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.
Speak dumb like every other one
Don't want to let you down
I'd rather let you fall apart
And so you back off
A bit less obvious
Oh you forgot I called
Don't take it personal personal honey
I know you've just been busy or
You need to be alone
Well you can call me when you're bored
I'll sing a song low
Over the telephone
In lower decibels
So you can hear it and hear it and hear it and hear it
And lost it though
You've lost that privilege
With a hundred more
Hold his hand now
Out on the mission field
Your hearts compatible
Mine breaks alone alone alone
Your new boyfriend
You got your new boyfriend
You got your new boyfriend
You got your new boyfriend
I bet he likes you more than he likes me 'cause
I'm the former one
He's the latter one
He'd never say it but it's right
I'm sorry that was rude of me
Forget I said a thing
But don't forget it when you're starring at him
Say something you mean
Don't be polite
Kiss, kill nothing in between
I can't sit still, sit still
Get canceled, can't sit still
Not when you got, you got, you got
Your new boyfriend
You got your new boyfriend
You got your new boyfriend
You got your new boyfriend
I bet he likes you more than he likes me 'cause
I'm the former
He's the latter one
He'd never say it but it's right
Passed on up and over
Said she did
Said she didn't come on
Pass me up
Let me go
Throw away
Let me go
Oh it's ok not to be the same
Be the same
You've got him, oh
You've got him, oh
Don't want to let you down
I'd rather let you fall apart
And so you back off
A bit less obvious
Oh you forgot I called
Don't take it personal personal honey
I know you've just been busy or
You need to be alone
Well you can call me when you're bored
I'll sing a song low
Over the telephone
In lower decibels
So you can hear it and hear it and hear it and hear it
And lost it though
You've lost that privilege
With a hundred more
Hold his hand now
Out on the mission field
Your hearts compatible
Mine breaks alone alone alone
Your new boyfriend
You got your new boyfriend
You got your new boyfriend
You got your new boyfriend
I bet he likes you more than he likes me 'cause
I'm the former one
He's the latter one
He'd never say it but it's right
I'm sorry that was rude of me
Forget I said a thing
But don't forget it when you're starring at him
Say something you mean
Don't be polite
Kiss, kill nothing in between
I can't sit still, sit still
Get canceled, can't sit still
Not when you got, you got, you got
Your new boyfriend
You got your new boyfriend
You got your new boyfriend
You got your new boyfriend
I bet he likes you more than he likes me 'cause
I'm the former
He's the latter one
He'd never say it but it's right
Passed on up and over
Said she did
Said she didn't come on
Pass me up
Let me go
Throw away
Let me go
Oh it's ok not to be the same
Be the same
You've got him, oh
You've got him, oh
Lyrics submitted by benerfritted, edited by hricotta, ReckonerInRainbows
Sweet Talk Lyrics as written by Naeem Juwan Hanks Alex Brady Epton
Lyrics © THIRD SIDE MUSIC INC.
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