this song sounds like despair, no hope left just acceptance. it feels like what it feels like to be absoloutly crushed, tears streaming down your face but somehow everything is ok
It definitely brings up emotions of sadness and despair and your life being crushed . I always thought it’s about the realization that these socially accepted conforming norms of what we see as having a happy life are merely going to make you more miserable and dull and end up drowning you slowly till your time’s up . If I’d put it very direct , a life lived without surprises is like slow suicide but if you seek further than these norms you get curious about what really matters in your life and this brings you true happiness .
This song was played at my mums funeral in 2011 it was her and my dads favourite song. My dad also passed and this song played at his funeral. Rip to the both of them and I’ll always be internally grateful for the music they played to me like this.
It's strange how all these songs with a "sad" meaning to it are always in a major key, it's like a sweet depression or a nice cry... I find it yes strange, but also beautiful.
the intro gives me chills, the choruses give me chills, the instrumental break gives me chills, the "such a pretty house..." part gives me chills, and the outro gives me chills are you seeing a pattern here?
This song feels like sitting in a chair; blankly staring, calmly watching, nonchalantly acting, and emptily sitting there as the world burns. Complete chaos and utter destruction around you, yet you just sit there. Empty and accepting
I love how his smile at the end is completely genuine because if you watch behind the scenes clips of making this video you see how incredibly frustrated he was in how many attempts it took to hold his breath that long, so when he finally got it he couldn’t help but smile
I found a guy in the metro of Paris listening this song on his headphones so high that i could hear it too. Was a good travel but he looked very sad :(
Fairy Nekoko Un français ! Radiohead est un groupe très mélencolique...Ce mec à du se faire larguer par sa copine ou quelque chose dans le genre et écouter cette chanson pour lui peut être une sorte d'exutoire
This morning my best friend died, he was 17, last night he played this song on his guitar and sent it to me, I have nothing left than this masterpiece. Respect
This song, to me, sounds like what sadness feels like. Not necessarily depression, but more melancholy. It’s like the feeling of mild gloom that hangs over everyone from time to time put into music.
This song never fails to make me cry like a kid. Especially at the part " no alarms and no suprises please". I've felt like my whole life as been just suprises and changes thrown at me. From my mother leaving me and my family all of a sudden, to my father suddenly neglecting us and ignoring my existence and needing to throw my childhood away for my siblings , to suddenly my father leaving us in another country on our own with my grandmother. To my mother suddenly wanted custody of us, our education ruined, getting so stressed about taking care of my family to the point that I got gastritis and anxiety.. its all been surpises, sudden changes that I had to force myself to adapt to.. I'm so tired, I just want to live a normal teenage life, worry about my exams and education instead of worrying about whether I'll survive or not. Even my friends who I thought will be by my side no matter what are giving up on me, I just feel like everyone gave up on me.. my parents, my family, my friends.. everyone.. I feel so alone.. I tried my best, I did my best to help everyone around me, I tried my best to be a good older sibling, a good friend, a good kid, a good student, a good person.. but everything just feels like it went to waste. I did my best.. yet everyone still gave up on me, I really tried my best.. but not even one person saw how much I'm struggling, and now I gave up on myself too, I can't bring myself to even care about my basic needs anymore:) I couldn't care less anymore. I just want things to be normal. I don't want any more suprises and changes,, I want a normal life EDIT: hello! I've come back and I just wanted to say thank you to every single person who gave me so much love and comfort in the replies. I promise when I say this that reading all that made me feel so loved and cared for, and even tho things aren't looking too good for me.. I for once in my life I feel like I'm not alone and can finally go through this.The kindness of strangers really is something so amazing! it reminded me that there's still so many truly amazing and kind people in this world!. You all saved my life, thanks to your kind and loving words, I truly feel like I'm not alone. ( P.S I've made it a habit to read through the comments every day)
I know this hurts a lot... But you Will be okay Maybe It take a lot of time, but don't give Up on you... You are worthy, you are loved and you are important. I don't even know you, but I'm proud of you 💜
@@luceritocat203 thank you so much, u don't know how much this means to me.. thank you for being proud of me, and I hope you know that your also loved, worthy and important too! I hope your always happy
When i left my friends apartment around 3:11AM something just told me to go to the rooftop and said "you wouldn't wanna miss it" and when i went to the rooftop this song played on my earphones, when i saw the full moon and the cities lights everything felt calming, it's so quiet. It's like i was in a dream were all the sounds around me were absent and the only sound that was present was this song. it just felt like i was being hugged by the wind. I stayed on the rooftop while the full moon slowly faded away.
