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.
[Speaking]
Anyway, I usually don't talk about my private life, certainly not my love life. But there is someone that I've fallen for hook, line and sinker. Someone who gives me great joy; doesn't care who I am to the world; whether or not I have a good voice; or what my politics are...So, you don't have to speculate, it's my five year old Goddaughter, Caleigh. And Caleigh is here tonight. And she has introduced me to some of the most incredible movies that I have ever seen; one of them was "ALICE IN WONDERLAND", you remember that, Caleigh? At Christmas time? Daddy's house, what a brilliant film...The other one was "SLEEPING BEAUTY"- I mean these are films that I have never seen before - and I remember one day she sang this to me:
ONCE UPON A DREAM
I know you, I walked with you once upon a dream
I know you, the gleam in your eyes is so familiar a gleam
[Speaking]
And then I showed Caleigh "DUMBO" and "PINOCCHIO", two movies that I loved as a child...
WHEN YOU WISH UPON A STAR
When you wish upon a star
Makes no difference who you are
Anything your heart desires
Will come to you
If your heart is in your dream
No request is too extreme
When you wish upon a star
As dreamers do
[Speaking]
And then one night, I was reading Caleigh "CINDERELLA", and I said, my favorite Disney song was from this movie. So I started to sing it, but she stopped me and said: that's not from "CINDERELLA", that's from "SNOW WHITE"! Guess what? She was right! So this is for you, Caleigh!
SOME DAY MY PRICE WILL COME
Some day my prince will come
Some day I'll find my love
And how thrilling that moment will be
When the prince of my dreams comes to me
He'll whisper "I love you"
And steal a kiss or two
Though he's far away
I'll find my love some day
Some day when my dreams come true
Some day we'll say and do
Things we've been longing to
Though he's far away
I'll find my love some day
The day when my dreams come true
Who'll, please, make my dreams come true...
[Speaking]
I'd like to sing this next song for my son Jason, who's old enough to take care of himself, but it's always nice to have someone looking out for you, no matter how old you are...
Anyway, I usually don't talk about my private life, certainly not my love life. But there is someone that I've fallen for hook, line and sinker. Someone who gives me great joy; doesn't care who I am to the world; whether or not I have a good voice; or what my politics are...So, you don't have to speculate, it's my five year old Goddaughter, Caleigh. And Caleigh is here tonight. And she has introduced me to some of the most incredible movies that I have ever seen; one of them was "ALICE IN WONDERLAND", you remember that, Caleigh? At Christmas time? Daddy's house, what a brilliant film...The other one was "SLEEPING BEAUTY"- I mean these are films that I have never seen before - and I remember one day she sang this to me:
ONCE UPON A DREAM
I know you, I walked with you once upon a dream
I know you, the gleam in your eyes is so familiar a gleam
[Speaking]
And then I showed Caleigh "DUMBO" and "PINOCCHIO", two movies that I loved as a child...
WHEN YOU WISH UPON A STAR
When you wish upon a star
Makes no difference who you are
Anything your heart desires
Will come to you
If your heart is in your dream
No request is too extreme
When you wish upon a star
As dreamers do
[Speaking]
And then one night, I was reading Caleigh "CINDERELLA", and I said, my favorite Disney song was from this movie. So I started to sing it, but she stopped me and said: that's not from "CINDERELLA", that's from "SNOW WHITE"! Guess what? She was right! So this is for you, Caleigh!
SOME DAY MY PRICE WILL COME
Some day my prince will come
Some day I'll find my love
And how thrilling that moment will be
When the prince of my dreams comes to me
He'll whisper "I love you"
And steal a kiss or two
Though he's far away
I'll find my love some day
Some day when my dreams come true
Some day we'll say and do
Things we've been longing to
Though he's far away
I'll find my love some day
The day when my dreams come true
Who'll, please, make my dreams come true...
[Speaking]
I'd like to sing this next song for my son Jason, who's old enough to take care of himself, but it's always nice to have someone looking out for you, no matter how old you are...
Lyrics submitted by Ice
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