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.
Olvida ya el pasado
Y vive tu presente
Déjate de llantos
Y mándalos al diablo
No sigas recatando
Todos tus recuerdos
Y deja que esa herida
Se cure día a día
Dale tiempo al tiempo
Y que todo pase
Es normal que
Extrañes su presencia
Sal de esa condena
Que tanto envenena
Fuera hay muchas cosas que son buenas
Todo se olvida
Así que borra ese pasado
Todo se olvida
Mejor vive tu presente
Y día a día, hazlo por ti misma
Y por tu vida
Todo se olvida
En mi confía
Yo cambiare esas lagrimas
Por alegrías
No mas tardes tristes frías
En tus días
Yo te daría hasta mi vida
Todo se olvida
Veras que la tristeza
Es algo pasajera
Lo malo siempre pasa
No pierdas la esperanza
Por mucho que le ames
Claro que le olvidas
El tiempo todo enfría
Asi que en mi confía
Dale tiempo al tiempo
Y que todo pase
Es normal que
Extrañes su presencia
Sal de esa condena
Que tanto envenena
Fuera hay muchas cosas que son buenas
Todo se olvida
Así que borra ese pasado
Todo se olvida
Mejor vive tu presente
Y día a día, hazlo por ti misma
Y por tu vida
Todo se olvida
En mi confía
Yo cambiare esas lagrimas
Por alegrías
No mas tardes tristes frías
En tus días
Yo te daría hasta mi vida
Todo se olvida
Todo se olvida
No estas perdida
Encontraras la salida
Hoy la vida tiene sentido
No creas que esta todo perdido
Todo se olvida
Así que borra ese pasado
Todo se olvida
Mejor vive tu presente
Y día a día, hazlo por ti misma
Y por tu vida
Todo se olvida
En mi confía
Yo cambiare esas lagrimas
Por alegrías
No mas tardes tristes frías
En tus días
Yo te daría hasta mi vida
Todo se olvida
Y vive tu presente
Déjate de llantos
Y mándalos al diablo
No sigas recatando
Todos tus recuerdos
Y deja que esa herida
Se cure día a día
Dale tiempo al tiempo
Y que todo pase
Es normal que
Extrañes su presencia
Sal de esa condena
Que tanto envenena
Fuera hay muchas cosas que son buenas
Todo se olvida
Así que borra ese pasado
Todo se olvida
Mejor vive tu presente
Y día a día, hazlo por ti misma
Y por tu vida
Todo se olvida
En mi confía
Yo cambiare esas lagrimas
Por alegrías
No mas tardes tristes frías
En tus días
Yo te daría hasta mi vida
Todo se olvida
Veras que la tristeza
Es algo pasajera
Lo malo siempre pasa
No pierdas la esperanza
Por mucho que le ames
Claro que le olvidas
El tiempo todo enfría
Asi que en mi confía
Dale tiempo al tiempo
Y que todo pase
Es normal que
Extrañes su presencia
Sal de esa condena
Que tanto envenena
Fuera hay muchas cosas que son buenas
Todo se olvida
Así que borra ese pasado
Todo se olvida
Mejor vive tu presente
Y día a día, hazlo por ti misma
Y por tu vida
Todo se olvida
En mi confía
Yo cambiare esas lagrimas
Por alegrías
No mas tardes tristes frías
En tus días
Yo te daría hasta mi vida
Todo se olvida
Todo se olvida
No estas perdida
Encontraras la salida
Hoy la vida tiene sentido
No creas que esta todo perdido
Todo se olvida
Así que borra ese pasado
Todo se olvida
Mejor vive tu presente
Y día a día, hazlo por ti misma
Y por tu vida
Todo se olvida
En mi confía
Yo cambiare esas lagrimas
Por alegrías
No mas tardes tristes frías
En tus días
Yo te daría hasta mi vida
Todo se olvida
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