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.
It sipple out deh
War inna Babylon, tribal war inna Babylon
Let me tell, it sipple out deh, wha' you say
It sipple out deh, oh yeah
War inna Babylon, tribal war inna Babylon
It sipple out deh, wha' you say
It sipple out deh, oh yeah
De baba men nuh like de dreadlocks man, oh
De dreadlocks man nuh like de baba man, no
De police men nuh like de dreadlocks man, oh
De dreadlocks man nuh like de police man, no
So war inna Babylon, tribal war inna Babylon
Let me tell, it sipple out deh, wha' you say
It sipple out deh, oh yeah
War inna Babylon, tribal war inna Babylon
Let me tell, it sipple out deh, wha' you say
It sipple out deh, oh yeah
When come pride then cometh shame, ah
A man pride shall bring him low, yeah, oh yeah
Honor shall uphold the humble in spirit
And you know it's true, yeah, oh yeah
War inna Babylon, tribal war inna Babylon
Wha' you say, it sipple out deh
So wha' fe do ? We slide out deh, oh yeah
War inna Babylon, tribal war inna Babylon
Wha' you say, it sipple out deh
So wha' fe do ? Make we slide out deh, oh yeah
True, true, true, true, true, true
It sipple out deh, so wha' fe do?
Make we slide out deh, oh yeah
True, true, true, true, true, true
It sipple out deh, let me tell, we slide out deh, oh yeah
Marcus garvey prophecise, say
"One mus' live ten miles away, yeah, in this time"
I-man satta at the mountain top
Watching Babylon burning red hot, red hot
War inna Babylon, tribal war inna Babylon
Let me tell, it sipple out deh
So wha' fe do ? We slide out deh, oh yeah
War inna Babylon, let me tell, tribal war inna Babylon
So wha' fe do? It sipple out deh
So wha' fe do? Make we slide out deh, oh yeah
True, true, true, true, true, true
It sipple out deh, so wha' fe do? Slide out deh, oh yeah
True, true, true, true, true, true
It sipple out deh, make we slide out deh, look at that
True, true, true, true, true, true
It sipple out deh, so wha' fe do? Let me slide out deh, oh yeah
True, true, true, true, true, true
It sipple out deh, look at that, slide out deh, oh yeah
True, true, true, true, true, true
It sipple out deh, oh yeah, slide out deh
War inna Babylon, tribal war inna Babylon
Let me tell, it sipple out deh, wha' you say
It sipple out deh, oh yeah
War inna Babylon, tribal war inna Babylon
It sipple out deh, wha' you say
It sipple out deh, oh yeah
De baba men nuh like de dreadlocks man, oh
De dreadlocks man nuh like de baba man, no
De police men nuh like de dreadlocks man, oh
De dreadlocks man nuh like de police man, no
So war inna Babylon, tribal war inna Babylon
Let me tell, it sipple out deh, wha' you say
It sipple out deh, oh yeah
War inna Babylon, tribal war inna Babylon
Let me tell, it sipple out deh, wha' you say
It sipple out deh, oh yeah
When come pride then cometh shame, ah
A man pride shall bring him low, yeah, oh yeah
Honor shall uphold the humble in spirit
And you know it's true, yeah, oh yeah
War inna Babylon, tribal war inna Babylon
Wha' you say, it sipple out deh
So wha' fe do ? We slide out deh, oh yeah
War inna Babylon, tribal war inna Babylon
Wha' you say, it sipple out deh
So wha' fe do ? Make we slide out deh, oh yeah
True, true, true, true, true, true
It sipple out deh, so wha' fe do?
Make we slide out deh, oh yeah
True, true, true, true, true, true
It sipple out deh, let me tell, we slide out deh, oh yeah
Marcus garvey prophecise, say
"One mus' live ten miles away, yeah, in this time"
I-man satta at the mountain top
Watching Babylon burning red hot, red hot
War inna Babylon, tribal war inna Babylon
Let me tell, it sipple out deh
So wha' fe do ? We slide out deh, oh yeah
War inna Babylon, let me tell, tribal war inna Babylon
So wha' fe do? It sipple out deh
So wha' fe do? Make we slide out deh, oh yeah
True, true, true, true, true, true
It sipple out deh, so wha' fe do? Slide out deh, oh yeah
True, true, true, true, true, true
It sipple out deh, make we slide out deh, look at that
True, true, true, true, true, true
It sipple out deh, so wha' fe do? Let me slide out deh, oh yeah
True, true, true, true, true, true
It sipple out deh, look at that, slide out deh, oh yeah
True, true, true, true, true, true
It sipple out deh, oh yeah, slide out deh
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