This is one of my favorite songs. https://fnfgo.io
See you walking and I know shes my friend, again
Just the weight of the water drags me down, again
Guess I'll think of the water its my friend, oh yea
It's just the way that the water makes me feel again
Son of Sheba I saw him drown
Son of yellow I saw him drown
It's all I need yeah
See you walking and I know shes my friend, again
Just the weight of the water drags me down, again
Guess I'll think of the water its my friend, oh yea
It's just the way that the water makes me feel again
Son of Sheba I saw him drown
Son of yellow I saw him drown
It's all I need yeah
Just the weight of the water drags me down, again
Guess I'll think of the water its my friend, oh yea
It's just the way that the water makes me feel again
Son of Sheba I saw him drown
Son of yellow I saw him drown
It's all I need yeah
See you walking and I know shes my friend, again
Just the weight of the water drags me down, again
Guess I'll think of the water its my friend, oh yea
It's just the way that the water makes me feel again
Son of Sheba I saw him drown
Son of yellow I saw him drown
It's all I need yeah
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Great version of a great song,
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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.
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@161803 This is an attractive interpretation - possibly what Neil or Rachel had in mind - but there are a few inaccuracies here. I'm from India and have a fair idea about the mythological context surrounding Gauri/Parvati/Sati and Shiva. Gauri does not mean 'yellow-hued', it means 'white-hued'. Additionally, the immersion of Ganesha idols does not have any mythological relevance. It is merely a way of returning the idols - which were traditionally made of clay or mud sourced from banks of water bodies - back to where they came form.
the most beautiful song ever
suicidal and lovely. drowning is such a pretty way of dying. even the word 'drown' has such a nice ring to it.
with most of halstead's lyrics on souvlaki talking about the breakup of him and rachel goswell, this song could easily be about how he feels around her. around her, he's happy, but the fact that they can't be together anymore is like the weight of water that's dragging him down.
I normally don't agree with people who go straight for the "suicide" angle but the son of Sheba (Kittens) and son of Yellow (puppies) I saw you drown would make me agree slightly but I still think it is simply the helplessness that is felt by him as opposed to wanting to join them. No need for suicide, it is already killing him.
I've literally got no idea what this song means, at all.
But, damn.. it's too beautiful to really care about silly things such as meanings.
Well said Numbus the Kitten. I too have absolutely no idea what the hell this song means. Yet I've listened to it non stop, hundreds of times, and still can't get over how amazingly beautiful this song is. One of the prettiest tunes I've ever heard in my life, and at 22 and having listened to a shit ton of music, that says a lot.
Wow, at 22 you must have heard SO MUCH MUSIC.. colour me impressed! That says a lot.
I always heard, "Guess I'll think of the water AS my friend, oh yea"
Seems to make more sense to me, sort of a giving in.
I always thought the name of the song referred to the fact that when Neil sings "Son of Sheba" it sounds like "saw a machine gun". I can imagine that in early rehearsals that's what people said, and the name stuck. It's quite suitable and striking considering the suicidal theme of the song.
puff at a doob to this song.