No Surprises
Radiohead Lyrics
A heart that's full up like a landfill
A job that slowly kills you
Bruises that won't heal
You look so tired, unhappy
Bring down the government
They don't, they don't speak for us
I'll take a quiet life
A handshake of carbon monoxide
And no alarms and no surprises
No alarms and no surprises
Silent, silent
This is my final fit
My final bellyache
With no alarms and no surprises
No alarms and no surprises
No alarms and no surprises, please
Such a pretty house
And such a pretty garden
No alarms and no surprises (get me out of here)
No alarms and no surprises (get me out of here)
No alarms and no surprises, please (get me out of here)
Lyrics © Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Written by: Colin Charles Greenwood, Edward John O'Brien, Jonathan Richard Guy Greenwood, Philip James Selway, Thomas Edward Yorke
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No Surprises is a song by the British alternative rock band Radiohead. It was released as the third and final single from the group's 1997 album OK Computer. Accompanied by a music video that featured a single shot of singer Thom Yorke's head in a plastic bubble that filled with water, the single peaked at number four in the United Kingdom.
Radiohead wrote "No Surprises" while touring with the band R.E.M. in 1995. "No Surprises" was the first song Radiohead recorded on the first day of recording sessions for OK Computer. Read Full BioNo Surprises is a song by the British alternative rock band Radiohead. It was released as the third and final single from the group's 1997 album OK Computer. Accompanied by a music video that featured a single shot of singer Thom Yorke's head in a plastic bubble that filled with water, the single peaked at number four in the United Kingdom.
Radiohead wrote "No Surprises" while touring with the band R.E.M. in 1995. "No Surprises" was the first song Radiohead recorded on the first day of recording sessions for OK Computer. The version of the song on the album is the first take recorded. Singer Thom Yorke commented, "We did endless versions afterwards [...] and they were all just covers of the first version. So we gave up and went back to [the original]."
The lyrics originally told the story of a man who has become fed up with the way things are working out for him and is having problems with his girlfriend. Two lines from this version are, "He was sick of her excuses / To not take off her dress when bleedin' in the bathroom." Preparing to record the song, Yorke altered the lyrics dramatically; instead of telling a love story about a man and his girlfriend, the song now appears to figuratively reference taking one's own life (as evidenced in lyrics such as "I'll take a quiet life/A handshake/Of carbon monoxide") to illustrate contempt for the complacency of British "normality".
"No Surprises" was released as the third single from OK Computer on 12 January 1998. The single reached number four on the UK Singles Chart.
The music video for "No Surprises" was directed by Grant Gee. The video consists solely of a single close-up shot of Thom Yorke's head inside a clear plastic bubble. The lyrics to the song scroll backwards on the bottom of the screen throughout the video. After the first verse, the plastic helmet begins to fill with water. Yorke continues singing as he attempts to lift his head above the rising water. Once the bubble completely fills, Yorke is motionless for over a minute, after which the water is released and he resumes singing. For Yorke's safety, the video was filmed at high-speed and played back in slow-motion.
Recently "No Surprises" were present in House open 6th. season episode that shows Hugh Laurie's character suffering to drop the vicodin dependence.
Radiohead wrote "No Surprises" while touring with the band R.E.M. in 1995. "No Surprises" was the first song Radiohead recorded on the first day of recording sessions for OK Computer. Read Full BioNo Surprises is a song by the British alternative rock band Radiohead. It was released as the third and final single from the group's 1997 album OK Computer. Accompanied by a music video that featured a single shot of singer Thom Yorke's head in a plastic bubble that filled with water, the single peaked at number four in the United Kingdom.
Radiohead wrote "No Surprises" while touring with the band R.E.M. in 1995. "No Surprises" was the first song Radiohead recorded on the first day of recording sessions for OK Computer. The version of the song on the album is the first take recorded. Singer Thom Yorke commented, "We did endless versions afterwards [...] and they were all just covers of the first version. So we gave up and went back to [the original]."
The lyrics originally told the story of a man who has become fed up with the way things are working out for him and is having problems with his girlfriend. Two lines from this version are, "He was sick of her excuses / To not take off her dress when bleedin' in the bathroom." Preparing to record the song, Yorke altered the lyrics dramatically; instead of telling a love story about a man and his girlfriend, the song now appears to figuratively reference taking one's own life (as evidenced in lyrics such as "I'll take a quiet life/A handshake/Of carbon monoxide") to illustrate contempt for the complacency of British "normality".
"No Surprises" was released as the third single from OK Computer on 12 January 1998. The single reached number four on the UK Singles Chart.
The music video for "No Surprises" was directed by Grant Gee. The video consists solely of a single close-up shot of Thom Yorke's head inside a clear plastic bubble. The lyrics to the song scroll backwards on the bottom of the screen throughout the video. After the first verse, the plastic helmet begins to fill with water. Yorke continues singing as he attempts to lift his head above the rising water. Once the bubble completely fills, Yorke is motionless for over a minute, after which the water is released and he resumes singing. For Yorke's safety, the video was filmed at high-speed and played back in slow-motion.
Recently "No Surprises" were present in House open 6th. season episode that shows Hugh Laurie's character suffering to drop the vicodin dependence.
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Hiro Protagonist
To be fair, this song really exemplifies another Radiohead song that I feel frames up the mood of No Surprises well. It’s called: Fitter Happier - tl;dr? Read the last three lines.
