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.
Tell me lawyer, what to do
I think I'm falling in love with you, mm
Defend me from the way I feel
Won't you give me some advice
On how to handle my private life, mm
I'm sure that we can make a deal
I confess, I'm a fool for men
With a clever mind
But your intellect ain't no match
For this heart of mine (for this heart of mine)
All I want is a little reaction
Just enough to tip the scales
I'm just using my female attraction
On a typical male, on a typical male
Your sense of justice I'll embrace
But your defense don't help my case, mm
I'm deep in trouble with the law
Something about authority
Seems to bring out the bad in me
Hey, lawyer, gotta catch me when I fall
Oh, they say that you match your wits
With the best of them, mm-hm-mm
But I know when I'm close you're just
Like the rest of them (like the rest of them)
All I want is a little reaction
Just enough to tip the scales
I'm just using my female attraction
On a typical male, on a typical male
So put your books aside
Loosen up the suit and tie
Gotta open up your heart and let me in, oh
Open up your heart and let me in
All I want is a little reaction
Just enough to tip the scales
I'm just using my female attraction
On a typical male, on a typical male
Ooh, the reaction
I'm just using my feminine charm
On a typical male, on a typical
All I want is a little reaction
Just enough to tip the scales
I'm just using my female attraction
On a typical male, on a typical
All I want
Ooh, a little reaction
Just enough
I think I'm falling in love with you, mm
Defend me from the way I feel
Won't you give me some advice
On how to handle my private life, mm
I'm sure that we can make a deal
I confess, I'm a fool for men
With a clever mind
But your intellect ain't no match
For this heart of mine (for this heart of mine)
All I want is a little reaction
Just enough to tip the scales
I'm just using my female attraction
On a typical male, on a typical male
Your sense of justice I'll embrace
But your defense don't help my case, mm
I'm deep in trouble with the law
Something about authority
Seems to bring out the bad in me
Hey, lawyer, gotta catch me when I fall
Oh, they say that you match your wits
With the best of them, mm-hm-mm
But I know when I'm close you're just
Like the rest of them (like the rest of them)
All I want is a little reaction
Just enough to tip the scales
I'm just using my female attraction
On a typical male, on a typical male
So put your books aside
Loosen up the suit and tie
Gotta open up your heart and let me in, oh
Open up your heart and let me in
All I want is a little reaction
Just enough to tip the scales
I'm just using my female attraction
On a typical male, on a typical male
Ooh, the reaction
I'm just using my feminine charm
On a typical male, on a typical
All I want is a little reaction
Just enough to tip the scales
I'm just using my female attraction
On a typical male, on a typical
All I want
Ooh, a little reaction
Just enough
Lyrics submitted by ErichRibail
Typical Male Lyrics as written by Terry Britten Graham Hamilton Lyle
Lyrics © BMG Rights Management, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
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