Coldplay song meanings...

[talisman]

i hope there isn't any thread like this one in the forums (if so, go ahead and delete it)

 

 

im sure a lot of you guys sometimes wonder, "what do coldplay wanted to say with those lyrics?". if you guys have any question about any song meaning, you can ask here, and hopefully somebody will help.

 

 

my first question goes for the song "Swallowed in the sea"

 

You cut me down a tree

And brought it back to me

And that's what made me see

Where I was going wrong

 

You put me on a shelf

And kept me for yourself

I can only blame myself

You can only blame me

 

And I could write a song

A hundred miles long

Well, that's where I belong

And you belong with me

 

And I could write it down

or spread it all around

Get lost and then get found

Or swallowed in the sea

 

You put me on a line

And hung me out to dry

And darling that's when I

Decided to go to sea

 

You cut me down to size

And opened up my eyes

Made me realize

What I could not see

 

And I could write a book

The one they'll say that shook

The world, and then it took

It took it back from me

 

And I could write it down

Or spread it all around

Get lost and then get found

And you'll come back to me

Not swallowed in the sea

 

Ooh...

 

And I could write a song

A hundred miles long

Well, that's where I belong

And you belong with me

 

The streets you're walking on

A thousand houses long

Well, that's where I belong

And you belong with me

 

Oh what good is it to live

With nothing left to give

Forget but not forgive

Not loving all you see

 

Are the streets you're walking on

A thousand houses long

Well that's where I belong

And you belong with me

Not swallowed in the sea

 

You belong with me

Not swallowed in the sea

Yeah, you belong with me

Not swallowed in the sea

 

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i can't really understand the meaning of these lyrics, anybody outhere knows?

[thescientist06]

I dunno, I think they're pretty self explanatory. It's just lyrical is all. It means that we belong to eachother no matter what.

[blueberrystars]

hey guys i am am currently doing an analysis on this song for an english assignment? does anyone know what it's about? was is about someone drowning perhaps? please please please help. ~keep it real~

[chuck kottke]

"This CD is Carbon Neutral courtesy of Future Forests" sheds some light on it.:)

[blueberrystars]

what??

[chuck kottke]

Well here goes!

In the first stanza, "you cut me down a tree, and brought it back to me, and that's what made me see, where I was going wrong" might be a metaphor for how the songwriter sees a global forestry issue - here he is, using paper someone else made from a tree, to fulfill his needs for paper. The person who cuts the tree does his part to deliver the paper/wood, and it's up to the songwriter to change this equation by making better decisions about the paper he uses.

Also, this could be someone the songwriter knows personally, after having made connections across the globe..

[chuck kottke]

In the second stanza, "you put me on a shelf, and kept me for yourself, I can only blame myself, you can only blame me.." In the forestry sense, here was something the songwriter wrote, and someone put on a shelf (collected paper) maybe as a metaphor for all the extra paper we simply store or throw away.

 

Also, this could be a metaphor for a relationship where one person takes the other for granted, and by not speaking up, the songwriter is saying that he is to blame for not changing the situation.

[chuck kottke]

In the third stanza,

"and I could write a song, a hundred miles long, well, that's where I belong, and you belong with me"

In sustainable forestry's sense, the songwriter is saying that he should be able to write long songs on paper without regrets, and the logger/papermaker should be his friends.

In the personal metaphor, maybe the songwriter is missing a friend, whom he feels should be writing songs along with him? Songs are poetry, so it's a little like deciphering a daydream..:)

[chuck kottke]

Fourth Stanza,

" and I could write it down, or spread it all around, get lost and then get found, or swallowed in the sea."

In their forestry worldview, this might mean the written song could be written down, passed around on paper, lost in the archives and then later found, or lost to the elements (or put in a bottle as a message never to be retrieved & "swallowed" by the sea).

As a metaphor for a friend, this might mean the songwriter could record his feeling for another person, tell others through song, go off on a journey and then come back, or have a turn for the worse - and wind up on in the ocean. Any number of possibilites exist. (guessing here!):rolleyes:

[chuck kottke]

In the fifth stanza,

"you put me on a line, and hung me out to dry, and darling that's when I decided to go to sea"

A real guess - drying home-made paper? and that's when the songwriter decided to go on tour and spread the message of sustainable forestry? It awoke his sense of how it all works?

Or, as a metaphor in life, he was hung out to dry, like laundry for all to see, and that's when he decided to travel on in the journey of life?

 

Or, as a fish, he saw the other fish get caught (on a line), hung out to dry (dried fish), and so he saw this vision of where he might end up, and quickly chose to head for clear waters (away from the dangers if he stayed:rolleyes:).

[chuck kottke]

In the Sixth stanza,

"you cut me down to size, and opened up my eyes, made me realize, what I could not see"

Forestry - a logger cuts down a tree, and this opened up the songwriter's eyes to what wasn't apparent - the need to make a living from the land, and the connections we all have in that shared endeavor.

Metaphor - someone brought the author down to earth and back to reality? Guess #6 as well!

[chuck kottke]

In the Seventh,

"And I could write a book, the one they said that shook, the world and then it took, it took it back from me"

Forestry - a book on sustainability?

Life's metaphor - a book on the songwriter's true feeling?

[chuck kottke]

Skipping to the 10th, "Oh what good is it to live, with nothing left to give, forget but not forgive, not loving all you see?"

So, maybe make amends with the two camps - environmental and logging? Care for one another, instead of holding grudges?

On a metaphor in life, the songwriter maybe wants to make amends for some hurt - to forgive someone, or be forgiven? kinda deep!

[chuck kottke]

And the 11th,

"are the streets you're walking on a thousand houses long, well that's where I belong, and you belong with me, not swallowed in the sea.."

Houses made of lumber? A need for all of us humans, so no matter where you go, wood is almost always involved in construction..

Or, on the metaphorical level, the songwriter wants to be neighbors with his friend in an urban neighborhood?? Yet another guess!

[ColdMike]

^You're stunning. (positive sense!)

 

It's like you wrote the song! lol

 

*what a silly post*

[chuck kottke]

hope it helps with the assignment! & Thanks, tho guesses all..

[blueberrystars]

wow wow wow. i would have never ever thought of it from that angle. it's amazing how different peple can think. yeah was a big help thank you so much. :) have to present it in 2 days. haha if any one else has some insight on how they interpret this song please let me know. ~keep it real~

[Roubin of the wired]

Hey, good luck with your projects. Unfortunally, I can´t help u, but by the way, I come here to ask for the meaning of White Shadows, one of my fav.songs with Politik ( this song is self-explanatory about the meaning).

[JackyY]

woooooow.........so much explanation

what do Coldplay want to say with 'speed of sound'?

The lyrics seems interesting:)full of imagination

 

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 never try, 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 stand,

with my head stuck under the sand?

I'll start before I can stop,

before I see things the right way up.

 

All that noise, and all that sound,

All those places I got found.

And birds go flying at the speed of sound,

to show you 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,

All 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 a light that I couldn't see,

some things you have to believe,

but others are puzzles, puzzling me.

 

All that noise, and all that sound,

All those places I got found.

And birds go flying at the speed of sound,

to show you how it all began.

Birds came flying from the underground,

if you could see it then you'd understand,

ah when you see it then you'll understand?

 

All those signs, I knew what they meant.

Some things you can invent.

Some get made, and some get sent,

Ooh?

Birds go flying at the speed of sound,

to show you how it all began.

Birds came flying from the underground,

if you could see it then you'd understand,

ah, when you see it then you'll understand?

 

:dozey:Well,it's over 2 a.m.already..I almost fall asleep...see you tomorrow...:sleeping2::sleeping2: