No Surprises – English Lyrics

• By: Radiohead
• Album: OK Computer

Lyrics & Translation

[English]

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

...

Key Grammar Structures

• A heart that's full up like a landfill

  ➔ Present simple with 's' for third person singular

  ➔ The verb 'is' is contracted to 'that's' to indicate a state of being. Here, 'that's' means 'that is'.

• A job that slowly kills you

  ➔ Present simple with adverb of manner

  ➔ The adverb 'slowly' describes the manner in which the action of 'kills' occurs.

• Bruises that won't heal

  ➔ Will not for future negation

  ➔ 'Won't' is a contraction of 'will not', used to indicate that something will not happen in the future.

• You look so tired, unhappy

  ➔ Adverbs of degree (so) with adjectives

  ➔ The adverb 'so' intensifies the adjectives 'tired' and 'unhappy', indicating a high degree of these qualities.

• I'll take a quiet life

  ➔ Future simple with 'will' contraction

  ➔ 'I'll' is a contraction of 'I will', used to express a future action or intention.

• No alarms and no surprises

  ➔ Coordination of nouns with 'and'

  ➔ The conjunction 'and' is used to join two nouns, 'alarms' and 'surprises', indicating that both are excluded.

• This is my final fit

  ➔ Present simple for a statement of fact

  ➔ The present simple is used here to state a fact or a current situation, 'This is my final fit'.

• Such a pretty house

  ➔ Use of 'such' with adjectives

  ➔ 'Such' is used to emphasize the degree of the adjective 'pretty', indicating a high level of attractiveness.