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.
Elle part sans se retourner
Et l'automne feuille à feuille s'écoule
Le sceau de l'oubli s'est brisé
En souillant un innocent amour
À l'aube de notre naissance
Le monde semble d'espérance
Les rêves s'emplissent de chimères
La vérité se terre
Mais la nuit à son heure
Apporte la douleur
En un instant, tout était plus clair
Lumineux, transparent comme l'air
Elle ferma les yeux et m'appela d'un cri
Personne jamais plus ne la revit
Moisson de peine, graine semée
Dans une terre de larmes gelée
Le jour s'éteint déjà
Dans l'hiver vient le froid, la nuit
Elle part, et je perds tout espoir
Rien ne pourra guérir mes blessures
Insensé comme à l'aube
Amer et malmené par le sort
De vouloir te mener à bon port
À l'aube de notre naissance
Tourne le vent de la chance
Face aux ténèbres
Je reste seul
Moisson de peine, graine semée
Dans une terre de larmes gelée
Le jour s'éteint déjà
Dans l'hiver vient le froid, la nuit
Et l'automne feuille à feuille s'écoule
Le sceau de l'oubli s'est brisé
En souillant un innocent amour
À l'aube de notre naissance
Le monde semble d'espérance
Les rêves s'emplissent de chimères
La vérité se terre
Mais la nuit à son heure
Apporte la douleur
En un instant, tout était plus clair
Lumineux, transparent comme l'air
Elle ferma les yeux et m'appela d'un cri
Personne jamais plus ne la revit
Moisson de peine, graine semée
Dans une terre de larmes gelée
Le jour s'éteint déjà
Dans l'hiver vient le froid, la nuit
Elle part, et je perds tout espoir
Rien ne pourra guérir mes blessures
Insensé comme à l'aube
Amer et malmené par le sort
De vouloir te mener à bon port
À l'aube de notre naissance
Tourne le vent de la chance
Face aux ténèbres
Je reste seul
Moisson de peine, graine semée
Dans une terre de larmes gelée
Le jour s'éteint déjà
Dans l'hiver vient le froid, la nuit
Lyrics submitted by Mellow_Harsher
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