Invade (committed)
Enraged (admit it)
Don't condescend (don't even disagree)
Desire (decay)
Disappoint (delay)
You suffered then
(Now suffer unto me)
Obsession (take another look)
Remember (every chance you took)
Decide, (either live with me) or give up
(Any thought you had of being free)
(Don't go) I never wanted anybody more than I wanted you
(I know) the only thing I ever really loved was hate
Anyone (no), anything (yes), anyway (fall)
Anybody (mine), anybody (tell me)
I want (you), I need (you), I'll have (you)
I won't (let anybody have you)
Obey (me), believe (me)
Just trust (me), worship (me), live for (me)
Be grateful (now), be honest (now)
Be precious (now), be mine (just love me)
Possession (feed my only vice)
Confession (I won't tell you twice)
Decide, (either die for me) or give up
(Any thought you had of being free)
(Don't go) I never wanted anybody more than I wanted you
(I know) the only thing I ever really loved was hurting you
(Don't go) I never wanted anybody more than I wanted you
(I know) the only thing I ever really loved was hate
Yeah
Yeah
Stay inside the hole
Let me take control (dominate)
You were nothing more
You were something less (innocent)
Something has to give
Something has to break (omnipresent)
Fingers on your skin
Let my savage in
You deserve it
You deserve it
You deserve it
You deserve it
You deserve it
(Don't go) I never wanted anybody more
Than I wanted you (I wanted you)
(I know) the only thing I ever really loved
Was hurting you (was hurting you)
(Don't go) I never wanted anybody more
Than I wanted you (I wanted you)
(I know) the only thing I ever really loved was hate
You're mine (I know who you are)
You're mine (I know who you are)
You're mine (I know who you are)
You're mine (I know who you are)
Pathetic (benign)
Accept it (undermine)
Your opinion (my justification)
Happy (safe)
Servant (caged)
Malice (utter weakness)
No toleration
Invade (committed)
Enraged (admit it)
Don't condescend (don't even disagree)
Desire (decay)
Disappoint (delay)
You suffered then
(Now suffer unto me)
Obsession (take another look)
Remember (every chance you took)
Decide, (either live with me) or give up
(Any thought you had of being free)
(Don't go) I never wanted anybody more than I wanted you
(I know) the only thing I ever really loved was hate
Anyone (no), anything (yes), anyway (fall)
Anybody (mine), anybody (tell me)
I want (you), I need (you), I'll have (you)
I won't (let anybody have you)
Obey (me), believe (me)
Just trust (me), worship (me), live for (me)
Be grateful (now), be honest (now)
Be precious (now), be mine (just love me)
Possession (feed my only vice)
Confession (I won't tell you twice)
Decide, (either die for me) or give up
(Any thought you had of being free)
(Don't go) I never wanted anybody more than I wanted you
(I know) the only thing I ever really loved was hurting you
(Don't go) I never wanted anybody more than I wanted you
(I know) the only thing I ever really loved was hate
Yeah
Yeah
Stay inside the hole
Let me take control (dominate)
You were nothing more
You were something less (innocent)
Something has to give
Something has to break (omnipresent)
Fingers on your skin
Let my savage in
You deserve it
You deserve it
You deserve it
You deserve it
You deserve it
(Don't go) I never wanted anybody more
Than I wanted you (I wanted you)
(I know) the only thing I ever really loved
Was hurting you (was hurting you)
(Don't go) I never wanted anybody more
Than I wanted you (I wanted you)
(I know) the only thing I ever really loved was hate
You're mine (I know who you are)
You're mine (I know who you are)
You're mine (I know who you are)
You're mine (I know who you are)
Lyrics submitted by NeutralPunkGuy
The Nameless Lyrics as written by Christopher Fehn Michael Crahan
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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