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'm gonna take you to a place far from here
No one will see us
Watch the pain as it disappears
No time for anger
No time for despair
Won't you come with me
There's room for us there
This innocent beauty
My words can't describe
This rebirth to purity
Brings a sullen tear right to your eyes
No time for anger
No time for despair
Please let me take you
'Cause I'm already there
I'm so alone
My head's my home
I'll return to serenity
Rhyme without reason is why children cry
They see through the system
That's breeding them just so they die
So please let me take you
And I'll show you the truth
Inside my reality
We shared in my youth
I'm so alone
My head's my home
And I feel
So alone (so)
You know
At last (at last)
I return to serenity
Now that I've taken you to a place far from here
I really must go back
Close your eyes and we'll disappear
Won't you come with me
Salvation we'll share
Inside of my head now
There's room for us there
I'm so alone
My head's my home
And I feel
So alone (so)
You know
At last (at last)
I return to serenity
No one will see us
Watch the pain as it disappears
No time for anger
No time for despair
Won't you come with me
There's room for us there
This innocent beauty
My words can't describe
This rebirth to purity
Brings a sullen tear right to your eyes
No time for anger
No time for despair
Please let me take you
'Cause I'm already there
I'm so alone
My head's my home
I'll return to serenity
Rhyme without reason is why children cry
They see through the system
That's breeding them just so they die
So please let me take you
And I'll show you the truth
Inside my reality
We shared in my youth
I'm so alone
My head's my home
And I feel
So alone (so)
You know
At last (at last)
I return to serenity
Now that I've taken you to a place far from here
I really must go back
Close your eyes and we'll disappear
Won't you come with me
Salvation we'll share
Inside of my head now
There's room for us there
I'm so alone
My head's my home
And I feel
So alone (so)
You know
At last (at last)
I return to serenity
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Basically, it's about retreating to a "mental utopia." The speaker is alone, depressed, and wishes to retreat into a mental utopia where he has everything he desires in life.
the speaker seems to be remembering a better time in his life, shared with a loved one. he seems to be imagining the two of them "return to serenity." possibly even completely rejecting the life they currently live in.
It's about that special place in your mind where all problems seem to just disappear.
What a fuckin great song!!!THe arpeggios,solos,vocals....everything's out of the world.I listen to this song whenever I dope
Not being a great Testament fan, I found myself stoned one night watching Headbanger's Ball and this song came on and it just blew my mind, its so awesome, makes me wanna get fucked up and just chill the fuck out \m/ \m/
Not being a great Testament fan, I found myself stoned one night watching Headbanger's Ball and this song came on and it just blew my mind, its so awesome, makes me wanna get fucked up and just chill the fuck out \m/ \m/
mad song. gotta love a band who can be heavy and soft. and both at the same time..
Freeing your mind from the grasp of the system that looks to brainwash you.
The solo in this song makes me cry, and I don't cry.
This has so be one of the greatest ballads (up with Dreamer Deceiver by Judas Priest), it's just plain serene. The lyrics fit just right with the sound. The second solo is phenominal. The fact that this isn't hailed as a masterpiece of metal shows it to be underrated.
After hearing this song, it inspires me to pick up a guitar and learning to play. Without a doubt my favourite metal song of all time.