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.
Money makes the world go round
The world go round, the world go round
Money makes the world go round
The world go round, the world go round (money)
Money makes the world go round
The world go round, the world go round
It doesn't matter if you're up or down
'Cause money makes the world go round
Say what you will be'cause you know it's true
No hundred dollar bill, no fun for you
Dream of your life as your days go by
Trapped in a job 'til the day you die
Those with the dollar are those with the power
Getting more clearer every minute and hour
Keep on your path hanging on by a thread
With anyone's luck you might get ahead
Money makes the world go round
The world go round, the world go round
Money makes the world go round
The world go round, the world go round (Money)
Money makes the world go round
The world go round, the world go round
It doesn't matter if you're up or down
'Cause money makes the world go round
Say what you will be'cause you know it's true
They're do different from me and you
Got no credit and you got no cash
Living the high life, living so fast
Stare at the sky and wish upon a star
You gotta dream that'll take you real far
Scratch at your head and you toss in your bed
You just can't escape these words she said
Money makes the world go round
The world go round, the world go round
Money makes the world go round
The world go round, the world go round (Money)
Money makes the world go round
The world go round, the world go round
It doesn't matter if you're up or down
'Cause money makes the world go round
I wish it was love, I wish it was love
I wish it love, but it's not, it's money
I wish it was you, I wish it was me
I wish it was us, but it's not, it's money
Money makes the world go round
The world go round, the world go round
Money makes the world go round
The world go round, the world go round (money)
Money makes the world go round
The world go round, the world go round
It doesn't matter if you're up or down
'Cause money makes the world go round
I wish it was love (money)
I wish it was love
I wish it was love, but it's not
It doesn't matter if you're up or down
'Cause money makes the world go round
'Cause money makes the world go round
The world go round, the world go round
The world go round, the world go round
Money makes the world go round
The world go round, the world go round (money)
Money makes the world go round
The world go round, the world go round
It doesn't matter if you're up or down
'Cause money makes the world go round
Say what you will be'cause you know it's true
No hundred dollar bill, no fun for you
Dream of your life as your days go by
Trapped in a job 'til the day you die
Those with the dollar are those with the power
Getting more clearer every minute and hour
Keep on your path hanging on by a thread
With anyone's luck you might get ahead
Money makes the world go round
The world go round, the world go round
Money makes the world go round
The world go round, the world go round (Money)
Money makes the world go round
The world go round, the world go round
It doesn't matter if you're up or down
'Cause money makes the world go round
Say what you will be'cause you know it's true
They're do different from me and you
Got no credit and you got no cash
Living the high life, living so fast
Stare at the sky and wish upon a star
You gotta dream that'll take you real far
Scratch at your head and you toss in your bed
You just can't escape these words she said
Money makes the world go round
The world go round, the world go round
Money makes the world go round
The world go round, the world go round (Money)
Money makes the world go round
The world go round, the world go round
It doesn't matter if you're up or down
'Cause money makes the world go round
I wish it was love, I wish it was love
I wish it love, but it's not, it's money
I wish it was you, I wish it was me
I wish it was us, but it's not, it's money
Money makes the world go round
The world go round, the world go round
Money makes the world go round
The world go round, the world go round (money)
Money makes the world go round
The world go round, the world go round
It doesn't matter if you're up or down
'Cause money makes the world go round
I wish it was love (money)
I wish it was love
I wish it was love, but it's not
It doesn't matter if you're up or down
'Cause money makes the world go round
'Cause money makes the world go round
The world go round, the world go round
Lyrics submitted by caromoline
Money Lyrics as written by Josh Deutsch Colleen Fitzpatrick
Lyrics © Royalty Network, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
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