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.
A year and a day could pass just as quickly
And I don't mind, I don't mind
If they end as they should be
Your open eyes are two private oceans
They don't cry, I don't mind
To see your devotion
Little Marriage blew through this home
With a difference between us and have & hold
What is this marrow we're burrowed upon,
When your face is the answer and the question's this song?
I got caught on a day thrill,
Can't see you tonight,
I don't mind but you do?
I don't mind what you say
If you don't mind where I'm going
Devotion is known and not for showing
Something smaller keeps us in tow
With a difference between us and have & hold
I started minding not having it all
One little marriage or big love
And I don't mind, I don't mind
If they end as they should be
Your open eyes are two private oceans
They don't cry, I don't mind
To see your devotion
Little Marriage blew through this home
With a difference between us and have & hold
What is this marrow we're burrowed upon,
When your face is the answer and the question's this song?
I got caught on a day thrill,
Can't see you tonight,
I don't mind but you do?
I don't mind what you say
If you don't mind where I'm going
Devotion is known and not for showing
Something smaller keeps us in tow
With a difference between us and have & hold
I started minding not having it all
One little marriage or big love
Lyrics submitted by avataraera, edited by Marinezi
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I think the lyrics are:
A year and a day could pass just as quickly And I don't mind, I don't mind If they end as they should be
Your open eyes are two private oceans They don't cry, I don't mind To see your devotion
Little Marriage blew through this home With a difference between us and have & hold What is this marrow we're burrowed upon, When your face is the answer and the question's this song?
I got caught on a day thrill, Can't see you tonight, I don't mind but you do? I don't mind what you say If you don't mind where I'm going Devotion is known and not for showing
Something smaller keeps us in tow With a difference between us and have & hold I started minding not having it all One little marriage or big love
there are quite a few thing that sound a little off, but i'm not certain about it all, so i'm just going to give some suggestions in caps where i can.
Even a day can PASS just as quickly And I don't mind, I don't mind If they AIN'T as they should be
DEEP/KEEP open eyes are(?) TWO private oceans They don't cry I don't mind to see DEVOTION
Little marriage BLEW through this HOME The difference between us AND have and hold WHAT IS a sparrow A bird in home This is THE answer The question's his soul/THAT QUESTIONS US ALL(?)
I GOT CAUGHT IN THE BIG THRILL I can't see you tonight I don't mind But do you? I don't mind what you say If you don't MIND WHERE I'M GOING DEVOTION IS KNOWN And NOT FOR SHOWING
Something SMALLER Keeps us in tow/TWO (?) The difference between us AND have and hold I started minding Not having IT ALL ONE little marriage is Big now