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.
Oh man
I'm fucked up man
I think I need to see a psychiatrist
My mind's playin' tricks on me man
I said doctor, doctor won't you help me?
So many sick thoughts see my mind ain't healthy
Mad at the fact that I ain't wealthy
So I sell drugs ain't shit you can tell me
When he got 10 cars and I got no car
Waiting at the bus stop I can't go far
You ain't poor, you don't know what it is like
To be in my shoes man and see what I live like
Now how could you live life?
Twenty plus years old caught in a midlife crisis
Fuck who's the nicest
It?s about copping 'em new devices
Italian ices, gougin' prices
When you on top you should see how life is
So unrighteous but it feels so good
Mad at me like he ain't no good but I feel so good
I mean, I mean damn doc
Shit is going real good for me
I got a lot of fame now
But I don't think I could take it man, check it out
I said doctor, doctor I need help now
Ain't slept in years, so I see a meltdown
Either that or a permanent breakdown
'Cause my height man, ain't learning the breakdown
I'm on tone now, my voice is toned down
Moving too fast but I can't slow down
Doc said to rest, time to cancel the show now
Fans upset like I'm a no show, wow
But I ain't do it on purpose
Behind the fame man I'm a regular person
But I feel worthless, the gift and curses
If I fuck up my voice then it ain't worth it
But I gotta give them what they purchase
If I'm the disciple then what they worship
Is hip hop not just a couple of verses
But doc hold up I'm just touching the surface
I mean damn doc
I can't take this no more man
I'm cracking under pressure
It?s a little too much for me man
My mind's going crazy right now, check it out
I said doctor, doctor I'm losing my mind quick
Ain't been shot, but it feels like I'm hit
Who would have thought after all I did
And all I gained I would call it quits?
Five nine but I'm tall as shit
The sky is the limit, then watch how tall I get
Wait, this is what other niggas would call dreams
For me this is life meaning it was foreseen
So why am I complaining?
God bless me man
I'm an angel in training
Now they came in the game with a dash like Damon
Predicted the rain man, just like Rain Man
Down in the sun on the Island of Cayman
While you and your main man, still on the mainland
Even real niggas know what I'm sayin'
Ya shit change but I ain't changing for nobody
I mean God damn doc
I been coming to you for the last three years
And you ain't say shit
Seem like I talk my way out of my own problems
See now I pay you all this money
I'm crazy man, I'm crazy
I'm crazy man, I'm crazy
I'm crazy man, I'm crazy
I'm crazy man, I'm crazy
I'm crazy man, I'm crazy
We going to the next one now, Mims, yeah
I'm fucked up man
I think I need to see a psychiatrist
My mind's playin' tricks on me man
I said doctor, doctor won't you help me?
So many sick thoughts see my mind ain't healthy
Mad at the fact that I ain't wealthy
So I sell drugs ain't shit you can tell me
When he got 10 cars and I got no car
Waiting at the bus stop I can't go far
You ain't poor, you don't know what it is like
To be in my shoes man and see what I live like
Now how could you live life?
Twenty plus years old caught in a midlife crisis
Fuck who's the nicest
It?s about copping 'em new devices
Italian ices, gougin' prices
When you on top you should see how life is
So unrighteous but it feels so good
Mad at me like he ain't no good but I feel so good
I mean, I mean damn doc
Shit is going real good for me
I got a lot of fame now
But I don't think I could take it man, check it out
I said doctor, doctor I need help now
Ain't slept in years, so I see a meltdown
Either that or a permanent breakdown
'Cause my height man, ain't learning the breakdown
I'm on tone now, my voice is toned down
Moving too fast but I can't slow down
Doc said to rest, time to cancel the show now
Fans upset like I'm a no show, wow
But I ain't do it on purpose
Behind the fame man I'm a regular person
But I feel worthless, the gift and curses
If I fuck up my voice then it ain't worth it
But I gotta give them what they purchase
If I'm the disciple then what they worship
Is hip hop not just a couple of verses
But doc hold up I'm just touching the surface
I mean damn doc
I can't take this no more man
I'm cracking under pressure
It?s a little too much for me man
My mind's going crazy right now, check it out
I said doctor, doctor I'm losing my mind quick
Ain't been shot, but it feels like I'm hit
Who would have thought after all I did
And all I gained I would call it quits?
Five nine but I'm tall as shit
The sky is the limit, then watch how tall I get
Wait, this is what other niggas would call dreams
For me this is life meaning it was foreseen
So why am I complaining?
God bless me man
I'm an angel in training
Now they came in the game with a dash like Damon
Predicted the rain man, just like Rain Man
Down in the sun on the Island of Cayman
While you and your main man, still on the mainland
Even real niggas know what I'm sayin'
Ya shit change but I ain't changing for nobody
I mean God damn doc
I been coming to you for the last three years
And you ain't say shit
Seem like I talk my way out of my own problems
See now I pay you all this money
I'm crazy man, I'm crazy
I'm crazy man, I'm crazy
I'm crazy man, I'm crazy
I'm crazy man, I'm crazy
I'm crazy man, I'm crazy
We going to the next one now, Mims, yeah
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Doctor Doctor Lyrics as written by Giles Fripp
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