No Harm

By Editors

On In Dream

Released on April 17, 2015

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[Verse 1]

I'll boil easier than you, crush my bones into glue

I'm a go-getter

The system's in red, the room is inbred

I'm a go-getter


[Chorus]

Don't harm no harm

Don't harm no harm


[Verse 2]

My children are spies, my wonderful lies

I'm a go-getter

I see through your walls, in your space, down your halls

I'm a go-getter


[Chorus]

Don't harm no harm

Don't harm no harm


[Verse 3]

The fever I feel, the fake and the real

I'm a go-getter

My world just expands, things just break in my hands

I'm a go-getter


[Chorus]

Don't harm no harm

Don't harm no harm

Don't harm no harm

Don't harm no harm

Don't harm

“The fever I feel, the fake and the real”
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The singer is plagued by an acute sense of unease.

“I’m a go-getter”
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The singer keeps returning to this line, as if by merely reciting this mantra enough times he will become a “go-getter”.

“My world just expands, things just break in my hands”
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This line is diametrically opposed to the refrain of “I’m a go-getter”, indicating a lack of agency. His life “just expands”, becoming more complex as if of its own accord. Things “just break” in his hands, through no fault of his own.

“I’m a go-getter”
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A person who is ambitious, assertive and unafraid to pursue what they want.

“I see through your walls, in your space, down your halls”
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The singer himself is a ‘liar’, and can therefore see through others' lies, noticing when their words and actions are as hollow as his own

“Don’t harm no harm”
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The chorus is a competing voice in his head, urging him that he should not pursue success at the cost of harming others, or even harming himself.

“My children are spies, my wonderful lies”
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The singer ‘lies’ to themselves in order to keep together, despite the harm it may cause to others