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.
So I forgot something man
I forgot how many people in here have the "And justice for all" album
Yeah, you're right
I counted and I was a few off man, so it's going to be louder now I figure
So uh, so everyone must know this shit by now, and uh,
What we done is took all our favorite parts,
Put it into one big pile of shit here so uh,
You guys know this shit, show us one way or another
Dancing along, singing along, fucking along
Doing something the fuck along
Here we go!
Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey
(Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey)
Opposition, contradiction, premonition, compromise
Agitation, violation, masturbation, oh her face
Darkest color
Blistered earth
True death of life
Never hunger
Never prosper
I have fallen prey to failure
Struggle within
Triggered again
Now the candle burns at both ends
Halls of justice painted green
Money talking
Power wolves beset your door
Hear them stalking
Soon you'll please their appetite
They devour
Hammer of justice crushes you
Overpower
The ultimate in vanity
Exploiting their supremacy
I can't believe the things you say
I can't believe
I can't believe the price you pay
Nothing can save you
Justice is lost
Justice is raped
Justice is gone
Pulling your strings
Justice is done
Seeking no truth
Winning is all
Find it so grim
So true
So real
Apathy their stepping stone
So unfeeling
Hidden deep animosity
So deceiving
Through your eyes their light burns
Hoping to find
Inquisition sinking you
With prying minds
Sing it man
(The ultimate in vanity)
Sing it loud you fuckers!
(Exploiting their supremacy)
(I can't believe the things you say)
(I can't believe )
(I can't believe the price you pay )
Nothing can save you
Justice is lost
Justice is raped
Justice is gone
Pulling your strings
Justice is done
Seeking no truth
Winning is all
Find it so grim
So true
So real
Alright now!
Oh yeah!
Blackened is the end
Winter it will send
Throwing all you see
Into obscurity
Death of mother earth
Never a rebirth
Evolution's end
Never will it mend
(Never)
Fire
To begin whipping dance of the dead
(Blackened is the end)
To begin whipping dance of the dead
(Color our world blackened)
Fire
Is the outcome of hypocrisy
Darkest potency
In the exit of humanity
Color our world blackened
Blackened
I forgot how many people in here have the "And justice for all" album
Yeah, you're right
I counted and I was a few off man, so it's going to be louder now I figure
So uh, so everyone must know this shit by now, and uh,
What we done is took all our favorite parts,
Put it into one big pile of shit here so uh,
You guys know this shit, show us one way or another
Dancing along, singing along, fucking along
Doing something the fuck along
Here we go!
Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey
(Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey)
Opposition, contradiction, premonition, compromise
Agitation, violation, masturbation, oh her face
Darkest color
Blistered earth
True death of life
Never hunger
Never prosper
I have fallen prey to failure
Struggle within
Triggered again
Now the candle burns at both ends
Halls of justice painted green
Money talking
Power wolves beset your door
Hear them stalking
Soon you'll please their appetite
They devour
Hammer of justice crushes you
Overpower
The ultimate in vanity
Exploiting their supremacy
I can't believe the things you say
I can't believe
I can't believe the price you pay
Nothing can save you
Justice is lost
Justice is raped
Justice is gone
Pulling your strings
Justice is done
Seeking no truth
Winning is all
Find it so grim
So true
So real
Apathy their stepping stone
So unfeeling
Hidden deep animosity
So deceiving
Through your eyes their light burns
Hoping to find
Inquisition sinking you
With prying minds
Sing it man
(The ultimate in vanity)
Sing it loud you fuckers!
(Exploiting their supremacy)
(I can't believe the things you say)
(I can't believe )
(I can't believe the price you pay )
Nothing can save you
Justice is lost
Justice is raped
Justice is gone
Pulling your strings
Justice is done
Seeking no truth
Winning is all
Find it so grim
So true
So real
Alright now!
Oh yeah!
Blackened is the end
Winter it will send
Throwing all you see
Into obscurity
Death of mother earth
Never a rebirth
Evolution's end
Never will it mend
(Never)
Fire
To begin whipping dance of the dead
(Blackened is the end)
To begin whipping dance of the dead
(Color our world blackened)
Fire
Is the outcome of hypocrisy
Darkest potency
In the exit of humanity
Color our world blackened
Blackened
Lyrics submitted by elmoz, edited by laynecobain94
Justice Medley: Eye of the Beholder/Blackened/The Frayed Ends of ... Lyrics as written by Jason C. Newsted James Alan Hetfield
Lyrics © Word Collections Publishing
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