Lyric discussion by TarynB 

Cover art for Surprise lyrics by Gnarls Barkley

I KNOW EXACTLY WHAT THIS SONG IS ABOUT BECAUSE I JUST EXPERIENCED THE MEANING OF THIS SONG FOR MYSELF...THIS SONG IS ABOUT SOMEONE WHO HAS RECIEVED THEIR THIRD EYE AND WALKS A LONELY PATH, AND CANT FIND PEOPLE TO LOVE OR RELATE TO THEM BECAUSE EVERYONE IN THE WORLD IS TOO BUSY BEING BLINDED BY IGNORANCE...

THIS PERSON HAS RECEIVED LIFE CHANGING KNOWLEDGE BUT REGRETS IT BECAUSE THEY CANT GO BACK TO THEIR LIFE OF BEING BLIND...THATS WHY CEELO IS SAYING DONT BE SURPRISED..BECAUSE THEIR ARE BURDENS AND LONELINESS IN WALKING A RIGHTEOUS PATH OF KNOWLEDGE. SO THEREFORE THIS PARTICULAR PERSON SHOULDNT BE SURPRISED IF THEY HAVE NO ONE TO RELATE TO THEM, OR LOVE THEM, OR THE PERSON SHOULD NOT BE SURPRISED TO GIVE BIRTH TO A CHILD THAT HOLDS THEIR EMOTIONAL SCARS, PAIN ETC.

CEELO SAYS "Well you can make believe I'm blind. And from now I'll be just fine."

MEANING IF HE CAN UN-KNOW HIS KNOWLEDGE AND GET RID OF HIS THIRD EYE (WHICH IS IMPOSSIBLE), HE WOULDNT BE LONELY...HE WOULD BE HAPPY IN HIS IGNORANCE AND BLINDNESS LIKE THE REST OF THE MAJORITY OF THE PEOPLE HE IS SURROUNDED BY...

SO HE IS SAYING DONT BE SURPRISED THAT YOU ARE LONELY ONCE YOU WAKE UP FROM SOCIETYS BRAINWASHING TECHNICS AND RECIEVE YOUR THIRD EYE.

THATS THE BEST WAY I CAN EXPLAIN IT....