Coldplay

Before the Album X &Y, I never knew a lot of the music Coldplay did. I’d heard they were good but I didn’t recognize their music or type of sounds.

My favorite song from them has to be “X & Y.” I love singing along. I love the part when they hum — very Beatles-like

X & Y

Lyrics

Trying hard to speak
And fighting with my weak hand
Driven to distraction
So part of the plan

When something is broken
And you try to fix it
Trying to repair it
Any way you can

I dive in at the deep end
You become my best friend
I wanna love you but I don’t know if I can

I know something is broken
and I’m trying to fix it
Trying to repair it anyway I can

Oooohh, oooohh
Oooohh, oooohh

You and me are floating on a tidal wave… together
You and me are drifting into outer space… and singing

Oooohh, oooohh

You and me are floating on a tidal wave… together
You and me are drifting into outer space

You and me are floating on a tidal wave… together
You and me are drifting into outer space… and singing

Oooohh, oooohh
Oooohh, oooohh

I think I must like the sadder songs because most people have a thing for the “Speed of Sound” or another song where the first person isn’t depressed! I guess it just speaks to me-

Speed of Sound

Lyrics

How long before I get in
before it starts, before I begin
how long before you decide
before I know what it feels like
where to?
Where do I go?
if you’ve never tried then you’ll never know
how long do I have to climb
up on the side of this mountain of mine

look up, I look up at night
planets are moving at the speed of light
climb up, up in the trees
every chance that you get
is a chance you seize
how long am I gonna can stand
with my head stuck under the sand
I’ll start before I can stop
before I see thing the right way up

Chorus:

all that noise, all that sound
all those places I got found
and birds go flying at the speed of sound
to show how it all began
birds came flying from the underground
if you could see it then you’d understand

ideas that you’ll never find
or the inventors could never design
the buildings that you put up
Japan and China… all lit up
the sign that I couldn’t read
or the light that I couldn’t see
some things you have to believe
but others are puzzles, puzzling me

[Chorus]

all those signs I knew what they meant
something you can’t invent
Some get made, and some get sent
ooh
words go flying at the speed of sound
to show how it all began
birds came flying from the underground
if you could see it then you’d understand
oh, when you see it then you’ll understand

Fix You

Lyrics

When you try your best but you don’t succeed
When you get what you want but not what you need
When you feel so tired but you can’t sleep
Stuck in reverse

And the tears come streaming down your face
When you lose something you can’t replace
When you love someone but it goes to waste
could it be worse?

Chorus:
Lights will guide you home
and ignite your bones
And I will try to fix you

High up above or down below
when you’re too in love to let it go
but If you never try you’ll never know
Just what your worth

[Chorus]

Tears streaming down your face
When you lose something you cannot replace
Tears streaming down your face and I

Tears streaming down your face
I promise you I will learn from my mistakes
Tears stream down your face and I

[Chorus]