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.
I can’t run and I can’t hide
From the pain that lives inside
Don’t know how to let go
Of this perfect denial
Right here, right now
I’m fighting for my life
Don’t take it away, away, away from me
I’m drowning in a tragedy
I couldn’t see it coming
Crashing down around me
The darkness overcomes me
Lost and left behind
Still left behind
I’m wearing thin, can’t you see
I’m my own worst enemy
Don’t know what can set me free
From the fear inside of me
Right here, right now
I’m fighting for my life
Don’t take it away, away, away from me
I’m begging for a remedy
I couldn’t see it coming
Crashing down around me
The darkness overcomes me
Lost and left behind
The hope instilled in me
It’s slipping away, away, away from me
Lost and left behind in my own mind
It’s slipping away
I couldn’t see it coming
Crashing down around me
The darkness overcomes me
Lost and left behind
I couldn’t see it coming
Crashing down around me
The darkness overcomes me
Lost and left behind
The hope instilled in me
It’s slipping away, away, away from me
Lost and left behind in my own mind
From the pain that lives inside
Don’t know how to let go
Of this perfect denial
Right here, right now
I’m fighting for my life
Don’t take it away, away, away from me
I’m drowning in a tragedy
I couldn’t see it coming
Crashing down around me
The darkness overcomes me
Lost and left behind
Still left behind
I’m wearing thin, can’t you see
I’m my own worst enemy
Don’t know what can set me free
From the fear inside of me
Right here, right now
I’m fighting for my life
Don’t take it away, away, away from me
I’m begging for a remedy
I couldn’t see it coming
Crashing down around me
The darkness overcomes me
Lost and left behind
The hope instilled in me
It’s slipping away, away, away from me
Lost and left behind in my own mind
It’s slipping away
I couldn’t see it coming
Crashing down around me
The darkness overcomes me
Lost and left behind
I couldn’t see it coming
Crashing down around me
The darkness overcomes me
Lost and left behind
The hope instilled in me
It’s slipping away, away, away from me
Lost and left behind in my own mind
Lyrics submitted by EternalTearsOfSorrow
Lost and Left Behind Lyrics as written by Harald Barrett Eddie Berg
Lyrics © Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
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