Music lyrics analysis

Here I have analysed the lyrics of my chosen song no surprises by Radiohead. I decided to do this as I wanted to find the real meaning behind the song and see what message it is sending out to the audience. As I continued to analyse the lyrics I discovered that the bands thoughts on life and the demise of common morals, beliefs and meaning are very promonant in this song. I would argue that the first two lines are the most important in this song, they send out a very strong message to the listeners. "A heart thats full up like a landfill" gives us the impression of a person that has been exposed to so many bad things that his heart no longer believes in goodness or purity anymore. Just like a lanfill is filled with rubbish and dirt the heart is filled up with negativity, violence and sadness. The is followed by the line "a job that slowly kills you" describes how the average, routine life can get to you, and slowly drain you away until you feeling nothing. This verse then continues to express the bands grief and discust at the world, claiming that the government "don't speak for us". The song then goes onto the chorus which shows repetition of the words "no alarms and no surprises". This gives us ideas of what they really want, just a peaceful life, without any complications or struggles. The use of repetition empahsises this point and makes it stick in the audiences head. Throughout the song the chorus is nearly the same, however towards the end of the song we see the chorus read "no alarms and no surprises please". This encodes a desperation, almost as if he is begging for the quiet life, one which he desires so much, that his tank is running low and he cannot go on like this much longer. One line that I find very interesting is "such a pretty house and such a pretty garden". This seems like he could possibly be dreaming, with everything being so pretty. It appears that he has escaped this nightmare that he desires to leave. He then crashes back down to reality when he returns to the words "no alarms and no surprises please". I believe that analysing these liyrics has helped me and given me a great insight into what the song represents and how I need to show this in my music video.