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 hate it when the sun goes down...
it just makes you feel so god damned lonley..
but after all your the only one who truley knows how i yearn for tommorow.
when the sun will rise.
i wait for tommorow.
so maybe i can open my eyes, to a new begining
of you and me.. of me and you
don't you just hate it when the sun goes down..
and your six feels so exposed.
you feel wrecked lost and hopless.
you loose yourself in that maze, called darkness.
but afterall its what humbles you most.
cold and lonley
two very famous words. that's how fate left me..
searching for those three fucking words.
god dont' you just hate it when the sun goes down.
when the emotions start to flow.
when you just loose all control of who you are
and of what you hope to become.
i am sick and tired of darkness.
why won't the sun just rise.
i need a new begining, i need a new surprise.
i can't fake you out. i hate the night. i hate the shrowd.
i hate the helplessness that follows you around.
but in my pain and fear i can get relief.
only in the sunrise.
only when the glasses clink, do i feel secure from the darkness.
its my temporary fix.. whoops i ve lost it.
i need something more i can't explain.
i need something , just someone to take away the pain..
shit. i can't hold on much longer.
wait ive made it so far..
to let it all go down the drain..
b/c of this darkness.. my emotions flow like water.
my words hit like rocks..
this lonlieness creeps up on you...
damn i didn't meant to let it get me.. i i _
i will wait just one more day, i will enjoy one more afternoon,
but why,
just to fight the night. but its alright, i live to fight the night.
it just makes you feel so god damned lonley..
but after all your the only one who truley knows how i yearn for tommorow.
when the sun will rise.
i wait for tommorow.
so maybe i can open my eyes, to a new begining
of you and me.. of me and you
don't you just hate it when the sun goes down..
and your six feels so exposed.
you feel wrecked lost and hopless.
you loose yourself in that maze, called darkness.
but afterall its what humbles you most.
cold and lonley
two very famous words. that's how fate left me..
searching for those three fucking words.
god dont' you just hate it when the sun goes down.
when the emotions start to flow.
when you just loose all control of who you are
and of what you hope to become.
i am sick and tired of darkness.
why won't the sun just rise.
i need a new begining, i need a new surprise.
i can't fake you out. i hate the night. i hate the shrowd.
i hate the helplessness that follows you around.
but in my pain and fear i can get relief.
only in the sunrise.
only when the glasses clink, do i feel secure from the darkness.
its my temporary fix.. whoops i ve lost it.
i need something more i can't explain.
i need something , just someone to take away the pain..
shit. i can't hold on much longer.
wait ive made it so far..
to let it all go down the drain..
b/c of this darkness.. my emotions flow like water.
my words hit like rocks..
this lonlieness creeps up on you...
damn i didn't meant to let it get me.. i i _
i will wait just one more day, i will enjoy one more afternoon,
but why,
just to fight the night. but its alright, i live to fight the night.
Lyrics submitted by dnilb eye driht
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