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.
Girls:
I can't feel nothing at all
I can't feel nothing at all
Graverobber:
Drug market
Submarket
Sometimes I wonder why I ever got in
Blood market
Love market
Sometimes I wonder why they need me at all
Zydrate comes in a little glass vial
Shilo:
A little glass vial?
Girls:
A little glass vial
Graverobber:
And the little glass vial goes into the gun like a battery
And the Zydrate gun goes somewhere against your anatomy
And when the gun goes off, it sparks, and you're ready for surgery
Surgery . . .
Amber Sweet:
Graverobber, Graverobber
Sometimes, I wonder why I even bother
Graverobber, Graverobber
Sometimes, I wonder why I need you at all
Graverobber:
And Amber Sweet is addicted to the knife
Shilo:
Addicted to the knife?
Girls:
Addicted to the knife
Graverobber:
And addicted to the knife
She needs a little help with the agony
And a little help comes in a little glass vial
In a gun pressed against her anatomy
And when the gun goes off, Miss Sweet is ready for surgery
Surgery . . .
Amber Sweet:
Graverobber, Graverobber
Sometimes, I wonder why I need you at all
Girls:
It's clean
It's clear
It's pure
It's rare
It's clean
It's clear
It's pure
It's rare
It's clean
It's clear
It's pure
It's rare
It's clean
It's clear
It's pure
It's rare
It's clean
It's clear
It's pure
It's rare
It's clean
It's clear
It's pure
It's rare
Graverobber:
It takes you there
It takes you there
Before you cut
A change inside
Amber Sweet:
I can't feel nothing at all
Feel alive!
So you think you got heart?
So you think you got balls?
So you think you Mag can sing?
Shilo:
I don't think nothing at all
Amber Sweet:
So you think Mag has pipes?
Well, it's my turn to shine
When the Repo Man strikes!
Shilo:
What are you talking about?
Graverobber:
Mag's contract's got some mighty fine print
Shilo:
Mighty fine print?
Girls:
Mighty . . . fine . . . print
Graverobber:
And that mighty fine print puts Mag in a mighty fine predicament
If Mag up and splits, her eyes are forfeit
And if GeneCo and Rotti so will it
Then a Repo Man will come
And she'll pay for that surgery
Surgery!
I can't feel nothing at all
I can't feel nothing at all
Graverobber:
Drug market
Submarket
Sometimes I wonder why I ever got in
Blood market
Love market
Sometimes I wonder why they need me at all
Zydrate comes in a little glass vial
Shilo:
A little glass vial?
Girls:
A little glass vial
Graverobber:
And the little glass vial goes into the gun like a battery
And the Zydrate gun goes somewhere against your anatomy
And when the gun goes off, it sparks, and you're ready for surgery
Surgery . . .
Amber Sweet:
Graverobber, Graverobber
Sometimes, I wonder why I even bother
Graverobber, Graverobber
Sometimes, I wonder why I need you at all
Graverobber:
And Amber Sweet is addicted to the knife
Shilo:
Addicted to the knife?
Girls:
Addicted to the knife
Graverobber:
And addicted to the knife
She needs a little help with the agony
And a little help comes in a little glass vial
In a gun pressed against her anatomy
And when the gun goes off, Miss Sweet is ready for surgery
Surgery . . .
Amber Sweet:
Graverobber, Graverobber
Sometimes, I wonder why I need you at all
Girls:
It's clean
It's clear
It's pure
It's rare
It's clean
It's clear
It's pure
It's rare
It's clean
It's clear
It's pure
It's rare
It's clean
It's clear
It's pure
It's rare
It's clean
It's clear
It's pure
It's rare
It's clean
It's clear
It's pure
It's rare
Graverobber:
It takes you there
It takes you there
Before you cut
A change inside
Amber Sweet:
I can't feel nothing at all
Feel alive!
So you think you got heart?
So you think you got balls?
So you think you Mag can sing?
Shilo:
I don't think nothing at all
Amber Sweet:
So you think Mag has pipes?
Well, it's my turn to shine
When the Repo Man strikes!
Shilo:
What are you talking about?
Graverobber:
Mag's contract's got some mighty fine print
Shilo:
Mighty fine print?
Girls:
Mighty . . . fine . . . print
Graverobber:
And that mighty fine print puts Mag in a mighty fine predicament
If Mag up and splits, her eyes are forfeit
And if GeneCo and Rotti so will it
Then a Repo Man will come
And she'll pay for that surgery
Surgery!
Lyrics submitted by Mellow_Harsher
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