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No Surprises - Radiohead (Meaning Explained) ✦✦✧

18m | Feb 23, 2021

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Let's improve your English as I explain the lyrics and meaning of the song No Surprises by Radiohead.

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INTRODUCTION:

(00:22) Introduction to "No Surprises"

VERSE ONE:

(01:56) A heart that's full up like a landfill

(03:26) A job that slowly kills you

(04:23) Bruises that won't heal

(05:31) You look so tired unhappy

(06:00) Bring down the government

(06:39) They don't, they don't speak for us

(07:27) I'll take a quiet life

(07:56) A handshake of carbon monoxide

CHORUS:

(09:10) With no alarms and no surprises

(10:03) Silent, silent

VERSE TWO:

(10:38) This is my final fit

(11:37) My final bellyache

VERSE THREE:

(12:08) Such a pretty house

(12:56) Such a pretty garden

CHORUS VARIATION:

(13:12) Please get me outta here

INTERPRETATION:

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