Fun fact! The original Thom Yorke actually died during the recording session of this music video due to 'drowed'. Luckily he was replaced by an exact replica of the original soon after! Classic 90s album ❤❤❤
this song's been playing in my head on repeat lately. it's getting awfully hard to keep my head up. on the bright side, I know life can bring better days. I just don't feel so good. that's all.
I recommend listening to Miss Me by The Impures if you're looking for new music cx I think you might like it or Quiet SOul by The Impures is good too cx
I was a freshman in college when this album came out. One random night, i woke up around 3am, hungry. For some reason, there was deli turkey meat in my little dorm room fridge. Also cheese and bread. I made a sandwich and ate it while this song played. It was a glorious 3 minutes and a turkey sandwich I will never forget. Love this album so much.
To anyone reading this, Jesus Christ Loves you so much that HE died for you all to save you all from eternal death and suffering. And HES calling you all to a relationship with HIM. All you need to do is to Believe in HIM with all of your Heart that HE died for all of youre sins meaning (past,present,future sins) and believe that HE rose again on the Third Day then you will be saved. Does that mean that i can now do anything i want, no. When you are now saved in Jesus Christ, you are now renewed in HIM meaning your old self (sins, darkness, lusts) are all gone For Jesus Christ has now renewed you and when you are now saved, you start a relationship with HIM, so that you may know HIM more and know about HIS words and commands which are in the BIBLE and aswell most importantly you can apply GODS words into your Life and Make GODS words your lamp to your feet and to your path and your guidance on How to Live life. And some might say i need to be clean (sinless) to come to Jesus Christ but thats not the Case, Because GOD Himself when you come to HIM will transform you and renew you, but does that mean that i will not sin again?, no but thats why you need to have full total Faith in GOD so that you will not sin against HIM and you will be all set. GODBLESS you all, May GODS Grace and Peace and Love which is Powerful be with you all❤.
God loves y’all, have a great night or day and be safe, Jesus is King! read the Bible! and Give thanks to God! And credit to God also! and tell others about the Lord our God! the Most High! Amen! Proverbs 24:34 - and proverty will come on you like a thief and scarcity like an armed man. Amen! Proverbs 22:24 - 25 24 Do not make friends with a hot-tempered person, do not associate with one easily angered, 25 or you may learn their ways and get yourself ensnared. Amen!
@@amkabutam God loves y’all, have a great night or day and be safe, Jesus is King! read the Bible! and Give thanks to God! And credit to God also! and tell others about the Lord our God! the Most High! Amen! Proverbs 24:34 - and proverty will come on you like a thief and scarcity like an armed man. Amen! Proverbs 22:24 - 25 24 Do not make friends with a hot-tempered person, do not associate with one easily angered, 25 or you may learn their ways and get yourself ensnared. Amen!
@@nobodynose123 God loves y’all, have a great night or day and be safe, Jesus is King! read the Bible! and Give thanks to God! And credit to God also! and tell others about the Lord our God! the Most High! Amen! Proverbs 24:34 - and proverty will come on you like a thief and scarcity like an armed man. Amen! Proverbs 22:24 - 25 24 Do not make friends with a hot-tempered person, do not associate with one easily angered, 25 or you may learn their ways and get yourself ensnared. Amen!
I used to listen to this song every morning because when I’d drive to the gym by my apartment it was nearly exactly the length of this specific song. Fit a gloomy and damp Washington autumn morning quite well. miss those days more than I could ever express.
@Kann No you don’t man. I am currently a senior in high school and I want to go back to middle school already. I am terrified of the future. I just don’t think you realize how easy you have it yet. I’ve realized it and I still have it “easy” per se.
Yeah, all depends on context and personal outlook. For me, it's just expressing how blissful it would be to never have to worry again... by simply no longer being around.
@GiveMeThatLetter it is so depressingly carthatic to know that a singular solution to all of our issues is so commonly shared...yet choosing to indugle in that communion leaves us with nothing to share. The darkest bond. I am trying to weigh the price for this peace. But does the cost even matter if I'm not there to pay it?
@GiveMeThatLetter it would be peacefull. Most of us have this feeling sometimes. Everything is overwhelming and there are way to many people that tries to take advance of you. Trying to cut lines. All the noise you know it. But there is one reason to stay. We need you. The rest of us feeling alone. We have to try to make it better. Else it will never happen. I dont know you. But I need to know you are out there.
RU-vid video brought me back to this video. Truly during the time this song came out it was one of the loneliest years of my life. Moved to Texas, didn’t know anyone. Went to a specialist school and had no time for social interactions. Work, school,sleep,repeat.
