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.
Há um mar há solta
Nas areias deste mar
What a morning sun,
Let's go for fun!
It's time for a funny game
Há um mar à solta
Nas areias deste mar
Solta o mundo à minha volta,
Maré cheia e tudo gira
Há um mar à solta
Nas areias deste mar
Solta o mundo à minha volta,
Maré cheia e tudo gira
It's time to take your chance,
Play the funny game,
Make castles on the sand,
Make your love today
Be happy, move your body,
Turn it up-side-down
You are the generation
Of the freedom way
You are a burning flame
On a sunny day
And if you just believe
You can fly away
The sea is not the same
And the sun is blue,
Just play the funny game
And your dreams come true!
Há um mar à solta
Nas areias deste mar
Solta o mundo à minha volta,
Maré cheia e tudo gira
Visto de azul o sol
E invento
Castelos na areia
Acendo a luz do sal
E encanto
Castelos na areia
It's time to take your chance,
Play the funny game,
Make castles on the sand,
Make your love today
Be happy, move your body,
Turn it up-side-down
You are the generation
Of the freedom way
You are a burning flame
On a sunny day
And if you just believe
You can fly away
The sea is not the same
And the sun is blue,
Just play the funny game
And your dreams come true!
Há um mar à solta
Nas areias deste mar
Solta o mundo à minha volta,
Maré cheia e tudo gira
Há um mar à solta
Nas areias deste mar
Solta o mundo à minha volta,
Maré cheia e tudo gira
Visto de azul o sol
E invento
Castelos na areia
Acendo a luz do sal
E encanto
Castelos na areia
Now, all the people in the game:
Clap your hands and scream
And everybody do the same:
Clap your hands and scream
Because the world belongs to you
And you are playing for fun
Because you play the funny game
And you are fun from now on
Há um mar à solta
Nas areias deste mar
Solta o mundo à minha volta,
Maré cheia e tudo gira
Há um mar à solta
Nas areias deste mar
Solta o mundo à minha volta,
Maré cheia e tudo gira
Visto de azul o sol
E invento
Castelos na areia
Acendo a luz do sal
E encanto
Castelos na areia
Nas areias deste mar
What a morning sun,
Let's go for fun!
It's time for a funny game
Há um mar à solta
Nas areias deste mar
Solta o mundo à minha volta,
Maré cheia e tudo gira
Há um mar à solta
Nas areias deste mar
Solta o mundo à minha volta,
Maré cheia e tudo gira
It's time to take your chance,
Play the funny game,
Make castles on the sand,
Make your love today
Be happy, move your body,
Turn it up-side-down
You are the generation
Of the freedom way
You are a burning flame
On a sunny day
And if you just believe
You can fly away
The sea is not the same
And the sun is blue,
Just play the funny game
And your dreams come true!
Há um mar à solta
Nas areias deste mar
Solta o mundo à minha volta,
Maré cheia e tudo gira
Visto de azul o sol
E invento
Castelos na areia
Acendo a luz do sal
E encanto
Castelos na areia
It's time to take your chance,
Play the funny game,
Make castles on the sand,
Make your love today
Be happy, move your body,
Turn it up-side-down
You are the generation
Of the freedom way
You are a burning flame
On a sunny day
And if you just believe
You can fly away
The sea is not the same
And the sun is blue,
Just play the funny game
And your dreams come true!
Há um mar à solta
Nas areias deste mar
Solta o mundo à minha volta,
Maré cheia e tudo gira
Há um mar à solta
Nas areias deste mar
Solta o mundo à minha volta,
Maré cheia e tudo gira
Visto de azul o sol
E invento
Castelos na areia
Acendo a luz do sal
E encanto
Castelos na areia
Now, all the people in the game:
Clap your hands and scream
And everybody do the same:
Clap your hands and scream
Because the world belongs to you
And you are playing for fun
Because you play the funny game
And you are fun from now on
Há um mar à solta
Nas areias deste mar
Solta o mundo à minha volta,
Maré cheia e tudo gira
Há um mar à solta
Nas areias deste mar
Solta o mundo à minha volta,
Maré cheia e tudo gira
Visto de azul o sol
E invento
Castelos na areia
Acendo a luz do sal
E encanto
Castelos na areia
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Castelos na Areia Lyrics as written by Rui Baptista
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