I found this in the news, one columnists opinion.

 

"Brilliant Song. I'm quite sure it's about death though. I seem to remember Chris Martin saying that it was initially put aside for the third (main) album due to its rather sad theme but then due to other songs being removed from the final cut (Animal etc?) it was placed in instead. I think this song will probably mirror the third album's progression."

 

I however do not think it will show much of the third album sound. First of all, Clocks was a very unique song and it is just......very different. Also it has been a VERY long time since they wrote this song, I mean pre-AROBTTH is like 3 years ago now. So just wanted to throw this out to people, do you agree with this guy or me?

I agree with both of you in different ways. I mean, some coldplay songs will probably sound like the stuff from arobtth, while others not. I have a big feeling that this album is leaning towards songs more like "A Whisper" and "1.36". I myself like the depressing/sad piano songs and weird stuff from Parachutes and pre-parachutes.

i think the album in parts will have a dark feel to it, and have a few songs that take more than 1 listen to like them. I often find that sometimes the best music is like that!