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.
I saw your new girlfriend the other day
And I expected for her to be so much more than she was
I checked out her style, the way she smiled
The way she moved, the things she said
The way she looked at me like, "I got yo man"
She can't love you like I can
All of her love just can't compare to what I have
She can't touch you like I do
'Cause when y'all touchin', you pretend it's me and you
And there's no way, her love's as good as mine
Oh baby baby baby yeah
There's no reason for you to waste your time
No no no no no no
When we were together
You told me what you didn't like
And you went out and got exactly that type
You said that your new girl is nothing compared to me
Everything that she does wrong, I always do right
She can't hold you like I can
Boy, you a fool if you can't realize what you had
She can't feel you like I can
'Cause I'm a girl that's always standin' by my man
And there's no way, her love's as good as mine
There's no, no no way
There's no reason for you to waste your time
No no no, no reason
And there's no way her love's as good as mine
Mine, mine, mi mi mi mine
There's no reason for you to waste your time
There's no way, there's no way
That her love could be, could be as good as mine
Oh yeah yeah yeah
There's no reason, no reason
For you to even go and waste your time
Your time
And there's no way, her love's as good as mine (mine)
There's no reason for you to waste your time (time)
And there's no way her love's as good as mine (her love can be as good as)
As good as mine, as mine, oh
There's no reason for you to waste your time (time)
And there's no way (there's no way, there's no way)
Her love's as good as mine (that her love can be can be as good as mine, oh yeah)
There's no reason for you to waste your time
If thou can wait, then thou shall stay
And I expected for her to be so much more than she was
I checked out her style, the way she smiled
The way she moved, the things she said
The way she looked at me like, "I got yo man"
She can't love you like I can
All of her love just can't compare to what I have
She can't touch you like I do
'Cause when y'all touchin', you pretend it's me and you
And there's no way, her love's as good as mine
Oh baby baby baby yeah
There's no reason for you to waste your time
No no no no no no
When we were together
You told me what you didn't like
And you went out and got exactly that type
You said that your new girl is nothing compared to me
Everything that she does wrong, I always do right
She can't hold you like I can
Boy, you a fool if you can't realize what you had
She can't feel you like I can
'Cause I'm a girl that's always standin' by my man
And there's no way, her love's as good as mine
There's no, no no way
There's no reason for you to waste your time
No no no, no reason
And there's no way her love's as good as mine
Mine, mine, mi mi mi mine
There's no reason for you to waste your time
There's no way, there's no way
That her love could be, could be as good as mine
Oh yeah yeah yeah
There's no reason, no reason
For you to even go and waste your time
Your time
And there's no way, her love's as good as mine (mine)
There's no reason for you to waste your time (time)
And there's no way her love's as good as mine (her love can be as good as)
As good as mine, as mine, oh
There's no reason for you to waste your time (time)
And there's no way (there's no way, there's no way)
Her love's as good as mine (that her love can be can be as good as mine, oh yeah)
There's no reason for you to waste your time
If thou can wait, then thou shall stay
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