That's precisely it: the feeling of emptiness after losing something, but that something is yourself. It's the ennui of forcing yourself into a role that everyone tells you you should fit but you don't.
My parents would play this song to me as a baby on long car rides. I've always associated it with sleep and comfort, yet I hear the melancholy overtone listening today. I'm left with a strange feeling. Not joy, not sadness; not even nostalgia. I could only describe it as raw emotion. This song simply makes me want to feel my feelings, and I think that's pretty special.
my mom recently discovered she might have a tumor. Listening to this crying as hell in my work. Hope she get better soon, if not I will always love you mom. - 13/08/2024
It's 3:07am (Japan Standard Time), my chest is aching, my nose is blocked, im alone at home and listening to this masterpiece for a relief after all these tiring weeks. I'm not depressed, all I need is no alarms and no surprises. Edit: I made it out alive, thanks y'all.
Same here man but a child bc I get no sleep as well now I'm on a break for everything thank God for the amazing life and everything he has done to make us safe
I've only recently started to explore Radiohead's work. I'm amazed at how much so many of the songs convey this atmosphere of hopelessness. True hopelessness, expectation, depression. Especially when combined with the lyrics. I love it. Truly amazing.
One of the greatest songs ever written. Not sure if this is what the song was written about, but it perfectly encapsulates all the feelings that come right before considering suicide. You don't feel sad or hateful or anything, you just want to go home or go to sleep, when you're already home, or already asleep. It's the feeling of not wanting to wake up. Hope everyone gets through it.
It's the feeling when you just want nothing anymore. Nothings exciting and nothings special no more. All you want and feel is now nothing. It's not the feeling of ending your life, it's the feeling of wanting to be nothing anymore. When you've just had enough
I'd heard the song before so i was interested what people in the comments thought it meant, upon reading this i started crying as i recognised this was exactly where i'd been too, i'm very happy with my trajectory now and how much i'm learning about how the mind works, and its helped me to reshape my life
The song is about wanting peace from all of the depression and anxiety and shits that happen as the main character watch it all unfold like the Airbag that save his life
15 years ago..... seriously now it's 2024. Everyone believe me ....keep working., keep doing things ....you will never know when you will get paid off❤️ God is still there for you😊
I’m tired. Fighting mental illness my whole life. Every single day is tiring, a uphill battle. I’m fighting like I always have. Maybe one day life will be easier. If you’re reading this and you’re struggling, please keep fighting I believe in you.
The backing vocals in the last chorus “get me out of here” are perfection. It’s how I feel going through my daily life. There’s a voice in my head singing Radiohead.
A year ago I lost my cat, she was and will be the most special gift of my life. I was left alone with her little sister who I have been with her for 4 years. I am very afraid of losing her again every time I remember her I console myself with this song... :(
When I was in Japan years ago, I sang this one of the times I went out to Karaoke with my (non-English speaking) Japanese friends. After it was over, they were all like, "What a beautiful song!" I didn't have the heart to tell them what the lyrics meant.
the backing vocals at 3:08 always get me. the main lyrics being "no alarms and no surprises" while behind it, much quieter but more urgent is the "get me out of here, get me out" really does something for me.
The way that this song touches and hurts my heart in ways I can't explain the fact that this song is about wanting to live a peaceful life somewhere in a peaceful place, when you've been living in a chaotic/problematic family system and environment makes me long for silence and peace more than I could ever imagine.
I'm curious: as a whole does the millennial generation consider Radiohead the best band ever? I mean does Radiohead rank first, even it's by a minority of people and maybe not that large a minority? If it's not Radiohead, who is it?
I know what you're saying, but for the most part I disagree. Radiohead's passion shines through everything they do, so in this way they make me feel alive with their music (regardless of whether this comes as amplification of negative or positive feelings. both are just a part of being alive)
For non-English speakers, without knowing what the lyrics of this song mean, the voices and sounds of this wonderful song invite us to reflect. And when we read the lyrics, they transmit the same as we felt. Amazing...
I think everyone knows this, but I think it'll be a nice reminder: The No Surprises video was made by speeding up the song in a fast pace while Thom is actually in there, holding his breath until the very short 3rd verse happens. As you can tell, Thom fucking hated it, taking many attempts to do it, swearing his brains out when he fails. There's a reason why he was smiling at the end. You can see it in the Radiohead documentary, 'Meeting People Is Easy.'
This song was played on my son’s friend funerals two days ago. Hé was 17 and died in a car accident. It was his favorite song. I will always remember him while listening to this beautiful song.
😢😢 may his soul rest in the peace 🕊️ of Christ! May your son remember his friend and the many things they did together. Hold your son tight and love him even harder! Our young are truly dying too soon.
OK Computer is one of the finest albums from the '90s and, perhaps, of all time. I was 15 when this album came out and I bought it on my 16th birthday. I remember hearing the tracks playing on the radio clear as day, when radio still had real power and influence. I'd never heard a sound like this before and the whole album was a total masterpiece from beginning to end. 25 years later if I ever want to go back to those fun memories of the '90s and my teenage years, I can always play this album. Thanks, Radiohead!
This song speaks to me so much right now. I was in a relationship with a girl I loved dearly for over a year and I had a moment of weakness and let her slip away. It's been four months now and I'm still recovering from it emotionally. I also suffer from OCD and my constant worries and intrusive obsessive thoughts mixed with my rapidly changing emotions have made me feel unstable to say the least. Lately I feel as though I am drowning with no way of swimming up to the surface. I fear as though l'm not long for this world, but l'm taking it one day at a time.
welcome. and take care. for me i discovered them about 4 or 5 years ago and while their albums brought me immense comfort and solace during a super super dark period of my life, now I dont listen to them as much. But when I do I love their music even more. I call it the "radiohead phases" when i listen for them for a couple days obessively, and then forget for a couple of months. I'd recommend a song ""Before your very eyes" by Atoms for Peace (thom yorke's other band ), its lyrics and melody are probably one of the most hard hitting for me out of all radiohead songs (yes, I consider all projects by thom yorke as 'radiohead' lol). "Ingenue" by Atoms for Peace is also pretty special in terms of melancholic meditative melody and vocal line. Its just that these are pretty deep cuts of Radioheads discography, so maybe you'll like them. oh, and a 'True Love Waits (90s band version)' by Radiohead on youtube is a pretty banger version of one of their old songs. As well as 'Let Down' & "Where you end and I begin" are super good. But actually almost all RH songs are great lol.
Radiohead - no surprises- A song right before suicide. A person who is too scared to live in this scary world. The lyrics are chilling when you realize what it's all about. But actually the singer is at peace with his decision. He is so close to heaven that the melody in this song is actually heavenly. Something spiritual is going on in this melody. Something deep and moving and with an insanely beautiful heartfelt delivery by Tom York. This song is from someone who is already touching the otherside and while he is in the state in between both worlds he is sharing a melody that is connected to the divine. A one of a kind melody that is almost spiritual in its beauty. "Searching pretty garden" is the start of the transition. He actually reached the other side and actually its quite nice there. He is still as content as he was when he left this world. All his fears dont bother him anymore, as he originally hoped when he was of the living. This is a suprising message and a suprising conclusion to this song. A unique conclusion, a daring conclusion, an extremly brave conclusion to share with the outside world. In a world where we glorify life as the be all end all, the song is saying this is an individual choice. Not all are cut out for this world and that its ok to give up as well. This world is very scary. A true authentic spiritual moment of forgiveness to those who take theyre life. True identification and empathy for those so damaged by this cruel world. "A handshake with carbon monoxide". This was a deal he made. He agreed to all the terms and conditions. The guitars in this song are beyond genius and masterful. The guitar sounds like a lullaby, and at the same time sounds like a life support machine beeping as well. I think this was done on purpose. Radiohead are at that high a level of geniuse and artists of the highest accord. As I often say a melody by radiohead is not equal to a regular melody, there's something extra, even if I can't fully explain why. This song even though lower then the other radiohead songs on this list is the bands most shinning melodic masterpiece. It is a melody from the heavens.
This album got me through the deepest, darkest winter of my life during the winter of 1997-98. In high school, depressed as hell, it was like these guys were speaking directly to me. I felt every inch of OK Computer
I’ve been trying to make my crush loving me because he helped through phases I don’t know if I could survive without him by my side . So I tried and tried but nothing worked and when I told him I liked him he told me : “you know , you can’t force someone to love you , heart wants or don’t want people to be the one who lets it beat.” Since he told me this I don’t know what it feels to be loved because I loved him since I was 5 , it was 1 year ago
the feeling of laying peacefully and exhausted in your bed in the middle of the night after crying the whole evening is what this song always felt like to me. Feeling the softness of your pillow, feeling the cold air from your window after feeling like the world will end. There is a peace one feels after crying out their worries, even if they're not gone.
i come back to this song again because life is so hard for me and i got sudden layoff from my job without a notice, and it isnt easy to get another job at least in here.
