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.
Tonight I wander carelessly
Through the tunnels of the ABC
I'm not lost
It's just that I need to be
Clear of mind to dream
And the laser shoots another image through my eye
Of a white square piercing a jet black sky
And she floats down
All pretty and bright
And we share a drink tonight
Tonight we share a pint
Gimme a call
You got a phone don't you
Turn it on cause
I need to hear from you
To know why
Cause I saw something today that made it all come
It all came back to me
Gimme a call
You got a phone don't you
Turn it on cause
I need to hear from you
To know why
Cause I saw something today that made it all come
It all came back to me
But she aint stopping me no
Cause I reached that point in my life
But you wont stop me tonight
Cause I reached that point in my life
There's beats and there's pulses and there's rhythm and the soul
And I try to stand quite calmly as I lose control
See this girl was here and she aint no more
She loves this very floor
She loves this very floor
Gimme a call
You got a phone don't you
Turn it on cause
I need to hear from you
To know why
Cause I saw something today that made it all come
It all came back to me
Gimme a call
You got a phone don't you
Turn it on cause
I need to hear from you
To know why
Cause I saw something today that made it all come
It all came back to me
But she aint stopping me no
Cause I reached that point in my life
But you wont stop me tonight
Cause I reached that point in my life
Gimme a call
You got a phone don't you
Turn it on cause
I need to hear from you
To know why
Cause I saw something today that made it all come
It all came back to me
Through the tunnels of the ABC
I'm not lost
It's just that I need to be
Clear of mind to dream
And the laser shoots another image through my eye
Of a white square piercing a jet black sky
And she floats down
All pretty and bright
And we share a drink tonight
Tonight we share a pint
Gimme a call
You got a phone don't you
Turn it on cause
I need to hear from you
To know why
Cause I saw something today that made it all come
It all came back to me
Gimme a call
You got a phone don't you
Turn it on cause
I need to hear from you
To know why
Cause I saw something today that made it all come
It all came back to me
But she aint stopping me no
Cause I reached that point in my life
But you wont stop me tonight
Cause I reached that point in my life
There's beats and there's pulses and there's rhythm and the soul
And I try to stand quite calmly as I lose control
See this girl was here and she aint no more
She loves this very floor
She loves this very floor
Gimme a call
You got a phone don't you
Turn it on cause
I need to hear from you
To know why
Cause I saw something today that made it all come
It all came back to me
Gimme a call
You got a phone don't you
Turn it on cause
I need to hear from you
To know why
Cause I saw something today that made it all come
It all came back to me
But she aint stopping me no
Cause I reached that point in my life
But you wont stop me tonight
Cause I reached that point in my life
Gimme a call
You got a phone don't you
Turn it on cause
I need to hear from you
To know why
Cause I saw something today that made it all come
It all came back to me
Lyrics submitted by icecubesarecool
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I dont think this song is about a girl he just met or met once cause he seems really bothered about her.
I think the first and second verse are all about him dreaming, like "i need to be clear of mind to dream" and then he says "a white square piercing a jet black sky" and "she falls down all pretty and bright".. i dont really know why but this reminds me of her like being sent down from somewhere cause she's so bright and she "falls down", like she's an angel to him.
I think its more about a girl he likes, they havent really dated or done anything.. but she's just totally ignoring him and wont call him. I think "She loves this very floor" is like saying this is the club she goes to, but she's not been there cause she's avoiding him. Its not letting him stop him though cause he's realised he's tired of chasing after girls who dont want him.