It's a very hopeless song because it reflects real life. that is going on in the world, often run by huge yet nearly invisible organizations, corporations, and 'leaders'. 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. He'd rather die peacefully right now than live in this cage. But there is seemingly no way out but death. Lawrence River una canzone di David Usher. Lawrence River di David Usher contenuta nell'album Little Songs. Lawrence, connecting the North American Great Lakes to the North Atlantic Ocean, and forming the primary drainage outflow of the Great Lakes Basin. Its headwaters begin flowing from Lake Ontario in a roughly northeasterly direction, into the Gulf of St. politicians and businessmen, perhaps) is not the way to live. Leggi il Testo, scopri il Significato e guarda il Video musicale di St. Lawrence River is a large river in the middle latitudes of North America. This boring, "perfect" life foisted upon us by some higher powers (not spiritual, but political, economic, etc. In the video, his helmet is slowly filling up with water, drowning him. On No Surprises, the narrator is realizing how this life is killing him slowly. Smells on the air See there it's crushing the final impression The stains on the paper Where words fell like water Unearth all the changes that never did matter I think it's beginning to freeze here Caught in the rage and the fire of things All the brightness that burns me I'm fumbling through like a child in the dark When the nakedness comes I am shocked by the colour the glorious weight of. 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. But in Fitter, Happier the narrator(?) realizes that it's incredibly robotic to live this life. 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. Same ideas expressed in Fitter, Happier are expressed in this song. Outsmarted myself and so easily gave up what I wantedĪnd I never thought you'd make it up so soon The banks running dirty the water's beginning to freeze hereĪnd I never thought you'd get me back so soon Wanting and warming and cautiously waitingįor some simple signal to creep cross your conscience Held in the face of the things that I don't understandįunny how quiet has slipped to our corners I am shocked by the colour the glorious weight of your skinĪnd I never thought we'd make it back so soonĪnd I always thought I'd make it up to youĬould we escape all the bitterness piled upon bitterness I'm fumbling through like a child in the dark Unearth all the changes that never did matterĬaught in the rage and the fire of things Smells on the air See there it's crushing the final impression The stains on the paper Where words fell like water Unearth all the changes that never did matter I think it's beginning to freeze here Caught in the rage and the fire of things All the brightness that burns me I'm fumbling through like a child in the dark When the nakedness comes I am shocked by the colour the glorious weight of your skin Comes alive And I never thought we'd make it back so soon Might be nice But I knew you'd be your own destroyer Comes a time And I always thought I'd make it up to you Here please forgive me Could we escape all the bitterness piled upon bitterness Held in the face of the things that I don't understand Intellectualize over and over This helplessness suits us Funny how quiet has slipped to our corners Worn all our edges away You are watching breathing and baiting Wanting and warming and cautiously waiting For some simple signal to creep cross your conscience Uncover redemption and oh did I mention I carried you down to the St.See there it's crushing the final impression
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