![]() politicians and businessmen, perhaps) is not the way to live. 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. ![]() 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. She "cuts" him "farther than ever been," or makes him feel more alive than he's ever felt before.įor more in-depth interpretations of song lyrics, please check out my blog at /blogįor more in-depth interpretations of song lyrics, please check out my blog at /blog Reason: She's a "carver" and a "butcher," constantly taking more of his love and reminding him he's alive and able to hurt him in a way others can't. This woman, though, is the "tear" in his armor. His heart is his protection, or "armor " he's secure enough in what he thinks that other people who disagree and argue against him don't hurt him at all. I don't have much to analyze here, I just think the words are cute enough to merit a second look.ĥ) "My heart is my armor, / She’s the tear in my heart, she’s a carver, / She’s a butcher with a smile, cut me farther, / Than I’ve ever been." The "holes" he avoids are, quite simply, pot holes. He also says it "takes a song to come around and show you how," paralleling the previous lines where it takes "someone.to show you how." He's already compared her face to a song, so clearly she's also the song it takes to "show you how."Ĥ) "You fell asleep in my car, I drove the whole time, / But that’s ok, I’ll just avoid the holes so you sleep fine, / I’m driving here I sit, cursing my government, / For not using my taxes to fill holes with more cement."Īgain, these lines are adorable. Don't think about it too hard just trust me, it's cute. He's saying her face is a song-his favorite type of song. She's the "tear in heart." Not only does she make him feel alive, she makes him feel "on fire" and desire something "higher / than ever been." Fire often refers to pain or-er-passion and "higher" refers to an elevated or better state of being.ģ) "The songs on the radio are ok, / But my taste in music is your face, / And it takes a song to come around to show you how." She's the one he loves she's the one he bleeds for she's the one who constantly reminds him he's alive. The "she" is the "someone" who showed him "how" mentioned in the previous line. ![]() Love requires a bit of sacrifice its like trusting someone else with your heart.Ģ) "She’s the tear in my heart, I’m alive, / She’s the tear in my heart, I’m on fire, / She’s the tear in my heart, Take me higher, / Than I’ve ever been." ![]() I think "bleeding" means giving part of yourself away. The singer says "bleeding" reminds us we're alive, but someone else needs to "show you how" to bleed. That may not have made much sense, so let's go into a line-by-line analysis.ġ) "Sometimes you’ve got to bleed to know, / That you're alive and have a soul, / But it takes someone to come around to show you how." In other words, the pain from loving someone constantly reminds him he's alive. The singer declares that sometimes the only thing reminding us we're alive is how much we hurt and then says his beloved hurts him. That you're alive and have a soul, oh, ohīasically, this song is about love. Sometimes you gotta bleed to know, oh, oh I'm driving, here I sit, cursing my governmentįor not using my taxes to fill holes with more cement You fell asleep in my car, I drove the whole timeīut that's okay, I'll just avoid the holes so you sleep fine
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