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.
When I first met you got a feeling that I'll never forget
An animal attraction I know
We'd be bad together but the make up sex as good as it gets
And I just want to say to you
Every time that I hate you
I love you
You're more than I can take can't get enough of you
It doesn't matter what you're saying
I can't let you go
And I just want to get enough
Every time that I hate you
I love you
You're the part of the pain that I love too
It doesn't matter what you're saying
I can see right through
You love to hate me too (You love to hate me too)
Every time we fight I feel like breaking up but I know I can't
No one ever gets me like this
I learned a lesson it's a losing battle a war I can't win
And now I got to say to you
Every time that I hate you
I love you
You're more than I can take can't get enough of you
It doesn't matter what you're saying
I can't let you go
And I just want to get enough
Every time that I hate you
I love you
You're the part of the pain that I love too
It doesn't matter what you're saying
I can see right through
You love to hate me too
You love to hate me too
All these almost breakups
You love to hate me too
Are always worth the make ups
And if we make it through
I just want to say to you
Every time that I hate you
I love you
You're more than I can take can't get enough of you
And I just wanted you to know
Every time that I hate you
I love you
You're the part of the pain that I love too
It doesn't matter what you're saying
I can see right through
You love to hate me too
You love to hate me too
All these almost breakups
You love to hate me too
Are always worth the make ups
And if we make it through
And I just wanted you to know
An animal attraction I know
We'd be bad together but the make up sex as good as it gets
And I just want to say to you
Every time that I hate you
I love you
You're more than I can take can't get enough of you
It doesn't matter what you're saying
I can't let you go
And I just want to get enough
Every time that I hate you
I love you
You're the part of the pain that I love too
It doesn't matter what you're saying
I can see right through
You love to hate me too (You love to hate me too)
Every time we fight I feel like breaking up but I know I can't
No one ever gets me like this
I learned a lesson it's a losing battle a war I can't win
And now I got to say to you
Every time that I hate you
I love you
You're more than I can take can't get enough of you
It doesn't matter what you're saying
I can't let you go
And I just want to get enough
Every time that I hate you
I love you
You're the part of the pain that I love too
It doesn't matter what you're saying
I can see right through
You love to hate me too
You love to hate me too
All these almost breakups
You love to hate me too
Are always worth the make ups
And if we make it through
I just want to say to you
Every time that I hate you
I love you
You're more than I can take can't get enough of you
And I just wanted you to know
Every time that I hate you
I love you
You're the part of the pain that I love too
It doesn't matter what you're saying
I can see right through
You love to hate me too
You love to hate me too
All these almost breakups
You love to hate me too
Are always worth the make ups
And if we make it through
And I just wanted you to know
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ah, i love this band. i know some of these lyrics are probably wrong; its cause i had to do it by ear, the lyrics arent posted anywhere else. :)