NO SURPRISES (3:49) Song info A heart that's full up like a landfill
A job that slowly kills you
Bruises that won't heal
You look so tired and 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, such a pretty garden
No alarms and no surprises (let me out of here)
No alarms and no surprises (let me out of here)
No alarms and no surprises please (let me out of here)Available on: OK Computer, No Surprises (UK CD1), No Surprises (UK CD2), No Surprises (UK 12"), No Surprises (UK 7"), No Surprises (Holland CD), No Surprises (New Zealand CD), Running From Demons EP (Japan).
Other Versions: early version - available on: various bootlegs, see here.
Written around 1995, this song was originally called 'No Surprises Please'. Different lyrics.Thom: We wanted it to have the atmosphere of Marvin Gaye. Or Louis Armstrong's 'Wonderful world'.
Colin: It's our 'stadium-friendly' song. The idea was first frighten everyone with 'Climbing Up The Walls' and then comfort them again with a popsong with a chorus that sounds like a lullaby.
Thom: I wanted a song that sounded like new double-glass: Hope-giving, clean and safe.
Thom: What is fad today is rubbish tomorrow. I am an emotional dumping ground.
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