Overall about difficult moments of disappointment and vulnerability. Having hope and longing, while remaining optimistic for the future. Encourages the belief that with each new morning there is a chance for things to improve.
The chorus offers a glimmer of optimism and a chance at a resolution and redemption in the future.
Captures the rollercoaster of emotions of feeling lost while loving someone who is not there for you, feeling let down and abandoned while waiting for a lover. Lost with no direction, "Now I'm up in the air with the rain in my hair, Nowhere to go, I can go anywhere"
The bridge shows signs of longing and a plea for companionship. The Lyrics express a desire for authentic connection and the importance of Loving someone just as they are. "Just in passing, I'm not asking. That you be anyone but you”
There's nothing more refreshing (that cool refreshing drink)
Than a cool, crisp, clean glass of water
On a warm summer's day (that cool refreshing drink)
Try it with your friends
New World Water make the tide rise high
Come inland and make your house go, "Bye" (my house)
Fools done upset the Old Man River
Made him carry slave ships and fed him dead nigga
Now his belly full and he about to flood something
So I'm throwin' rope that ain't tied to nothing
Tell your crew use the H2 in wise amounts since
It's the New World Water and every drop counts
You can laugh and take it as a joke if you wanna
But it don't rain all full week some summers
And it's about to get real wild in the half
You be buying Evian just to take a fucking bath
Heads is acting wild, sipping poor, puffin' dank (uh)
Competing with the next man for higher playing rank (right)
See I ain't got time try to be Big Hank
Fuck a bank, I need a twenty year water tank
'Cause while these knuckleheads is out here sweating they goods
The sun is sitting in the treetops burning the woods
And as the flames from the blaze get higher and higher
They say, "Don't drink the water, we need it for the fire"
New York is drinking it (New World Water)
Now all of California is drinking it (New World Water)
Way up north and down south is drinking it (New World Water)
Used to have minerals and zinc in it (New World Water)
Now they say it got lead and stink in it (New World Water)
Fluorocarbons and monoxide
Push the water table lopside
Used to be free now it cost you a fee
'Cause oil tankers spill they load as they roam cross the sea
Man, you gotta cook with it, bathe and clean with it (that's right)
When it's hot, summertime you fiend for it (let 'em know)
You gotta put it in the iron you steaming with (that's right)
It's what they dress wounds and treat diseases with (shout it out)
The rich and poor, black and white got need for it (that's right)
And everybody in the world can agree with this (let 'em know)
Consumption promotes health and easiness (that's right)
Go too long without it on this earth and you leaving it (shout it out)
Americans wasting it on some leisure shit (say word?)
Another nations be desperately seeking it (let 'em know)
Bacteria washing up on they beaches (say word?)
Don't drink the water, son, they can't wash they feet with it (let 'em know)
Young babies in perpetual neediness (say word?)
Epidemics hopping up off the petri dish (let 'em know)
Control centers try to play all secretive (say word?)
To avoid public panic and freakiness (let 'em know)
There are places where TB is common as TV
'Cause foreign-based companies go and get greedy
The type of cats who pollute the whole shoreline
Have it purified, sell it for a dollar twenty-five
Now the world is drinking it (New World Water)
Your moms, wife, and baby girl is drinking it (New World)
Up north and down south is drinking it (New World Water)
You should just have to go to your sink for it (New World Water)
The cash registers is going "cha-chink" for it (New World Water)
Fluorocarbons and monoxide
Got the fish looking cockeyed
Used to be free now it cost you a fee
'Cause it's all about getting that cash (money)
Said, it's all about getting that cash (money)
Said, it's all about getting that cash (money)
Said, it's all about getting that cash (money)
Said, it's all about getting your cash (money)
Said, it's all about getting that cash (money)
Said, it's all about getting that cash (money)
Said, it's all about getting that cash (money)
Yeah, it's all about getting that cash (money)
Said, it's all about getting that cash (money)
Johny Cash (money)
Roseanne Cash (money)
Give me cash (money)
Get cash (money)
Cash rules everything around me
Move
Than a cool, crisp, clean glass of water
On a warm summer's day (that cool refreshing drink)
Try it with your friends
New World Water make the tide rise high
Come inland and make your house go, "Bye" (my house)
Fools done upset the Old Man River
Made him carry slave ships and fed him dead nigga
Now his belly full and he about to flood something
So I'm throwin' rope that ain't tied to nothing
Tell your crew use the H2 in wise amounts since
It's the New World Water and every drop counts
You can laugh and take it as a joke if you wanna
But it don't rain all full week some summers
And it's about to get real wild in the half
You be buying Evian just to take a fucking bath
Heads is acting wild, sipping poor, puffin' dank (uh)
Competing with the next man for higher playing rank (right)
See I ain't got time try to be Big Hank
Fuck a bank, I need a twenty year water tank
'Cause while these knuckleheads is out here sweating they goods
The sun is sitting in the treetops burning the woods
And as the flames from the blaze get higher and higher
They say, "Don't drink the water, we need it for the fire"
New York is drinking it (New World Water)
Now all of California is drinking it (New World Water)
Way up north and down south is drinking it (New World Water)
Used to have minerals and zinc in it (New World Water)
Now they say it got lead and stink in it (New World Water)
Fluorocarbons and monoxide
Push the water table lopside
Used to be free now it cost you a fee
'Cause oil tankers spill they load as they roam cross the sea
Man, you gotta cook with it, bathe and clean with it (that's right)
When it's hot, summertime you fiend for it (let 'em know)
You gotta put it in the iron you steaming with (that's right)
It's what they dress wounds and treat diseases with (shout it out)
The rich and poor, black and white got need for it (that's right)
And everybody in the world can agree with this (let 'em know)
Consumption promotes health and easiness (that's right)
Go too long without it on this earth and you leaving it (shout it out)
Americans wasting it on some leisure shit (say word?)