@@biblical2699 He doesn’t actually. I had the pleasure of meeting him by accident and I was afraid because they say “don’t meet your hero’s” and the press gave them a negative spin. What an amazing surprise it was, he was happy, joking, inquisitive and he listened. The entire band I realized sitting there before I met Thom, afraid I’d be found and kicked out, were just a bunch of regular guys, so polite as I listened to their conversations. This was backstage at their tour for Kid A / Amnesiac. One of the best nights of my life.
🖤LYRICS 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 And 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 (get me out of here) No alarms and no surprises (get me out of here) No alarms and no surprises, please (get me out of here)
For me the song is similar to that, sounds like people who hate their lives but are too scared/numb to do anything about it so they just end up living a boring life they hate eg. “A job that slowly kills you”, “handshake with carbon monoxide”, “get me out of here” and it’s sad because I see people around me turning into these people who they obviously don’t want to be
My highschool english teacher would play a bunch of radiohead songs and this is the one song that he played that got me into the band. To this day I still think he’s the coolest teacher ever.
David Lanham Hey man a song’s lyrics doesn’t always necessarily influence a person’s worldview or knowledge. I have a very wide taste in music and if anything, people listen to songs because it just sounds pleasing to the ear, not because of the message.
This song is so poignant to me. Being mentally ill is exhausting. It sucks being stuck in this constant cycle of just trying to get through. My interpretation of this song is its the peacefulness of giving up. Of being at rest finally.
Millie is correct! Some days are tougher than others. But we learn how to fight through the tough days and make the next one better than the one before. Life sucks sometimes but there are still a lot of things to be thankful for. I just started volunteering at a dog rescue recently and it has helped. Find something you love and go for it. Everything will be alright.
it kind of reminds me of being on the outside just constantly in bed and tired and its kind of okay because im not some starving person in another country and everyone else is just living their lives and being happy but i cant be for some reason and that just makes it all feel worse. i know this song is just about giving up and accepting and trying to live the "white picket fence" life and just swallowing all the pills.. the music itself is so interesting though. "have a nice life" is pretty depressing music but makes me feel better sometimes too. its nice knowing that at least one other person kind of feels the same way sometimes at least, so you dont always feel like a complete alien.
Find it in yourself and fight against the pain. meditate on what makes you mentally ill and slowly untangle the threads that tangle your mind. Break your cycle by doing things you don't usually do like if you have a creative mind then draw what you picture in your mind, create your own characters and write stories.
this song feels like so many things. its when you're finished sobbing and you're sitting numbly. its your parent giving you a hug telling you to breathe. its having your friends seeing you cry for the first time. its trying self harm for the first time to see what it feels like. its just so much all at once.
A week ago my cousin committed suicide,and this is a perfect reminder that, even though 8 billion people experienced their life differently, yours still matters. I’m proud of you, and I mean it, with the highs and lows of life, your still holding on and that’s amazing
An interesting fact: Thom Yorke is afraid of water since childhood (he almost drowned in the river), but here we see him holding his breath, isn't he a unique person?)
My father had cancer in Jan 2024... I wasn't happy whole year... And see what he got again cancer in October... Unfortunately I'm depressed whole year! Can't cry because of introverted... But this song helps me cry!
Dont give up my friend, everything in this life happen for a reason. And the reason for your father is to wake up from his illness stronger and better. Keep going. Keep living. Keep being his light at the botton of the cave
My brother died in 2020 and he was kind of a rebel. This song always reminds me how he stepped up against those hierarchical systems even though he knew he would loose just to take a stand on his principles. Love you Michael
I love the very genuine look of triumph on his face after the helmet empties. Knowing it took many, many hours of frustration and near-death experiences to get this video right, getting the finishing take was the most genuine triumph he could've had.
Shoutout to an internet friend of mine. We shared a similar taste in music n movie, and he's the one who introduced me to Radiohead. About 3-4 years ago, he simply just vanished from all his social medias. Some times i still wonder where he went, and if he's okay. Thanks for everything, Eksalan.
Hey, i know that. That happened in 2016 to mee too, a very close friend on the internet just vanished. I am still looking for him, but he isn't active anymore. I know that feeling, i feel bad to you.
I know that feel really well . Im no expert tho , but i had this friend over instagram dms . She had a fan account. She and i shared the same adoration for a celeb and we would talk on hours and even watch together some movies over the net , but her account got deleted along with all her social media accounts like twitter,facebook, etc. All i had was of was her name and which city she was from . I hope she is well and healthy , her country is a neighbor of mine but it's known to be dangerous and it's full of wars so i hope she is well and hopefully alive.