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.
Ooh, girl! Oooh, it's all up in the club, it feels so GOOD! It's JUMPIN' up in here. Ahh, I gotta get my drink on. Excuse me? Excuse me! Can I have a Cavasier straight up? And a tranny chaser?
Is some tranny chasers up in here?
Welcome to my stratosphere (fierce, fierce)
Make a move! What you wanna do?
I ain't got no time for no looky loo, boo
Is some tranny chasers up in here?
Lemme make one thing clear (fierce, fierce)
Make a move! What you wanna do?
I ain't got no time for no looky loo, boo
Hey. Work. Give a dog a bone.
Looky-loo, looky look at you who
Hey. Work. give a dog a bone.
Look at you, lookin' at Ru-Ru
I see the way you want it, and you want it bad
You can't regret the candy that you never had
So take a bite baby, better do it fast
Hurry up cause you won't get another chance
Is some tranny chasers up in here?
Welcome to my stratosphere (fierce, fierce)
Make a move! What you wanna do?
I ain't got no time for no looky loo, boo
Is some tranny chasers up in here?
Lemme make one thing clear (fierce, fierce)
Make a move! What you wanna do?
I ain't got no time for no looky loo, boo
Just because you want me... that don't make you gay
Every time you watch me... that don't make you gay
Do you wanna be me... that don't make you gay
Or do you wanna f(honk) me... that don't make you gay
Hey. Work. Give a dog a bone.
Looky-loo, looky look at you who
Hey. Work. give a dog a bone.
Look at you, lookin' at Ru-Ru
So the hunter got captured by the game
It ain't the first time a player got played
Won't be the last time you hear a t-girl say
"You want it wet, then you betta make it rain"
Is some tranny chasers up in here?
Welcome to my stratosphere (fierce, fierce)
Make a move! What you wanna do?
I ain't got no time for no looky loo, boo
Is some tranny chasers up in here?
Lemme make one thing clear (fierce, fierce)
Make a move! What you wanna do?
I ain't got no time for no looky loo, boo
Just because you want me... that don't make you gay
Every time you watch me... that don't make you gay
Do you wanna be me... that don't make you gay
Or do you wanna f(honk) me... that don't make you gay
Alright, Patti LaBelle, here's something else for you.
"What do you want?"
What's the tee, girl? Tell me what's the tee?
(x8)
Looky-loo, looky look at you who
Looky-loo, looky look at woo who
Looky-loo, what you gonna do
Looky-loo, Whoopie gotta boo boo
(Oooh no she didn't)
(Ughn. Damn.)
May the fierce be with you.
Is some tranny chasers up in here?
Welcome to my stratosphere (fierce, fierce)
Make a move! What you wanna do?
I ain't got no time for no looky loo, boo
Is some tranny chasers up in here?
Lemme make one thing clear (fierce, fierce)
Make a move! What you wanna do?
I ain't got no time for no looky loo, boo
Hey. Work. Give a dog a bone.
Looky-loo, looky look at you who
Hey. Work. give a dog a bone.
Look at you, lookin' at Ru-Ru
I see the way you want it, and you want it bad
You can't regret the candy that you never had
So take a bite baby, better do it fast
Hurry up cause you won't get another chance
Is some tranny chasers up in here?
Welcome to my stratosphere (fierce, fierce)
Make a move! What you wanna do?
I ain't got no time for no looky loo, boo
Is some tranny chasers up in here?
Lemme make one thing clear (fierce, fierce)
Make a move! What you wanna do?
I ain't got no time for no looky loo, boo
Just because you want me... that don't make you gay
Every time you watch me... that don't make you gay
Do you wanna be me... that don't make you gay
Or do you wanna f(honk) me... that don't make you gay
Hey. Work. Give a dog a bone.
Looky-loo, looky look at you who
Hey. Work. give a dog a bone.
Look at you, lookin' at Ru-Ru
So the hunter got captured by the game
It ain't the first time a player got played
Won't be the last time you hear a t-girl say
"You want it wet, then you betta make it rain"
Is some tranny chasers up in here?
Welcome to my stratosphere (fierce, fierce)
Make a move! What you wanna do?
I ain't got no time for no looky loo, boo
Is some tranny chasers up in here?
Lemme make one thing clear (fierce, fierce)
Make a move! What you wanna do?
I ain't got no time for no looky loo, boo
Just because you want me... that don't make you gay
Every time you watch me... that don't make you gay
Do you wanna be me... that don't make you gay
Or do you wanna f(honk) me... that don't make you gay
Alright, Patti LaBelle, here's something else for you.
"What do you want?"
What's the tee, girl? Tell me what's the tee?
(x8)
Looky-loo, looky look at you who
Looky-loo, looky look at woo who
Looky-loo, what you gonna do
Looky-loo, Whoopie gotta boo boo
(Oooh no she didn't)
(Ughn. Damn.)
May the fierce be with you.
Lyrics submitted by ccbubblegum
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