“… Fitter happier
More productive
Comfortable
Not drinking too much
Regular exercise at the gym (3 days a week)
Getting on better with your associate employee contemporaries
At ease
Eating well (no more microwave dinners and saturated fats)
A patient, better driver
A safer car (baby smiling in back seat)
Sleeping well (no bad dreams)
No paranoia
Careful to all animals (never washing spiders down the plughole)
Keep in contact with old friends (enjoy a drink now and then)
Will frequently check credit at (moral) bank (hole in the wall)
Favours for favours
Fond but not in love
Charity standing orders
On Sundays ring road supermarket
(No killing moths or putting boiling water on the ants)
Car wash (also on Sundays)
No longer afraid of the dark or midday shadows
Nothing so ridiculously teenage and desperate
Nothing so childish
At a better pace
Slower and more calculated
No chance of escape
Now self-employed
Concerned (but powerless)
An empowered and informed member of society (pragmatism not idealism)
Will not cry in public
Less chance of illness
Tyres that grip in the wet (shot of baby strapped in back seat)
A good memory
Still cries at a good film
Still kisses with saliva
No longer empty and frantic
Like a cat
Tied to a stick
That's driven into
Frozen winter shit (the ability to laugh at weakness)
Calm
Fitter, healthier and more productive
A pig
In a cage
On antibiotics”
idioteque
Hoy no tenía nada que hacer, así que decidí ir de nuevo a un shopping al cual iba super seguido cuando era menor. Cuando estaba yendo, pensaba en 2 opciones de lo que iba a presenciar: o todo iba a seguir igual, o iba a estar horrible.
Efectivamente, fue la 2da opción. Cuando entré, la primera palabra que se me vino a la cabeza fue "desolador". Muchas tiendas retiradas/cerradas, pobre iluminación, pisos sucios, paredes sin pintar de hace años, y poca, poquísima gente. Al ver todo esto me entró una sensación rara, era una mezcla de tristeza, nostalgia, felicidad y miedo. Al final decidí ponerme mis auriculares y empezar a escuchar "Farewell Fire" de BoC para calmarme un poco mientras poco a poco recorría el lugar.
Todo era deprimente, sin embargo, no tengo dudas de que la peor parte fue cuando fuí a la planta baja, donde recordaba que había una calesita, un pelotero y todo siempre estaba iluminado y con colores muy vibrantes. Cuando llegué, me encontré con un simple bloque vacio. No quedaba nada solo paredes sucias, descoloridas y vacias. Seguido de ese "bloque", había un pasillo que daba a un par de tiendas donde antes vendían cosas para niños y etc. Como era de esperarse, todas estaban las pocas tiendas que antes estaban totalmente abandonadas, oscuras, deprimentes.
Ya para este punto, "Farewell Fire" había terminado.
El único rastro que quedaba de todo lo que había vivido en ese piso durante mi infancia era una especie de caño que sostenía a la calesita en el "bloque", totalmente oxidado, tan oxidado que por un momento pensé que lo habían pintado de negro o algo así. La única luz que había en el "bloque" era la que llegaba de la entrada del shopping (que por cierto, esa entrada era gigante, por lo que siempre llegaba bastante luz solar como para remplazar la iluminación electrica), y una que había quedado funcionando en el techo, un poco adelante del caño, la cual titilaba sin parar, como si sus días ya estuvieran contados.
Al final, me senté en las escaleras para subir que daban justo al frente del caño, y decidí poner "No Surprises" mientras lo veía detenidamente. Esta canción explica perfectamente bien lo que sentí en ese rato. Mientras que el instrumental representa la nostalgia y felicidad que tenía antes de entrar, las letras definen perfectamente ese sentimiento vacio y desolador que tuve después, incluso si no daban mucho al caso. Básicamente, me recordó a muchos recuerdos de mi infancia que nunca, absolutamente nunca van a volver.
Finalmente, mientras la canción estaba llegando a su final (2:34), decidí subir lentamente hasta la entrada/salida del shopping, donde quedé viendo todo hasta que finalmente la canción terminó, y decidí salir.
Gracias por leer. Necesitaba desahogarme.
Monday John
A heart that's full up like a landfill
A job that slowly kills you
Bruises that won't heal
You look so tired, unhappy
Bring down the government
They don't, they don't speak for us
I'll take a quiet life
A handshake of carbon monoxide
No alarms and no surprises
No alarms and no surprises
No alarms and no surprises
Silent
Silent
This is my final fit
My final bellyache with
No alarms and no surprises
No alarms and no surprises
No alarms and no surprises, please
Such a pretty house
And such a pretty garden
No alarms and no surprises
No alarms and no surprises
No alarms and no surprises, please
Mattias Pilhede
Speed it up to 1.5x and it becomes indie folk
Victor Consuegra
Genius !
Marek Janczewski
It's true, ha,ha😁😁
Esteban Bourg Rojas
So funny and creppy at the same time 🤣
Carlos
That sounds fun, but every time I put this song on I can't make myself ruin it.
Yerling Martinez
🤗
Aviraj Bevli
Gonna leave this comment here. Whenever someone likes it, I'll be reminded of this masterpiece
Tino
Yes it is
Aireen Affandi
hey bff come back
Nunzia Garoffolo
❤