lyrics

A heart that's full up like
A landfill
A job that slowly kills you
Bruises that won't heal

I'll take a quiet life
And a handshake of carbon monoxide

And no alarms and no surprises
No alarms and no surprises
No alarms and no surprises

Silent
Silence
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

NO SURPRISES (3:49)
available on: ok computer, no surprises, running from demons ep

notes: played for the first time in amsterdam, netherlands (dec. 1995) as "no surprises please" (acoustic). It was the first song to be played at the early sessions for OK Computer and eventually the first song to be recorded for that album.

Jonny Greenwood: "No Surprises was used to try our new equipment out. We thought it wasn't good to save that recording. It still sounds a bit "careful" and that suits the song. The Glockenspiel is used for the recording of the song".

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