This is a sequel to 2001's "Reckless Abandon", and features the band looking back on their clumsy youth fondly.
Traces in snow
A red line grows through and leads me below
Nothing on this side ties me
One step, one glimpse of an eye
One moment can change everything
Wait here 'til my words spread across the sky
And into the chambers of every soul
A red line grows through and leads me below
Nothing on this side ties me
One step, one glimpse of an eye
One moment can change everything
Wait here 'til my words spread across the sky
And into the chambers of every soul
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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.
Just A Little Lovin'
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Can't be certain, but i think this song is about trying not to regret the things you've done, as it's all in the past etc?
Awesome song!!
I'm pretty sure that the first portion, "Traces in snow A red line grows through and leads me below Nothing on this side ties me" describes the act of the narrator cutting his wrists. Wrists are generally pretty white, hence "snow", the cut and bleeding itself = "traces" and "red line", and "leading below" = he's dying because he cut deep, but has no regrets because nothing on this side ties him, he has nothing left "here".
That much of the lyrics are obvious, to me. The latter portion I am not as sure about.
"One step, one glimpse of an eye One moment can change everything" That might be a very vague description of the event that turned his life around from better to worse, leading to his self destruction. That's how I feel about it.
"Wait here 'til my words spread across the sky And into the chambers of every soul" Him telling those he leaves behind to wait for maybe this song, his suicide note of sorts. Wait for it to be played on people's computers and cd players. Soundwaves spread through the air. Haha dunno...
This song kinda brings tears to my eyes.