Another nations be desperately seeking it (let 'em know)
Bacteria washing up on they beaches (say word?)
Don't drink the water, son, they can't wash they feet with it (let 'em know)
Young babies in perpetual neediness (say word?)
Epidemics hopping up off the petri dish (let 'em know)
Control centers try to play all secretive (say word?)
To avoid public panic and freakiness (let 'em know)
There are places where TB is common as TV
'Cause foreign-based companies go and get greedy
The type of cats who pollute the whole shoreline
Have it purified, sell it for a dollar twenty-five
Now the world is drinking it (New World Water)
Your moms, wife, and baby girl is drinking it (New World)
Up north and down south is drinking it (New World Water)
You should just have to go to your sink for it (New World Water)
The cash registers is going "cha-chink" for it (New World Water)
Fluorocarbons and monoxide
Got the fish looking cockeyed
Used to be free now it cost you a fee
'Cause it's all about getting that cash (money)
Said, it's all about getting that cash (money)
Said, it's all about getting that cash (money)
Said, it's all about getting that cash (money)
Said, it's all about getting your cash (money)
Said, it's all about getting that cash (money)
Said, it's all about getting that cash (money)
Said, it's all about getting that cash (money)
Yeah, it's all about getting that cash (money)
Said, it's all about getting that cash (money)
Johny Cash (money)
Roseanne Cash (money)
Give me cash (money)
Get cash (money)
Cash rules everything around me
Move
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No Surprises
Radiohead
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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.
Just A Little Lovin'
Dusty Springfield
Dusty Springfield
I don't think it's necessarily about sex. It's about wanting to start the day with some love and affection. Maybe a warm cuddle. I'm not alone in interpreting it that way! For example:
"'Just a Little Lovin’ is a timeless country song originally recorded by Eddy Arnold in 1954. The song, written by Eddie Miller and Jimmy Campbell, explores the delicate nuances of love and showcases Arnold’s emotive vocals. It delves into the universal theme of love and how even the smallest gesture of affection can have a profound impact on our lives." https://oldtimemusic.com/the-meaning-behind-the-song-just-a-little-lovin-by-eddy-arnold/
Head > Heels
Ed Sheeran
Ed Sheeran
“Head > Heels” is a track that aims to capture what it feels like to experience romance that exceeds expectations. Ed Sheeran dedicates his album outro to a lover who has blessed him with a unique experience that he seeks to describe through the song’s nuanced lyrics.
Plastic Bag
Ed Sheeran
Ed Sheeran
“Plastic Bag” is a song about searching for an escape from personal problems and hoping to find it in the lively atmosphere of a Saturday night party. Ed Sheeran tells the story of his friend and the myriad of troubles he is going through. Unable to find any solutions, this friend seeks a last resort in a party and the vanity that comes with it.
“I overthink and have trouble sleepin’ / All purpose gone and don’t have a reason / And there’s no doctor to stop this bleedin’ / So I left home and jumped in the deep end,” Ed Sheeran sings in verse one. He continues by adding that this person is feeling the weight of having disappointed his father and doesn’t have any friends to rely on in this difficult moment. In the second verse, Ed sings about the role of grief in his friend’s plight and his dwindling faith in prayer. “Saturday night is givin’ me a reason to rely on the strobe lights / The lifeline of a promise in a shot glass, and I’ll take that / If you’re givin’ out love from a plastic bag,” Ed sings on the chorus, as his friend turns to new vices in hopes of feeling better.
One may also interpret the song as entirely metaphorical, the "water" representing the dangerous direction the world is heading towards. Mos Def uses the concept of "new world" water to describe the negative way that humans are tampering with the natural order. When he explains that "Heads is acting wild, sippin poor, puffin dank/Competin with the next man for higher playin rank/See I ain't got time try to be Big Hank,/Fuck a bank; I need a twenty-year water tank he criticizes the overcompetitive dog-eat-dog world for ignoring the big picture: that we are destroying the world we are living in with pollution, crime, greed and hatred. He warns that soon we will be forced to pay our repercussions, that "while these knuckleheads is out here sweatin they goods, the sun is sitting in the treetops burnin the woods". Greed seems to be his major concern, perhaps because he believes that all the problems caused by civilization are rooted in our intrinsic nature to constantly desire for more. He explains that "it's all about gettin that cash (Money)".