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.
The Wall of You
All these times, if you could see (what is happening to me)
I dream awake just to be free.
The wall of you, you can’t break through
and it’s over and over
The wall of you, you can’t break through
Lock the truth, outside my friends (won’t let them in)
Another other so I can’t bother to blend in with them
The wall of you, you can’t break through
and it’s over and over
The wall of you, you can’t break through
The wall of you, you can’t break through
and it’s over and over
The wall of you, you can’t break through
It slips through the eyes that stare, and I don’t care
if it’s not so should I let go of what I do not know
empty hands, of that madman pretending to give a damn
all in a moment that last forever, but goes so fast
The wall of you, you can’t break through
and it’s over and over
The wall of you, you can’t break through
The wall of you, you can’t break through
The wall of you, you can’t break through
No emotion, woke up just to sleep in pieces you have me
They all plan, all the above predictions from jealous ones
Please let it end, now let it end, Just let it end
The wall of you, you can’t break through
and it’s over and over
The wall of you, you can’t break through
The wall of you, you can’t break through
The wall of you, you can’t break through
I’m received, I’m received
Close your eyes, Close your eyes
Close your eyes, Close your eyes
In the end there is no light, no path takes us close to it
In the end, don’t follow me out
There - close your eyes
In the end there is no light, no path takes us close to it
In the end, don’t follow me out
Close your eyes, Close your eyes
Close your eyes, Close your eyes
In the end there is no light, no path takes us close to it
In the end, don’t follow me out there
All these times, if you could see (what is happening to me)
I dream awake just to be free.
The wall of you, you can’t break through
and it’s over and over
The wall of you, you can’t break through
Lock the truth, outside my friends (won’t let them in)
Another other so I can’t bother to blend in with them
The wall of you, you can’t break through
and it’s over and over
The wall of you, you can’t break through
The wall of you, you can’t break through
and it’s over and over
The wall of you, you can’t break through
It slips through the eyes that stare, and I don’t care
if it’s not so should I let go of what I do not know
empty hands, of that madman pretending to give a damn
all in a moment that last forever, but goes so fast
The wall of you, you can’t break through
and it’s over and over
The wall of you, you can’t break through
The wall of you, you can’t break through
The wall of you, you can’t break through
No emotion, woke up just to sleep in pieces you have me
They all plan, all the above predictions from jealous ones
Please let it end, now let it end, Just let it end
The wall of you, you can’t break through
and it’s over and over
The wall of you, you can’t break through
The wall of you, you can’t break through
The wall of you, you can’t break through
I’m received, I’m received
Close your eyes, Close your eyes
Close your eyes, Close your eyes
In the end there is no light, no path takes us close to it
In the end, don’t follow me out
There - close your eyes
In the end there is no light, no path takes us close to it
In the end, don’t follow me out
Close your eyes, Close your eyes
Close your eyes, Close your eyes
In the end there is no light, no path takes us close to it
In the end, don’t follow me out there
Lyrics submitted by Elimination
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