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.
Let's go
I flew down south over the mountains today
And I'll be back, and I'll be back
When I can push those mountains out of the way
I remember, I remember, I remember, I remember when my dad walked in on me
I was sitting cross legged on the bedroom floor looking at a couple of G's
With a bogie on my lip and a ski on the ground, we're not a cuppa quarter beans
Not been back to that house since that day
But the light gon' turn with the key
You gotta go if you wanna don't go, but tomorrow you gotta leave
You gotta go down south where the air's a little better, son, so you can learn how to breathe
So I flew down south over the mountains today
And I'll be back, and I'll be back
When I can push those mountains out of the way
And I flew down south, yeah, flew down today
And I'll be back, and I'll be back
When I can push those mountains out of the way
I remember, I remember, I remember, I remember shaking when the morning began
I remember, I remember the second I got better, well I left Dodge and ran
I got sick thinking 'bout life alone, like the back bone without the muscle
Like the bruises and broken nose that emerged from my potessecle
See I don't plan to live my whole life o'er the missing piece to this puzzle
If I'mma make Salt Lake City tonight some way I'mma have to hustle
So I guess we head out, foot down, as I choose to sat down
Time to let this little slide fade into the background
So I flew down south over the mountains today
And I'll be back, and I'll be back
When I can push those mountains out of the way
And I flew down south, yeah, flew down today
And I'll be back, and I'll be back
When I can push those mountains out of the way
I remember, I remember, I remember, I remember the deep end swimming with the sharks
Then weekend for these freshins' smoking, blowin' in the park
Waiting till the sun sets on the hillside to be alone in the dark
Another ex-AA marijuana junkie spits out a starry a-tune
I'd tighten those laces up honey if, if I was you
And I'd stop talking about moving mountains boy, if I was you
And I guess, I guess I flew down south over the mountains today
And I'll be back, and I'll be back
When I can push those mountains out of the way
And I flew down south, yeah, flew down today
And I'll be back, and I'll be back
When I can push those mountains out of the way
So I flew down south, yeah, flew down today
And I'll be back, and I'll be back
When I can push those mountains out of the way
And I flew down south, yeah, flew down today
And I'll be back, and I'll be back
When I can push those mountains out of the way
I flew down south over the mountains today
And I'll be back, and I'll be back
When I can push those mountains out of the way
I remember, I remember, I remember, I remember when my dad walked in on me
I was sitting cross legged on the bedroom floor looking at a couple of G's
With a bogie on my lip and a ski on the ground, we're not a cuppa quarter beans
Not been back to that house since that day
But the light gon' turn with the key
You gotta go if you wanna don't go, but tomorrow you gotta leave
You gotta go down south where the air's a little better, son, so you can learn how to breathe
So I flew down south over the mountains today
And I'll be back, and I'll be back
When I can push those mountains out of the way
And I flew down south, yeah, flew down today
And I'll be back, and I'll be back
When I can push those mountains out of the way
I remember, I remember, I remember, I remember shaking when the morning began
I remember, I remember the second I got better, well I left Dodge and ran
I got sick thinking 'bout life alone, like the back bone without the muscle
Like the bruises and broken nose that emerged from my potessecle
See I don't plan to live my whole life o'er the missing piece to this puzzle
If I'mma make Salt Lake City tonight some way I'mma have to hustle
So I guess we head out, foot down, as I choose to sat down
Time to let this little slide fade into the background
So I flew down south over the mountains today
And I'll be back, and I'll be back
When I can push those mountains out of the way
And I flew down south, yeah, flew down today
And I'll be back, and I'll be back
When I can push those mountains out of the way
I remember, I remember, I remember, I remember the deep end swimming with the sharks
Then weekend for these freshins' smoking, blowin' in the park
Waiting till the sun sets on the hillside to be alone in the dark
Another ex-AA marijuana junkie spits out a starry a-tune
I'd tighten those laces up honey if, if I was you
And I'd stop talking about moving mountains boy, if I was you
And I guess, I guess I flew down south over the mountains today
And I'll be back, and I'll be back
When I can push those mountains out of the way
And I flew down south, yeah, flew down today
And I'll be back, and I'll be back
When I can push those mountains out of the way
So I flew down south, yeah, flew down today
And I'll be back, and I'll be back
When I can push those mountains out of the way
And I flew down south, yeah, flew down today
And I'll be back, and I'll be back
When I can push those mountains out of the way
Lyrics submitted by NerdMyLife
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