| Radiohead – No Surprises Lyrics | 10 years ago |
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I think this song is about growing up, or rather: having grown up. Having to let the irrational feelings, political uncorrectness, passion for revolution and pure joy of youth be replaced by monotonous work, routines, bills, marriage and all the other faces of modern adult life. Because eventually, what you do is settling down with a quiet life, a pretty house and perhaps a pretty garden as well. Despite despising the idea as young, most of us come to terms with having to be gradually suffocated by the metaphorical carbon monoxide emanating from modern everyday life, filling up our hearts (like landfills!) and shutting out the free spirit, thoughts, and emotions of adolescence. In other words, a life without alarms or surprises, just drifting along politely. |
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| Radiohead – Motion Picture Soundtrack Lyrics | 10 years ago |
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I think that most of Thoms lyrics from the kid a/amnesiac era are formulated the way they are to express emotions; states of mind, rather than to tell a concrete story (in this case on of a boy and a girl, as some here suggested). To me, this song is about giving up on life realizing that life doesn't always turn out like you had hoped; that there isn't a happy hollywoodish ending to everything. Just giving up, letting yourself waste away while waiting for life to end, thinking that everyone that is naive enough to believe otherwise is crazy. maybe. |
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